Here I present patterns from other factories whose wares have been mistaken for, or that have had some interaction with, one of the Ridgway partnerships.
Adams of Hanley
Alcock / Duke / Hill Pottery / Bodley
Booths
Zachariah Boyle
Brownfield
Chrysanthemum Pad-mark Factory
Clews
Coalport
Davenport
Dillwyn
Dimmock
Dudson
Stephen Folch
Grainger, Worcester
Hamilton & Moore
Ralph Hammersley
Herculaneum, Liverpool
Hughes
Machin
Mason's
Mayer and successors
Meigh / Old Hall
Minton
New Hall
Powell & Bishop
Rockingham Brameld
Spode
Till
Wilson
Yates
John Adams & Co., Victoria Works, Hanley, 1864-1873
Adams & Bromley, Victoria Works, Hanley, 1873-1886
Not to be confused with the much larger and longer-lived firm of Adams of Tunstall.
The firm used a 'Classical Figures and Divisions' sprigging easily confused with the same decoration on Ridgway and Dudson pieces, though the shapes tend to be different.
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Jug with Britannia Metal lid. Shouldered shape. White stoneware covered with lilac slip and white 'classical figures and divisions' sprigging. |
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Teapot. White stoneware covered in brown slip with white 'classical figures and divisions' sprigging. |
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Latest additions to the Alcock/Duke/Bodley pages:
Pattern 7/1400 creamer, ribbon & bow moulding.
Pattern 4/9195 dessert plate, moulded wild rose & butterfly.
Pattern 3/7948 vase, courting scene & flower group.
Pattern 895 leaf dessert dish, melting snow border.
Pattern 1/3983 bread & butter dish.
Pattern 2/9711 dessert plate, pierced edge.
R. Stevenson, Alcock, & Williams, Cobridge, 1821-1826.
Samuel Alcock & Co., Cobridge, 1826-1828.
Samuel Alcock & Co., Cobridge and Hill Pottery, Burslem, 1828-c.1832/3.
Samuel Alcock & Co., Hill Pottery, Burslem, c.1832/3-1859.
Samuel Alcock died in 1848 and the business was carried on by his widow and sons under the same trading title. The firm was declared insolvent in October 1859. It appears that the business was kept going by administrators until the Duke purchase in January 1861.
Sir James Duke & Nephews (James Duke Hill & John Sherriff Hill), Hill Pottery, Burslem, 1861-1864.
The active partner was John Sherriff Hill, and it is his "JSH" monogram that appears on the wares.
Hill Pottery Co. (Ltd.), Burslem, 1864-1867.
In 1867 the pottery was split between a bone china side and an earthenware side.
The bone china side continued under:
Alcock, Diggory & Co., 1867-1870
Bodley & Diggory, 1870-1871
Edward F. Bodley, 1871-1874
E. F. Bodley & Son, 1874-1875
Edwin J. D. Bodley, 1875-1892
Samuel Alcock produced fine bone china as well as earthenwares. His china has often been mistaken for Ridgway because the factory used fractional pattern numbering. The shapes are, however, quite different, and the style of gilding has a flavour unique to the factory. Whereas Ridgway pattern numbers are generally, but not exclusively, painted in iron-red, Alcock numbers can be in iron-red, but more generally are in puce, or in one of the border colours used on the item being numbered. The numbers are also done with varying degrees of boldness, sometimes as neatly as Ridgway, but often much more boldly, and frequently containing a "No." to the left of the lower part of the number.
The Alcock fractional numbering system seems to have been carried on by Duke & Nephews, the Hill Pottery Co., and the Bodleys. In common with Ridgway and other factories the numbering was not entirely sequential but was separated into a tea ware series, a dessert ware series, an earthenware series, and a series for the moulded jugs.
Exactly at what point in the different series Duke & Nephews, HPC, and the Bodleys took over is uncertain, but we know that in the dessert & fancy ware series marked "S. A. & Co." pieces exist with low 4/ series numbers up to c.4/2400. There are pieces on this site numbered 4/2435, 4/2889 and 4/3186 carrying the "JSH" monogram used by Duke & Nephews. Margaret Crumpton successfully linked pattern 4/5690 to Alcock & Diggory, which confines Sir James Duke & Nephews and Hill Pottery to lower 4/ series numbers. Marked E. J. D. Bodley pieces appear on this website from 4/9195 onwards which means all 5/ series numbers are his.
