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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D258/17/32/53
Former ReferenceD258/41/32ab
TitleT Turner at Caughley Hall (Shropshire) to Philip Gell - soon after his return from Hopton he was called to London - has sent a few pieces of his new porcelain as a small mark of appreciation - has tried the spar which he brought back several times in different ways but it in no way equals Mrs Gell's excellent little cup - one bad tendency of the spar is that if rendering the body subject to fly which the chert stone will do - has again tried the Derbyshire clay and finds it superior to any other English clay - if it could be obtained at about £10 a ton, it would supersede all other - fears he brought a wrong paper of brown (clay?) with him for upon trial it is not in the least like the edge upon Gell's white coffee cup - thinks it a most valuable improvement and addition to the China - has glazed a small bit of Gell's biscuit and the glaze seems to agree with it very well - if Gell has anything he would like glazed, would be happy to do it. 5 Oct
Date1778
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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