LEEDS POTTERY. 
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Petty and Hewitt; from 1825 to 1845, it was styled Samuel Petty 
and Son. After this, Messrs. Petty, having by means of their 
exports to Brazil established a South American agency, retired 
from the earthenware business and went into another class of 
trade. 
In 1847 the pottery passed into hands of Mr. John Mills, who 
had previously in conjunction with a Mr. Hepworth, worked the 
Leathley Lane factory. Mr. Mills held the concern for twenty 
or thirty years, when it finally passed into the hands of Taylor 
Brothers, who for some few years worked this, the old Pottery, 
and several others at the same time. 
As far as is known no mark was used at this pottery, and pieces 
made here are very difficult to distinguish. 
The other local potteries, which I have not space to more than 
mention, are dealt with by Messrs. Kidson in their “ Leeds Old 
Pottery,” and according to these authorities were: Taylor’s Pottery, 
Allison’s Pottery, Russell's Pottery, Marsden’s Pottery, Leathley 
Lane Pottery, and Wibsey Pottery. 
LINTHORPE POTTERY. 
When this pottery was given up in 1889, one of the most inter¬ 
esting of the industries in Middlesbrough came to an untimely end. 
It was established in 1879 by Mr. John Harrison, but owing to 
the sudden death of that gentleman, work ceased ten years later. 
The site is now occupied by the Linthorpe Laundry, but 
originally it was the “ Sun Brick Works,” of which Mr. Harrison 
was the proprietor. In consequence of the suggestions of Dr. 
Dresser, the well-known architect and designer, who was struck 
with the suitability of the clay for the purpose, Mr. Harrison had 
some trial pieces made, with the result that he decided to lay 
down the necessary plant and commence the work of the potter. 
He was lucky in securing as his manager Mr. Henry Tooth, who 
afterwards went to the Bretby Art Pottery in Derbyshire, to 
whose skill and energy the success of the undertaking was very 
largely due. 
During the early years of the manufactory the name of Chr. 
Dresser forms part of the impressed mark on the ware. A few 
early forms, including many of the No. 1 design—a small urn¬ 
shaped vase—lack even the impress LINTHORPE, but later 
the impress was LINTHORPE Chr. Dresser on the base of 
