Copy bill of suspension and liberation for John Giles ....
Giles, John,pot painter
Preston, William,18th century.
Watson, William,18th century.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1748].
A bill on behalf of John Giles, "a pot-painter of London, now prisoner in the Tolbooth of Glasgow", imprisoned for breach of contract to pottery company.
Regarding the establishment of Delftfield Pottery (the earliest, large-scale pottery manufactory in Scotland) by Laurence Dinwiddie and his brother Robert under the management of John Bird.
Caption title.
Dated at head of title: September 15, 1748.
Signed at end: William Preston for William Watson.
ESTC
Giles, John, pot painter
Bird, John, potter
Dinwiddie, Laurence, 1694-1764
Delftfield Pottery.
Potters