Ashford Black Marble
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Ashford Black Marble is the name given to a dark limestone, quarried from mines near Ashford-in-the-Water, in Derbyshire, England. Once cut, turned and polished, its shiny black surface is highly deco
A picture of Ecton Hill made using Ashford Black Marble
A picture of Matlock Bath engraved using Ashford Black Marble by Ann Rayner
An inlaid table in Derby Museum
Fossil found in Black Marble by William Martin of a type that was once thought to be a crocodile tail
White Watson
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White Watson was an early English geologist, sculptor, stonemason and carver, marble-worker and mineral dealer. In common with many learned people of his time, he was skilled in a number of artistic a
Ashford Black Marble
…used decoratively since prehistoric times; the first recorded customer was Bess of Hardwick in 1580. Henry Watson, the uncle of Derbyshire geologist White Watson, is regarded as one of the key figures in the development of the local industry of inlaying Ashford Black Marble in the 1750s. He owned a water-powered…
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A cross section of Derbyshire geology made from sections of rock by White Watson. Now in Derby Museum.
Henry Watson 1714?–1786 – image dated to c. 1800
White Watson gravestone in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Bakewell, UK