In the tea ware series things are less clear as the numbering goes from 9999 to a 1/ series (independent of the dessert ware 1/ series), then jumps to the beginning of the 6/ series. Curiously the 6/ series appears to have started well before the dessert ware 5/ series which confuses the dating, and early 6/ patterns are undoubtedly by Alcock, with the changeover to Duke occurring somewhere between 6/3000 and 6/5000. A cup of pattern 6/8512 has been spotted with a registration diamond for the Hill Pottery Co. Also a swan-neck tea service of pattern 7/2308 has been seen with a registration diamond for 3 April 1875 for E. F. Bodley & Son. Marked items for E. J. D. Bodley on this site start at 7/2647.
Thanks for correcting dates and numbering of this section must go to Stephen Bressey and Margaret Crumpton.
References:
Stephen Bressey and Murray Pollinger, 'Porcelains of the Ralph Stevenson & Samuel Alcock Partnerships c. 1822 - 1831', Northern Ceramics Society Journal 20 (2003-4), pp. 65-98
Geoffrey and Alma Barnes, 'The Samuel Alcock Porcelains', Geoffrey Godden (ed.), Staffordshire Porcelain (1983).
Margaret Crumpton, 'Bodley: The People and their Pots', Northern Ceramics Society Journal 23 (2006-7), pp. 119-134
Named earthenware series
Numbered earthenware series 1 to xxxx
Early bone china series 500 to c.699 ~ All wares
Numbered series c.700 to 9999 (and 1/xxxx) ~ Dessert and fancy wares
Numbered series 2/xxxx, 3/xxxx, 4/xxxx, and 5/xxxx ~ Dessert and fancy wares
Numbered series c.1600 to 9999 ~ Tea wares
Numbered series 1/1 to 1/9999 ~ Tea wares
Numbered series 6/xxxx, 7/xxxx, and 8/xxxx ~ Tea and fancy wares
Numbered Moulded Jugs
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"Canadian" |
7 inch muffin. Earthenware. "Canadian" print in blue. |
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"Commerce" |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Commerce" print in red. |
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"Florentine - Toronto" |
7 inch muffin. Earthenware. "Florentine - Toronto" print in red. |
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Leaf dessert dish. Earthenware. Pale green border edged in deep puce. |
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Dessert plate. Dropped shell shape. Bone china. Pale green border. Multicoloured hand-painted flower group centre. Gilt edge, shoulder band, tracing on mouldings. |
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519 |
Square dessert dish. Dropped shell shape. Bone china. Marone border. Multicoloured hand-painted flower group centre. Gilt edge, shoulder band, tracing on mouldings. |
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547 |
Square dessert dish, dessert plate. Dropped shell shape. Bone china. Centre multicoloured hand-painted floral group with landscape background. Gilt edge, shoulder line, leaf decoration on border. |
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625 |
Sugar box, creamer, tea cup & saucer. Melting snow border shape. Bone china. Dark blue & gilt vine border. Gilt edge, top of knop, tracing on handles. |
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895 |
Leaf dessert dish. Melting snow border shape. Bright blue & gilt lyre & foliate border. Centre reserve of multicoloured hand-painted vase and flowers. Gilt edge, centre surround, tracing on handle and mouldings. |
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1061 |
Leaf dessert dish. Wave edge embossed shape. Passion flower sprigs in border and centre printed in black filled green, grey & straw. Gilt edge band & handle. |
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1082 |
Leaf dessert dish. Wave edge plain shape. Multicoloured hand-painted central flower group and three sprigs on border. Gilt edge band, tracing on handles. |
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3013 |
Rectangular dessert dish. Bone china. Blue, straw, & gilt border. Gilt edge, star centre, tracing on handles. |
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3291 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Green & gilt border with straw reserves, and straw & lilac 'feathers'. Centre specimen flower sprig hand-painted in multicoloured enamels. |
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4533 |
Rectangular dessert dish. Bone china. Straw & gilt net outer border with reserves containing multicoloured hand-painted flower sprigs. Marone & gilt inner border with gilt acanthus. Gilt edge, centre ring, tacing on handles. |
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4968 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Broad ble & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gil edge, tracing on handle. |
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5625 |
Vase. Bone china. Marone, buff & gilt ground. Single reserve with multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, foot band. |
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7530 |
Vase. Bone china. Marone ground with cream, straw, turquoise, and gilt. Multicoloured hand-painted landscape both sides. |
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8173 |
Oval dessert dish. Bone china. Green, grey, & gilt radial striped border. Multicoloured hand-painted flower group centre. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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8799 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Green, straw, & gilt rococo arcaded border. Mulicoloured hand-painted flower sprigs in each arch. Multicolored hand-painted landscape in centre. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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2/641 |
Chamber stick. Bone china. Dark green ground. Straw & gilt mouldings & taper holder neck. |
