William Adams

English, 1748–1831

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Biographyhttp://www.thepotteries.org/potters/adams.htm

2) William Adams 1748-1831, of Brickhouse, Burslem and later Cobridge Hall, Cobridge.
His father, John Adams was also a potter, and died when his son was seven.

During William's minority Brickhouse pottery, established in 1657 by an earlier John Adams, was leased to Josiah Wedgwood.

This continued until about 1772 when Wedgwood moved to his newly built Etruria pottery and William Adams (2) established his own business at Brickhouse. He was so successful with the usual Queensware and other Staffordshire wares that in a few years he moved to Cobridge Hall which he had built in nearby Cobridge.

His important in achievement was the introduction to Staffordshire of the transfer printed method of decoration. During his latter years, his specialties were spatterware and Red Rose, a cottage tableware so named for its bold painted decoration of roses and foliage.

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