Castleford Pottery
From Edward Andrews Downman’s 1896 book, English pottery and porcelain: being a concise account of the development of the potter’s art in England, page 19: “David Dunderdale started a pottery at Castleford, 12 miles from Leeds, in 1770 or 1790, and at the beginning of the present century the works were carried on under the style of “D. Dunderdale and Co.” Queen’s ware, and black Egyptian ware in Wedgwood’s style, with raised ornaments, were made there, as well as teasets and candle-sticks in fine white stoneware, with raised groups, and divided into compartments by blue or brown lines. The groundwork of the ornamental medallions is in some instances glazed with blue or brown, and the teapots have either a sliding cover or a hinge attached to the lid, through which a metal pin is passed and fastened to the rim….In 1820 the original works were closed, but part was taken up again by some of the former workmen. Subsequently they passed into the hands of Taylor, Harrison, and Co., who were succeeded by Thomas Nicholson and Co. in 1854.
p4A.com editorial staff, November 2011.