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2/1719 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Buff, white & gilt rococo floral border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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2/2633 |
Water sprinkler. Bone china. Yellow green ground with straw and gilt detailing. Multicoloured hand-painted flower sprig each side. Gilt edge, foot, detailing on handle. |
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2/3382 |
Three dessert plates. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, straw and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/3881 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Beige, cream, & gilt border. Gilt edge, star centre. |
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2/4775 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Elaborate grey, straw & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/4813 |
Two dessert plates. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, straw and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/5463 |
Two leaf dessert dishes. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Green, straw, and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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2/5511 |
Dessert plate. Horn of Plenty shape. Bone china. Beige, cream, & gilt border. Gilt edge, star centre. |
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2/5539 |
Dessert plate. Horn of Plenty shape. Bone china. Buff, grey, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured, hand-painted landscape. Gilt edge. |
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2/5545 |
Leaf dessert dish. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, straw and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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2/5629 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Buff, marone, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured, hand-painted named landscape. Gilt edge. (See also 2/6462) |
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2/5635 |
Vase. Bone china. Yellow green ground with straw and gilt detailing. Reserve on one side a landscape, on the other a floral group. Gilding inside top. |
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2/5958 |
Two dessert plates. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Maroon, straw, & gilt floral border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/6296 |
Two dessert plates. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, straw and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/6462 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Buff, marone, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured, hand-painted named landscape. Gilt edge. (See also 2/5629) |
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2/6525 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Floral print in dark green, heavily flow blued, filled yellow-green, blue-green, iron-red, purple, rose. Gilt highlights. |
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2/6532 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Bird, basket, and flowers print in brown, filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, rose, yellow, blue-green, yellow-green, pale-blue, opaque orange. Gilt edge, highlights. |
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2/6559 |
Meat dish. Bone china. Pale brown border with inner edge of straw & gilt leaf scrolls with white, gilt & yellow-green leaves. Centre large multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/6666 |
Dessert plate. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue pale blue and gilt arcaded and floral border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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2/7143 |
Two dessert plates. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Drab stone border with flower heads and spiralling in gilt. Multicoloured hand-painted floral centre. Gilt edge. |
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2/8053 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Grey, straw & gilt border. Multicoloured hand-painted floral centre. Gilt dontillated edge, tracing on handle. Gilt foot line. |
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2/9515 |
4 inch muffin. Horn of Plenty shape but not pierced. Bone china. Small flower groups in centre & border printed in puce, filled multicolours. Mouldings highlighted in blue & rose. Gilt edge. |
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2/9711 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Grey, straw, black, & gilt border. Centre hand-painted, multicoloured flower group. Gilt edge. |
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3/925 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Flame red border with reserves of gilt, white, yellow-green, and dark blue radiating from centre gilt ring. Centre multicolored hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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3/2498 |
Two dessert plates. Bone china. Buff, marone & gilt foliate border. Specimen multicoloured hand-painted flower centre. Gilt edge. |
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3/4725 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Mazarin blue, straw and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge. |
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3/4736 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Border printed ribbon filled buff. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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3/5361 |
