Behaviour of the Pottery Manufacturers - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook

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Date:16th of December 1796

Description:Alarm and deep concern were the order of the day for the pottery manufacturers who issued this notice.

Some 43 gentlemen had recently dissented from the proceedings of a manufacturers' meeting, but the problem had gained momentum when libellous notices about them were placed in local newspapers.

The notice calls for a meeting to be held at Mr. Newman's in Cobridge - a building identifiable by "the sign of the dolphin" that adorned it.

There, the following men will have to decide what to do about the matter:

  • Josiah Wedgwood

  • George Rogers

  • William Rogers

  • John Blackwell

  • Josiah Spode

  • Theophilus Smith

  • Hugh Henshall

  • Robert Williamson

  • J.E. Poole

  • Enoch Wood

  • Thomas Wedgwood

  • John Davenport

  • R. Baddeley


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    This document was collected by local industrialist Enoch Wood and is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

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