 The paint on these will normally have become damaged over the years, until the remainder was scraped off to give a plain white glazed figure.Duesbury's account book distinguishes between figures that are "painted" and "enhamild".Early patents applied for by Thomas Frye and his silent partner Edward Heylyn in December 1744 (enrolled 1745) and a totally different patent of 1 November 1748 (enrolled March 1749), both apparently intended broadly to cover the uses of kaolin, were traditionally believed not to have resulted in any actual manufacture before about 1749, though Frye's published epitaph claimed he was "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England."