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YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, ETC. 
At Wentworth House, the seat of Earl Fitzwilliam, there is a 
very fine Collection of Rockingham Ware, and amongst it a 
magnificent vase, which was the largest china vase produced at 
at that time in a single piece in this country. It stands three feet 
nine inches in height, and is three feet one inch in circumference. 
The “ Dragon Vase” or the “ Infernal Vase ” was also made, and, 
according to Jewitt, some of the finest vases which had ever been 
produced were turned out at these works, 
Mr. Freemantle, Barbor Hall, Rotherham, also has a very fine 
Collection of Rockingham Ware. 
Fig. 87. Mark on Rockingham China. 
ROTHERHAM. 
HOLMES POTTERY. 
Was started about 1850. The original proprietors may have 
been as stated by Jewitt, Messrs Earnshaw and Greaves, but Mr. 
G. Jarvis built it. The place was afterwards worked by four 
partners, Messrs. Jackson, Dickinson, Greaves, and Shaw, from 
about 1855 to 1870. From that date to 1880, it was carried on 
by Mr. G. Shaw, trading as J. Jackson and Co. Mr. G. Shaw 
took over the business in 1880, trading as J. Jackson and Co 
