Potts, James

London; cabinet maker and looking-glass manufacturer (fl. 1804–29)

Listed in London directories at Back Hill, Hatton Gardens (1804–08), as a looking-glass manufacturer, however, his trade card [Archives Department, Borough of Hackney, London] gives an address at 7 Gloucester Street, Curtain Road. It advertises that he silvered and polished old glasses, and framed prints.

By 1820 he was at 6 Clements Lane, Lombard Street where his trade was stated to be cabinet maker; the same trade is indicated for the new address at 27 Bennet Street, Great Surrey Street (1826). In 1829 he was at the same address, but his trade was once more that of a looking-glass manufacturer. 

Source: DEFM