Weve always known him as greatuncle bernie. Hes hung on the wall for years and years in the family. He was hidden away in wardrobe for a while and refound, and hes been on my wall now. Well, its on porcelain, of course. He was a porcelain decorator through and through, and a very competent painter, and here has painted his own family, and done it quite well in enamel. Signed t. J. Bott. This is Thomas John Bott, and he was one of a long generation of china decorators, and his father was also thomas bott, which causes great confusion. They came from worcester originally. And at worcester, thomas bott, sr. Developed a wonderful new style of porcelain decorating whats known as the limoges enamel style a very fine use of white enamel on a dark background. And he taught his son t. J. Bott to do it as well. And Thomas John Bott then brought that to coalport. So, Thomas John Bott here in 1888 at coalport, producing a plaque just for the family. Weve got a matching picture of his sister, actua