He was highly regarded, and much of the success of the china, especially the figures in the Dresden style, was owing to his skill in decoration.
[2] Keys left Derby some years before the close of the factory, and worked under Minton in the Staffordshire Potteries district.
He collected materials for the history of the Derby china factory, which form the foundation of subsequent accounts.
1795) left Derby about 1826, and went to work for Minton, Daniell, and others in the Staffordshire Potteries.
He set up, with John Mountford, a firm producing Parian ware.