Adolphus Goss, the eldest son of William Henry Goss who had
founded the Goss pottery in 1858, was responsible for the introduction of
Crested China. When Adolphus Goss put forward his idea to his father he
was disappointed to find his father did not share his enthusiasm. Despite
this, Adolphus succeeded in getting the small pieces made and crested. the
success of the project was so great that production of crested china soon
entirely replaced production of all other Goss wares and within five years
the floor space of the building had been trebled to cope with the demand.
In the circumstances, since Belleek gained so much from Goss, it is not
surprising that it also followed them into the crested market. All Belleek
crested pieces are hard to find. 2nd period pieces are more common, but
very occasionally 1st period pieces turn up.