Oval dessert dish. Horn of plenty shape. Bone china. Green, straw and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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3/5642 |
Two leaf dessert dishes. Bone china. Grey, white and gilt arcaded c-scroll & foliate border, with small multicoloured hand-painted flower groups in reserves. Centre large multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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3/6969 |
Square dessert comport, three dessert plates. Bone china. Pink, straw, & gilt star border. Multicoloured hand painted flower group centre. Gilt edge, tracing on handles & moulding. |
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3/7948 |
Vase. Bone china. Flame red and gilt neck and foot. Main body white with multicoloured hand-painted courting scene on one side and flower group on the other. Handles gilt with pale green, flame red, & gilt lower finials. |
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3/9116 |
Vase and pair of vases. Bone china. Flame red ground with cream, turquoise, & gilt contrasts. The first has a large reserve on one side filled with multicoloured hand-painted view of children at play near a river entitled "The Holiday". The pair have woodland scenes from paintings exhibited at the National Institution of Fine Arts. |
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3/9199 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Neo-classical printed scene with two multicoloured figures against a black background. Brown and black arcaded shoulder band. Broad blue border with stylised printed acanthus groups in white and buff. Edge band in buff and cream. |
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3/9747 |
Tall dessert comport. Bone china. Lilac and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted romantic landscape. Gilt edge. |
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4/1357 |
Two dessert plates. Bone china. Pink & gilt border. Centre named hand-painted specimen flower. Gilt edge, mouldings. |
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4/1521 |
Two dessert plates. Bone china. Pink & gilt border with white quatrefoil reserves containing hand-painted floral sprigs with hanging swags. Centre hand-painted multicoloured landscape with figures. Gilt dontillated edge. |
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4/2435 |
Vase. Portland vase shape. Earthenware. Classical print in black of two women in a quadriga, filled white, brown, buff, pink. Blue ground. Neck in Marone, gilt and green. Shoulder of acanthus in black on brick red. Handles blue & gilt. Gilt edge and foot. |
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4/2889 |
Chamber stick. Bone china. Matt black ground with a Capricorn and dolphins in iron-red. Dontillated border in iron-red. Gilt edge. |
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4/3186 |
Jug. Lekythos shape. Figures after the Ancient Greek printed in black. Iron-red ground. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handle. |
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4/3337 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Outer border in cream and inner in lilac with a blue & yellow zig-zag band between. Hand-painted multicoloured flower group centre. Gilt edge, double inner border. |
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4/4935 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Ribbon border in cerulean blue and gilt. Central hand-painted multicoloured flower group. Gilt edge. |
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4/5704 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Pink border with white & gilt outer band and gilt inner band. Multicoloured landscape centre. |
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4/6303 |
Comport. Bone china. Shoulder band of turquoise with gilt lines at edges. Gilt arcaded border inside band. Central floral sprig, and band of flowers on border hand-painted in pink, yellow green & turquoise. Gilt wide & narrow bands at edge. |
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4/6307 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Marone & gilt border with white reserves containing hand-painted multicoloured wild flower sprigs. Centre hand-painted multicoloured landscape. Gilt edge, tracing on mouldings. |
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4/9195 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Wild rose sprig and butterfly moulded into surface and filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt dontillated edge. |
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5/1435 |
Shell dish/oyster plate. Bone china. Background pale pink merging to pale blue merging to pale yellow. Seaweed in raised brown & gilt. |
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5/3815 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Border of alternating marone and white rays with printed gilt floral design over all. Centre hand-painted multicoloured wild plant group. Gilt edge. |
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5/6820 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Roses hand-painted with raised gilt leaves. Gilt printed edge. |
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5/7956 |
Dessert comport. Bone china. Birds in tree branches chasing a fly, all hand painted in natural colours. Gilt shading in pale cream background. Pale cream band edged gilt under bowl. Gilt tracing on triple support and foot. |
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5/8604 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Gilt edged straw border with Greek key gilt centre band. Central raised gilt & enamel leaf surrounded by multicoloured flowers and seed pod, all hand painted. |
