SOIL HILL POTTERY. 
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Collection, decorated in yellow slip, with initials and dated, such 
as a flower pot, knile box, holder for a pound of candles, sugar 
box, etc. These decorated pieces were the work of a Samuel 
Catherall, who worked at the Soil Hill Pottery, he died about 
1887. None of these West Riding potteries used a trade mark, 
and the different makes can only be distinguished by their glaze, 
colour of body and decorations. Soil Hill about 1867 did most 
of the quill stringing and decorations in relief. Howcans and 
Denholme did a portion also. Mostly prints in relief were done 
at Howcans. Inlaying was done at all of them. 
Fig. 91. Holder for a Pound of Tallow Candles. 
York Museum Collection. 
On a highly ornamented flower pot in this ware in our Collection, 
with the pot itself and the stand for the same ringed round with 
small handles, is this inscription in incised letters, “ S. C. Born 
March 19th, 1807, and made this pot April 29th, 1868, at Swilling 
End.” 
The initials stand for the Samuel Catherall mentioned above. 
We also have a fine knife box, differing from the Howcans one in 
being quite solid along the sides, not with open trellis work that 
exists in the Howcans piece. It is decorated with masks in relief, 
and bears the date 1872. 
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