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of twisted stalks with foliated terminations, and the knob of the 
lid representing a small melon or a pomegranate, the skin bursting 
and showing the seeds, after an Oriental design ; quintal flower 
holders, wine coolers, dessert services, punch bowls and ladles, 
and scores of other beautiful things. The perforations, diamond 
and heart-shaped piercing, so characteristic of Leeds Ware, were 
done by means of a single hand punch, which the workman 
pressed against the soft clay, and not by a set of punches fixed in 
a machine as is often supposed. 
Fig. 42. Old Leeds Candlestick in centre, York Museum Collection. 
The other two, Mr. Sleeps make, Mr. O. Grabham’s Collection. 
A characteristic variety of Leeds work was the combination in 
basket work, etc., of embossed patterns with perforations, the 
actual centre of the plate or dish being left plain. 
Jewitt states that the wholesale price of one of the magnificent 
chestnut baskets and stands probably produced about 1782—83, 
was, in 1794, 8s. 6d.—a price which collectors at the present time 
would gladly triple, and even quadruple. Dishes and plates were 
often decorated with the so-called “ feather edge." 
Many fine pieces of black printed ware were produced, such as 
plates with exotic birds, mugs and jugs with masonic emblems 
on them, also “Faith,” “ Ffope,” and “Charity” ; teapots bearing 
a transfer print of a medallion portrait of John Wesley, etc. 
