Broad Street Works
'Steam' print
This print does not appear to have had an official name when launched, as there is no reference to a name in any of the factory pattern description books. It was referred to as 'Steam' in the factory engraving department when I visited it shortly before the factory closed. Exactly how it got this name I am not clear, perhaps it refers to the wispy border, who knows?
Ridgway & Morley
Francis Morley & Co.
G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd.
Ridgway & Morley
Pattern 3/799
'Clarendon' shape.
The pattern description book reads:
'Table Clar[endon] B[lue] Stone. Printed in Blue. nothing on Biscuit. white Edge. Same patt as 3/788 but slighter, not edged.'1
Neither entry names the print.
The well and tree dish is 476mm long and 394mm wide. Blue Stone body.
The printed "No 787" relates to the pattern number [3/]787 on which this print was first used as indicated in the pattern description books.
Photos © Brenda Meyer 2022
The soup plate is 265mm in diameter. Blue Stone body.
Photos © Angela Grant 2019
A second soup plate has an interesting retailer's mark.
The soup plate is 260mm in diameter. Blue Stone body.
Photos © Margie Myhr 2022
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Francis Morley & Co.
Pattern 3/1365 table
'Prussian' shape table ware.
The entry in the Pattern Description Book for Pattern 3/1365 reads:
'Table Prussn Sh, Impl Covd ps. Dessert Clarn Ew. Printed in Mulberry, nothing on biscuit, brown edge. As 790 but Ew & Prussn Sh flat printed in Mulberry & flown. enamelld exactly the Same.'1
The dinner plate is 267mm in diameter. Earthenware.
Photos © Angela Grant 2019
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Pattern 3/1365 tea
The entry in the Pattern Description Book for Pattern 3/1365 reads:
'Table Prussn Sh, Impl Covd ps. Dessert Clarn Ew. Printed in Mulberry, nothing on biscuit, brown edge. As 790 but Ew & Prussn Sh flat printed in Mulberry & flown. enamelld exactly the Same.'1
The breakfast cup & saucer. Earthenware.
The saucer is 181mm in diameter. Earthenware.
The breakfast cup is 100mm in diameter and 96mm tall. The handle protrudes 28mm. Earthenware.
Photos © Angela Grant 2020
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Pattern 3/1365 mug
Late versions of this pattern have the number '1365' included in the printed mark. This example is a nice early Francis Morley one with no printed mark.
The full entry in the Pattern Description Book for Pattern 3/1365 reads:
'Table Prussn Sh, Impl Covd ps. Dessert Clarn Ew. Printed in Mulberry, nothing on biscuit, brown edge. As 790 but Ew & Prussn Sh flat printed in Mulberry & flown. enamelld exactly the Same.'1
Curiously there is no mention of mugs. This seems to have been a popular pattern, and many extra items were added to the pattern description book forms as time passed.
The mug is 83mm high and 93mm diameter at the rim. The handle protrudes by 28mm. Earthenware.
Photos © Angela Grant 2018
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G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd.
Pattern B/9447
Another version of the 'Steam' print on 'Bedford' shape table ware.
The meat dish is 438mm long and 352mm wide.
The presence of "ENGLAND" indicates a date of manufacture after 1891. The pattern number is very late in the B/ series so c.1898-99.
Photos © Tara Burkholder Saunders 2020
The jug is 6.5 inches tall. Earthenware.
Photos © Jim McAuliffe 2020
The punchbowl is 251mm in diameter and 102mm tall. Ironstone.
Photos © Gay Jungemann ~ Ruby Lane 2020
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Notes
1. All entries from the factory pattern description and pattern books are reproduced courtesy of The V&A/Wedgwood Collection.