An early photograph relating to the Lowestoft porcelain factory, c.1903, taken by Arthur Merrington Smith, showing two figures in the factory`s interior, excavating the floor for moulds, inscribed `Interior of Old Lowestoft China Factory, excavating for moulds &c, 1903`, the mount inscribed for Walter Boughton & Sons, framed and glazed, 34.2 x 43.5cm overall. Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Illustrated: Arthur Hayden, Chats on English China, p.105. When the flooring of Messrs. Morse brewery was removed fragments of porcelain were discovered. Merrington Smith was heavily involved in the subsequent excavation of the old kiln. Further photographs by him recording this event are in the National Archives at Kew.