RERAMIC STUDIO 
dark blue are beginning to attract attention, will undoubtedly 
be increased in the future. 
University College, the oldest Oxford College, is said to 
have been founded by Alfred, the Saxon king, but it is with 
Walter de Merton in 1249 that the peculiar organization of 
English Universities took life at Oxford and that a charter 
was granted. 
Among the old and best known Oxford Colleges are: 
University College, founded in 1249, rebuilt in the seventeenth 
century and again in 1850, Balliol (1263), Merton (1264), Oriel 
(1325), rebuilt in the seventeenth century; Queen's (1340), re- 
built recently; New College (St. Mary Winton) (1380), Lin- 
coln (1429), All Souls (1437), St. Mary Magdalen (1458), Bra- 
senose (1509), Corpus Christi (1516), Christ Church (1524), the 
most famous of all, founded by Cardinal Wolsey ; Trinity 
(1554), St. John (1555), St. Edmund Hall (1559), Jesus (1571), 
Wadham (161 3), Pembroke (1624), Worcester (1714). 
Among Cambridge colleges may be mentioned: St. 
Peter's (1284), the oldest of all; Clare (1326), Pembroke (1347), 
Corpus Christi (1352), King's (1440), St. Catharine's (1475), 
Jesus (1497), Christ's (1506), St. John's (15 16), Magdalen 
(1552), Trinity (1546), the largest English college; Caius 
(1558), Sidney-Sussex (1596), Senate House (1730), in which 
all degrees are conferred ; Downing (1807). 
Eton College : Pitcher and Wash Bowl, by E. & G. Phillips. 
ETON COLLEGE. 
Eton College was founded by Henry VI. in 1440, in close 
proximity to Windsor. The dark blue view here illustrated 
is by E. & G. Phillips of Longport, who do not seem to have 
manufactured much for the American trade, as only this view 
and an American subject on cups and saucers (Franklin's 
tomb) are so far known with their mark. 
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