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Towards the close of the 17th century, china ware, though costly, 
was imported both into England and the continent by means of the 
various East India Companies’ ships. The Dutch, who possessed 
much of the Chinese trade, had a settlement called Batavia on the 
island of Java, and this served as a store for all kinds of Oriental 
goods collected by the Dutch traders from China, India, and other 
eastern countries, including a small portion from the, then, little 
known country of Japan. 
The Batavian ware was so called from the belief that it was 
produced in the settlement of Batavia, but it really was an import 
from China or Japan. 
In lustre ware some very fine pieces were made in the silver, 
copper, and purple or rose coloured lustre. The silver lustre was 
made largely for those who were unable to afford silver or Sheffield 
plate, and as existing types of plate were used as models, some 
excellent designs were turned out. We have in our Collection a 
beautiful little salt cellar in the rose coloured lustre. 
Many mugs, jugs, tumblers, goblets, etc., were made in the 
agate and tortoise-shell ware, marbled, splashed, and mottled ; 
the decoration in these pieces being applied in the form of slip— 
not made up of a variety of coloured clays mingled together, as 
Whieldon and others did—and the slip is often worked up with a 
comb, feather, brush, or sponge on the Leeds pieces. 
The black ware, also called black Egyptian and black basalies 
or basalt, was made to a considerable extent about the year 1800 
at the Leeds works. It is said to have a more decided bluish cast 
than is usual in other makes, and was almost entirely used for tea 
and coffee services, which were in great request at funeral parties. 
I have seen a few small ovals in this ware with busts of various 
celebrities in relief upon them, but I do not believe that any of 
these were made at the old Leeds works, and are ver} r much more 
modern, 
In the blue printed ware many patterns were used, and amongst 
them the “willow" and its variations. The early.blue printed 
ware was of a peculiar rich strong blue, known as the Old Leeds 
Blue. 
A canary yellow ware was made at Leeds. This is of consider¬ 
able beauty, and is sometimes quite plain, whilst in other cases the 
pieces are decorated with vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes, in dark 
red. We have in our Collection a fine coffee pot with lid of the 
former, and a cup and saucer of the latter. 
