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Astbury Ware

Taking advantage of the methods he had learned in the Elers’ works, Astbury afterwards copied their body. Though coarser than Elers’, his ware was brighter in colour and very effective, the ornaments were ruder and less sharp, and, in addition to the geometrical devices and flowers used by the Elers, he decorated his pieces with heraldic devices and animals.

Astbury afterwards introduced flint into the earthenware body, and was also one of the first to make use of salt-glazing. The wares which often bear his name are of a white body, with moulded devices in relief; these sometimes take the form of strange animals and men in embossed compartments, the pieces most generally met with being tea and coffee pots, and jugs.