Pottery manufacturers' behaviour - notice from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook

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Date:16th of December 1796

Description:In December 1796, handbills and notices appeared all over the Potteries casting doubt on the characters of 43 pottery manufacturers after they dissented from a resolution.

The following industry leaders in turn issued this invitation to publicise a meeting at which to discuss the situation:

  • Josiah Wedgwood

  • George Rogers

  • John Rogers

  • John Blackwell

  • Josiah Spode

  • Samuel Spode

  • James Caldwell

  • Theophilus Smith

  • H. Henshall

  • Robert Williamson

  • J.E. Poole

  • Enoch Wood

  • Thomas Wedgwood

  • John Davenport

  • Ralph Baddeley



  • About this Document

    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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