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ANGLO-AMERICAN POTTERY.
J. & T. EDWARDS.
Previous to 1842 Messrs. James and Thomas Edwards con-
ducted a pottery at Burslem, England, styled the Kiln-Croft
Works. This partnership continued only for a short time, and
Mr. James Edwards, in the year named above, purchased the
manufactory of John Rogers & Son, formerly owned by John
and George Rogers, and embarked in business alone.
DESIGNS BY J. & T. EDWARDS.
-Designs in Pink, Black, Brown. Blue, etc.-
XVIII. Border, four (or three) Steamships, marked "Co-
lumbia," "Caledonia," "Britannia," "Acadia" (in some pieces
one of these vessels is omitted). "Boston Mails" Series.
208. Gentlemen's Cabin-four men.
209. Gentlemen's Cabin,-three men.
21). Ladies' Cabin.
The same central designs occur on plates, etc., without boider.
JOHN TAIS.
About 1840 John Tams was carrying on business at Longton,
England. One of his relatives, probably a brother, James
Tams, importer, of Philadelphia, was commissioned by Mr.
John Price Wetherill, a wealthy resident of that city, to have
two souvenir designs made in china in honor of General Wil-
liam Henry Harrison and Henry Clay, the occasion being a
"barbecue" at Mr. Wetherill's country place at Walnut Hill,
Montgomery county, Pa. It is said that a large number of
these plates were imported, several of which are known to
have survived.
DESIGNS BY JOHN TAMS.
-Designs in Light Blue. Border, Two Marginal Lines.-
211. General W. H. Harrison, "Hero of the Thames, 1.813."
212. Henry Clay, "Star of the West."
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