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2331 |
Teapot (minus lid), creamer, tea cup & saucer. High handle shape. Bone china with blue sprigs. Blue sprigs separated by gilt flowers. Gilt edge, tracing on spout and feet. |
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2383 |
Bread & butter plate, trio. High handle shape. Bone china. Border in green, straw, & gilt, with white reserves containing multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Centre flower group. |
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2451 |
Bread & butter plate. High handle shape. Bone china with lilac sprigs. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt band, highlights, tracing on handles. |
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4961 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. Blue & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted landscape. Gilt edge, foot ring, spike on handle. |
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5160 |
Creamer. Bone china. Blue border with gilt cross-hatching and straw and gilt leaves. Multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt edge, tacing on handle & feet. |
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6021 |
Small size slop bowl, bread & butter plate, tea cup & saucer. Rustic bean handle. Bone china. Blue & red spiralling border. Red blue & purple simple flower groups in centre and round sides. Gilt edge. |
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6067 |
Sugar box. Bone china. Hanging reserves in Mazarin blue & gilt. Gilt knob, tracing on edge mouldings & handles, foot line. |
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6142 |
Trio. Rustic bean handle. Bone china. Chinoiserie style outline print in blue filled Mazarin Blue, iron-red, rose, yellow-green, blue-green, buff, straw, purple. Opaque orange highlights. Lustre edge. |
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6173 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Rustic Bean handle. Bone china. Pale blue border, with flower heads in cream, iron-red, & blue-green. Gilt highlighting, edge, scrolling round cup, spike on handle. |
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6709 |
Bread & butter plate. Bone china. Marone, grey & gilt radially striped border. Gilt edge, star centre, tracing on handles. |
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6714 |
Slop bowl, tea cup & saucer. Rustic Bean handle. Bone china. Grey white & gilt pannelled border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, foot line, leafy sine wave round cup & bowl, detailing on handle. |
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6735 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Rustic Bean handle. Bone china. Green, cream, & gilt radial striped and floral border. Multicoloured hand-painted flower group centre. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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7327 |
Bread & butter plate. Bone china. 'Ceylon Japan' print in brown, filled with multicoloured enamels. |
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8854 |
Bread & butter dish. Bone china. Beige, straw & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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9492 |
Trio. Rustic Bean handle. Bone china. Buff, grey & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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9624 |
Tea cup & saucer. Rustic Bean handle. Bone china. Gilt, grey & buff border with hanging grey & gilt flowers & leaves. Gilt edge, foot ring, leafy sine wave round cup, detailing on handle. |
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9851 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Bone china. Yellow green, straw, and gilt border of leaves and flower heads with some leaves dropping into centre. Irregular gilt inner border with row of gilt commas. Gilt edge, sprig centre, spriggy sine wave round cup, foot line, acanthus detailing on handle. |
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1/418 |
Coffee pot with metal lid and filter. Bone china. White body with foliate moulding picked out in turquoise and gilt. Metal lid with hawk finial. |
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1/531 |
Bread & butter plate. Bone china. Narrow Mazarin blue & gilt scalloped outer border. Shoulder band printed in brown, filled pink with iron-red, blue & yellow details. Border and centre flower groups printed in brown filled Mazarin blue, blue-green, yellow-green, iron-red, rose, purple, blue, yellow. Gilt edge, highlights, tracing on handles. |
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1/536 |
Basket. Bone china. White body. Handle cords in celeste blue. |
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1/930 |
Jug. Ebony or jet ware. Neo-classical printed scenes with multicoloured figures against a black background. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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1/1361 |
7 inch muffin. Bone china. Chinoiserie print in brown filled iron-red, rose, buff, pale-blue, mid-blue, yellow-green, yellow. Lustre edge. |
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1/3983 |
Bread & butter dish. Bone china. Mazarin blue, white, and gilt floral border. Gilt edge, centre ring, tracing on handles. |
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1/6437 |
Bread & butter plate. Bone china. Buff, pale green & gilt border. White reserves with multicoloured hand-painted birds, with pink bows below. Gilt edge, centre ring, tracing on handles. |
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1/8509 |
Cup & saucer. Bone china. Buff border with Mazarin blue & gilt leaves. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handle. |
