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 116 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.vn. AUG. 7,1920. Jarrold & Sons, Norwich, 1906 ; * Lowestoft China Factory,' and ' Catalogue of Lowes - toft China,' both by F. A. Crisp, 1909, a well- known authority and collector ; also to vols. iv, v, viii, ix, xvi, xviii, xix, xx, and xxiii of The Connoisseur for articles and several coloured reproductions of teapots, mugs and jugs manufactured at Lowestoft. W. A. HUTCHISON. 32 Hotham Road, Putney, S.W. China was certainly made at Lowestoft, and a very complete account of the factory will be found in a privately printed mono- graph issued in 1909, by F. A. Crisp. It gives an illustrated account of the present state of the buildings that once formed the factory at Lowestoft, with some description of the plaster moulds that had been used in the manufacture and were found buried on the site. An account will also be found in Gillingwater's ' History of Lowestoft,' 1790. Some sixty to seventy men were found employment, and an agency and ware- house were established in London. The works were closed in 1803 as the change from wood to coal for firing purposes made it impossible to compete with the Midland potteries. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. Lowestoft china is well known to collectors, and is much prized. In consequence of the discovery of some hopeful clay near the town, about the middle of the eighteenth century, a porcelain factory was established there, which, I think I may say, equalled the Orient in the fineness of its pate. The clecoratios. was often in an eastern style, though use was also frequently made of English subjects or suggestions. The Lowes- toft works closed in 1803 or 1804. All this, and more, is to be read in ' English Pottery and Porcelain,' London, The Bazaar Office, Wellington Street, W. ST. SWITHIN. This question is fully dealt with in Chaffers' ' Pottery and Porcelain ' and the various legends which have cropped up concerning it are examined and dismissed. The factory was first established in 1756, and was suc- cessfully carried on until 1803 when the best of the workmen were attracted elsewhere by higher wagos and left. The kaolin was not imported from China or Cornwall as sometimes stated, but was found on the Fhore about Lowo^tcft itself. It was to this discovery that the china factory owed its existence. L. G. R. R. L. Hobson of the British Museum in his- Porcelain' (Constable 1906) says, p. 217, " Possibly a few stray pieces of Chinese porce- lain were decorated at Lowestoft, as at other- factories, but there is not a particle of truth in the- ridiculous theory that hard-paste porcelain re- sembling the Chinese ware was ever made at the- Suffolk factory." J. L, ANDERSON. A LITERARY HOAX (12 S. vii. 8, 53). The interesting reply of " FAMA " to my query contains local information which I am, glad to have unexpectedly revealed, andi once again goes to show how extremely valuable ' N. & Q.' may be to its readers. For some years I possessed a small pamphlet published here entitled ' Jackanory,' by A. British Matron, and failed to find the author's- name. Now " FAMA " reveals it, as this oamphlet contains ' In Touraine a Minia- }ure,' a poem of 17 four line stanzas. Mrs. Watts-Jones was a sister of John K. Cross,: VLP., for Bolton, 1874-1885, and one time- Secretary of State for India. ARCHIBALD SPARKE. PUSSYFOOT (12 S. vii. 90). Some years ago a Commission was formed in the United States to see that drink prohibition was- enforced among the North American Indians. The chief enforcement officer proved to be a very astute individual for during his tenure of office he secured no less- than 3,000 convictions for illicit liquor selling. The Indians named him "Pussyfoot" owing to the switt and silent unexpectedness"., of many of his coups. WlLLOUGHBY MAYCOCK. COIN ACE OF CHARLES II. (12 S. vii. 71). I do not think any such coins existed, or were possible, before the Restoration. Even- in Scotland there are no silver coins of" Charles II. until four years after his restora- tion ; and then his money is of silver and. copper only. A. R. BAYLEY. 'HISTORY OF THE NAVY': H.M.S.. COVENTRY (12 S. vii. 47, 94). The Coventry,. Capt. William Wolseley, was not captured! on Jan. 11, 1782, as stated by Sir W. L. Clowes, but on Jan. 12, 1783, having sailed to within half a gunshot of the French; Fleet, mistaking them in the fog for East/ Indiamen. At the court martial held o-n June 16,. 1784, it was found that "the Captain, Officers, and Ships company exerted them- selves to the utmost to escape but in vain," and they were adjudged to be acquitteecfc