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YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, ETC. 
all specimens, and this was followed by the word LINTHORPE 
across an outline of the No. i design, with or without Dr. Dresser’s 
name, and very generally bearing in addition to the number ot the 
design the initials of Mr. Tooth, FT or H. T. 
At one time the works employed about one hundred hands, and 
a very large amount of ware was turned out. Although at first 
the forms of the productions were chiefly of the more severe and 
classical type: Egyptian, Moorish, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, 
Mexican, and Celtic designs were shortly attempted with great 
success, and the delicate blendings of colours are much admired. 
Fig. 70. Vase. York Museum Collection. 
Every attention was paid to attaining to beauty of form, colouring 
and glazing. The colours were subdued in tone, but included 
many hues, though soft greens, greys, crimsons, and purples pre¬ 
dominated. One peculiarity of the ware is that the brilliant 
glazes often assumed an “ accidental pattern,’' due to changes 
which took place in the firing. As the proprietor stated in a 
