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This book catalogues (with extensive photography) 107 pieces from The Alastair Leslie Collection: Eighteenth Century West Pans Porcelain from c.1764-77. Archaeological and documentary research both confirm that William Littler (1724 - 1784) was producing soft paste porcelain and creamware at West Pans, in Scotland, between c.1764 and 1777. This was after his previous porcelain venture at Longton Hall, Staffordshire, ended with his bankruptcy in 1760.

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George R. Haggarty is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and has sat on the council of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and both medieval and post medieval societies. George is also a Research Associate at National Museums Scotland and has published or co-authored more than 160 papers or articles on ceramic material dating from the 12th to the 19th centuries. Presently he is working on a number of pottery and porcelain catalogues of the Leslie collection. At the same time keeping up his interest in medieval ceramics, he has a number of papers in the pipeline. Finally, he is putting together a project on the cobalts used by William Littler at Longton Hall and West Pans.

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