The younger Astbury introduced the use of flint into his ware in or about 1723.
Collectors should be cautioned not to assign plates and dishes marked Astbury, to Thomas Astbury.
Astbury saw the dust, and it at once occurred to him that it might be useful in his business.
Only at one spot, a quarry near Astbury, does it appear at the surface in Cheshire.
We illustrate a fine plate of this nature (p. 303), similar in design to plates impressed Astbury of Staffordshire.
