Church Works and Broad Street Works
Oak and Ivy Jugs and derivatives
As well as the moulded Oak & Ivy jugs (sometimes referred to as Acorns and Berries) produced at the Church Works, William Ridgway's partnerships produced jugs of the same shape without mouldings and with a simpler handle.
William Ridgway & Co.
Ridgway, Morley, Wear, & Co.
Church Works and Cobden Works
'Helical'
For reference to print name see Godden, Ridgway Porcelains (1985), p.158, Plate 177.
For tea wares with the same decoration see here.
The large jug is 206mm tall, 196mm lip to handle, and 140mm broad. Earthenware.
The dark print and the applied Urn & Archor mark indicate this is an early jug.
The impressed "6" is the number in a potter's dozen, which means a large jug.
Photos © Angela Grant 2019
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Broad Street Works
All entries from the factory pattern description books are reproduced courtesy of The V&A/Wedgwood Collection.
Pattern 222
The pattern description book entry for pattern 222 reads:
'Mugs Jugs &c. Printed in S[tone] Brown. Blue on biscuit. Lustre edge. Chinese Temple Outline End Red & gilt & scoured.'
The jug is 146mm tall, 141mm lip to handle, and 103mm broad. Blue Stone body.
Some wear to gilding and lustre.
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Pattern 223
The pattern description book entry for pattern 223 reads:
'Mugs Jugs & Vases &c. Printed in S[tone] Brown. Blue on biscuit. Lustre edge. Chinese Temple Same as 222 but Not Gilt (except Handles of vases).'
For other pieces with the same decoration see here and here.
The 7 inch jug is 173mm tall, 165mm lip to handle, and 120mm broad. Blue stone body.
The 6 inch jug is 144mm tall, 139mm lip to handle, and 100mm broad. Blue stone body.
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