Hello - This link will take you to The House Of Ashley Peake which looks to be a China business at Nottingham. http://www.touchnottingham.com/business/list/bid/3275367 Regrettably there is no business history stated, just where it is! What a coincidence!! Kind Regards Roy LD Cox Family Historian Member of SA&NHS Member No. 1066 (And all That!) Web Site: www.coxresearcher.com/index.htm I also use www.archivecdbooks.com and www.localhistory.co.uk/ambra for my research -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OEL] "Peak" (?) China I wonder if the china had any pointed bits in its construction or design? OED gives 'peak' 1840 as the pointed top of anything. Maybe the covers and lids were pointed? Depending on family's status, by 1821 I would expect it to be "best" china bequeathed in a will. The poorest of the poor were not usually making wills at this time. In earlier periods, when people had fewer worldly goods, every second-best and third-best household item was worthy of being specifically bequeathed. Best wishes, Margaret McG ==================================== WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message