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In 1801, John Davenport entered a partnership with his old patron, Kinnersley and Edward Grafton of Stourbridge, to make high quality table glass at Longport, Stoke-on-Trent. The partnership finished in 1807 and the firm was continued by John Davenport and his cousin James as J. and J. Davenport. On 1st August 1806, John Davenport took out a patent for a special type of enamel decoration. This was a very complicated process that produced very fine, faint decorations inscribed into the enamel layer before firing. These were only produced for a few decades and almost all surviving examples are drinking glasses and this is one of only one or two jugs know to us. The most frequently occurring decorations show elegant country-sportsmen in contemporary dress. 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Brown, 'The Davenports and their Glass 1801-1887', in: The Journal of The Glass Association, Vol I (1985), pp. 30-40","free":"Gives a history of Davenports patent glass and illustates various examples. Pl 13, p. 39 depicts a  similar huntsman."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"Bonhams, London, sale 13434, Wednesday 21 September 2005lots 149-158","free":"Some very good examples of Davenport's patent glass from the Joyce Mountain Collection"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"Andy M. McConnell, in: Glass Circle News, Issue 125, Vol 34 (2011), 1, p. 17","free":"Describes the history of the jug, previously owned by 'Monique', who took it to the BBC's Antique roadshow at Rochester Cathedral."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"Charles R. 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