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YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, ETC. 
George, the surviving brother of William continued at the Low 
Pottery, Rawmarsh, trading as “George Hawley.” Matthew 
Hawley died in August, 1888, leaving his two sons, Sidney and 
John William, in partnership in trust with his brother Arthur 
George, and it is to Mr. Sidney Hawley that I am indebted for 
most of the above information. 
In January 1897, the business, for family reasons, was converted 
into a private limited liability company, under the name and style 
of “ Hawley Brothers Ltd.,” manufacturing general domestic 
earthenware. In the year 1900 leadless glaze was introduced and 
used in place of lead glazes, large quantities of goods of a very 
fine quality being made for Government use in various depart¬ 
ments, besides for railway companies, public institutions, etc. 
Fig. 88. Saucer. Mr. O. Grabham’s Collection. 
In 1903 the Company changed, and at the present time is carried 
on as the “ Northfield Hawley Pottery Co. Ld.,” manufacturing 
earthenware of a common kind. 
Marked specimens of the Northfield Pottery are rare. We have 
a teapot ornamented with curtains and tassels in blue and orange, 
having a deep border, at the base, of green leaves on a yellow 
ground, with a broad line in dark blue, running at the top and 
bottom of the border, impressed HAWLEY on the bottom, and I 
have seen a Toby jug similarly marked. 
