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London factories

(1570 - 1846)

London was the first major centre in Britain to make tin-glazed ware successfully and on a commercial scale at the end of the 16th century. The term 'delftware' was widely used from the 18th century onwards to refer to tin-glazed earthenware made in Britain, rather than the products of the famous Dutch centre of Delft.

The chief attraction of tin-glazing is in allowing potters to decorate their wares with coloured pigments applied over a lead glaze made opaque by the addition of tin. During the later medieval period and into the 16th century, Londoners had only been able to enjoy such decorative pottery as it was brought into the capital from the Continent, with Spanish, Italian and Dutch or Flemish tin-glazed wares the most common types found on excavated sites.

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A28028 plate. 1634-1667	A26402 porringer. c. 1660	A25875 jug; puzzle jug. c. 1700	A25179 porringer. 1666-1735
A20232 porringer. 1668-1700	A17062 plate; charger. 1668-1700	A16912 vase. 1668-1700	A16590* dish. 1571-1800
A15283 vase. 1668-1700	A14981 vase. 1668-1700	A14560 vase. 1668-1700	A13644 jug. 1571-1800
A13468 jug; puzzle jug. 1571-1800	A13451 jug. 1571-1800	A13450 bottle. 1654	A12201 vase. 1668-1700
A11598 saucer. 1571-1800	A11231 figure. 1668-1700	A11183 bottle. 1667	A4450 vase. 1668-1700
A4399 porringer. 1668-1700	A4385 porringer. 1668-1733	A4384 porringer. 1668-1733	A4377 jug. 1571-1800

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