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" Delft of any made in Ireland, and really is not much short of it. 'Tis very clean and pretty, and universally used in the North, and I think not so much owing to any Peculiar happiness in their clay, but rather to the manner of beating and mixing it up. "
The Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society - Page 148
by Royal Dublin Society - 1890
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Historical Collections Relative to the Town of Belfast: From the Earliest ...

Henry Joy - Belfast - 1817 - 524 pages
...which comes nearest [ ] of an j made in Ireland, and really is not much short of it. "Tis very clean and pretty, and universally used in the north, and...think not so much owing to any peculiar happiness in their clay, but rather to the manner of beating and mixing it up. Here they have barracks for ........
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Our own country, descriptive, historical, pictorial, Volumes 3-4

Our own country - 1878 - 714 pages
...lost, namely, "a very good manufacture of earthenware," which he commends highly. " 'Tis very clean and pretty, and universally used in the north, and...think not so much owing to any peculiar happiness in their clay, but rather to the manner of beating and mixing it up." We shall not trace the progress...
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Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland

Royal Geological Society of Ireland - Geology - 1889 - 604 pages
...Dane pipes " have also been found elsewhere, as in the excavations for the main sewer, Iligh-street, Belfast, in Carrickfergus, in Dromore, in Lisburn,...According to George Benn, "History of Belfast" (1877, p. 35-3), these manufactories were relinquished in 1799. It is not known where the clay was procured....
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Historical Notices of Old Belfast and Its Vicinity: A Selection from the Mss ...

Robert Magill Young - Belfast (Northern Ireland) - 1896 - 342 pages
...which comes nearest Delft of any made in Ireland, and really is not much short of it. 'Tis very clean and pretty, and universally used in the North, and...think not so much owing to any Peculiar happiness in their clay, but rather to the manner of beating and mixing it up. Here they have Barracks for we lay...
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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, linguistic and ...

Royal Irish Academy - Archaeology - 1913 - 528 pages
...comes nearest to Delft of any made in Ireland, and really is not much short of it ; it is very clean and pretty, and universally used in the North, and,...happiness in the clay, but rather to the manner of beating and mixing it up." This statement of Molyneux implies that there were other pottery factories...
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The Economic History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

George O'Brien - Business & Economics - 1918 - 490 pages
...earthenware which comes nearest to delft of any made in Ireland, and really not much short of it. 'Tis very clear and pretty and universally used in the...happiness in the clay, but rather to the manner of heating and mixing it up.'" The subsequent history of this industry is buried in obscurity, the only...
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