The Glasgow Pottery
of John
and Matthew Perston Bell.

China and Earthenware
Manufacturers In Glasgow.

by Henry E. Kelly

Photographs, layout and computer work by Douglas A. Leishman

Revised edition, July 2006.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Chapter I	—— Early Years	Page 1
Chapter II	—— The Founding of the Pottery.	Page 7
Chapter III	—— The Explosion of 1844.	Page 14
Chapter IV	—— The Great Exhibition of 1851.	Page 16
Chapter V	—— Wares, Transfer patterns and marks of the1840s and 1850s.	Page 24
Chapter VI	—— John Bell’s marriage	Page 32
Chapter VII	—— The Deposit of 1857 and the 1996 Excavations.	Page 36
Chapter VIII	—— The 1861 Census.	Page 40
Chapter IX	—— The Pottery in 1862.	Page 42
Chapter X	—— The Pottery, John Bell, Land Sales and Shipping in the Sixties.	Page 45
Chapter XI	—— Wares of the 1860s.	Page 49
Chapter XII	—— Matthew’s death and his will.	Page 61
Chapter XIII	—— The building of North Park House.	Page 63
Chapter XIV	—— John Bell’s collection.	Page 67
Chapter XV	—— John Bell’s business interests in the 1870s.	Page 70
Chapter XVI	—— The Wares of the 1870s.	Page 72
Chapter XVII	—— The Death of John Bell.	Page 80
Chapter XVIII	—— The Litigation following John Bell’s Death.	Page 83
Chapter XIX	—— The Next of Kin.	Page 86
Chapter XX	—— The Formation of the Limited Company.	Page 89
Chapter XXI	—— The Wares of the Limited Company	Page 91
Chapter XXII	—— The Glasgow Pottery Library.	Page 98
Chapter XXIII	—— The Export Wares.	Page 100
Chapter XXIV	—— Decline of the Glasgow Pottery.	Page 112
Appendix I	—— Blue Sprigs	Page 115
Appendix II	— — Maps & Plans	Page 117
Appendix III	— — Extra Pottery Pieces	Page 118
Appendix IV	— — Additional Material	Page 151
References	— —	Page 156
Index	— —	Page 161

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