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1/8947 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Bone china. Deep purple & gilt border with oval reserves edged in celeste blue & gilt filled with mullticoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge, foot line, centre ring & star, thumb rest & tracing on handle. |
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6/109 |
Egg cup. Bone china. Double ribbon with quatrefoils printed in pink, filled blue and orange. |
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6/1421 |
Bread & butter dish. Bone china. Radial pattern in forest green and gilt. Straw border. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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6/1711 |
Cup & saucer. Bone china. Gilt & white arcaded pattern with slight blue contrasts. Yellow band at edge. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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6/1841 |
Three cups & saucers. Bone china. Marone & gilt border. Reserve on cup and saucer centre multicoloured hand-painted landscape scenes with figures after the French style. Gilt edge, foot ring, tracing on handles. |
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6/2948 |
Bread & butter dish. Bone china. Border of gilt 's's interspersed with small hand-painted flower groups. Gilt dontillated edge, tracing on handles, centre ring. |
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6/4352 |
Cup. Bone china. Pale green ground with intricate plant-like gilding. Oval reserves bounded gilt with multicoloured hand-painted landscapes. Gilt edge, foot line, leafy edge inside cup, detailing on handle. |
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6/4357 |
Cup & saucer. Bone china. Peach ground with intricate plant-like gilding. Oval reserves bounded gilt with multicoloured hand-painted landscapes. Gilt edge, foot line, leafy edge inside cup, detailing on handle. |
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6/9743 |
Cup & saucer, 7 inch muffin. Bone china. Border of two interweaving ribbons in purple and pink with a turquoise cinquefoil flower head at each crossover. Line & dot gilt border edges. Gilt foot line, tracing on handle. |
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7/1400 |
Creamer. Bone china. Pink border round inside of neck. Gilt & white ribbon band round neck of creamer crossing through ring of handle and forming bow below handle. Gilt edge, foot rim, detailing on handle. |
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7/1751 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. Pink ground on saucer border and inside cup. Gilt & white ribbon band on saucer and also round top of cup crossing through ring of handle and forming bow below handle. Gilt edge, foot rim, ring round well of saucer, detailing on handle. |
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7/2647 |
Covered jar. Bone china. Moulded with flowers highlighted in celeste blue. Gilt edge. |
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7/2952 |
Scent bottle. Bone china. Moulded with prunus flowers highlighted in celeste blue. |
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7/3458 |
Covered chocolate cup (minus saucer). Bone china. Turquoise ground. Printed floral groups on both sides and top, filled multicoloured enamels. Gilt bands round lip and lid, tracing on knob and handles. |
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7/4118 |
Cup, saucer, and plate. Bone china. Hand painted blossoming branches within narrow printed black & gilt border. Half gilt handle. |
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7/4207 |
Chamber stick with snuffer. Bamboo moulded shape. Bone china. Alternating panels of Mazarin blue and minature multicoloured hand-painted watery landscapes. Gilt tracing on bamboo moulding. |
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7/7700 |
Cup & saucer. Bone china. Hand painted purple flowers with raised gold leaves. Gilt edge. |
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8/225 |
Cup & saucer. Bone china. Aesthetic style print in brown. Gilt edge & spike on handle. |
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Graduated set of three jugs. Parian with lilac slip. 'Indian Groups' (Sometimes incorrectly titled 'Arabian Nights'). |
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116 |
Jug. Parian with lilac slip. Breach of Acre commemorating Sir Sidney Smith and the seige of 1799. |
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117 |
Jug with Britannia metal lid. Parian with lilac slip. Portland Vase. |
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122 |
Jug. Parian with lilac slip. Portland Vase. |
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186 |
Jug. Parian with lilac slip. "Arabic". |
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Thomas Booth & Son, Tunstall, 1872-1876
Thomas G. Booth, Tunstall, 1876-1883
T. G. & F. Booth, Tunstall, 1883-1891
Booths Ltd., Tunstall, 1891-1948
Booths & Colcloughs Ltd., Tunstall & Longton, 1948-54
Ridgway, Adderley, Booths, & Colcloughs Ltd., Jan.1955-Feb.1955
Ridgway Potteries Ltd., Feb.1955-1964
Allied English Potteries Ltd., 1964-Dec.1972
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"Pompadour" |
Jug. Earthenware. Print copying Job Ridgway & Sons "Japan Opaque China" Pattern 767. |
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Zachariah Boyle & Son, Keeling's Lane, Hanley, 1823-1828
Zachariah Boyle & Sons, Big Works, Church Street, Stoke, 1828-1848
Samuel Boyle, t/a Zachariah Boyle & Sons, Fenton Stone Works, 1849-1852
Zachariah's son, John Boyle, left the family firm in 1836 and went into partnership with Herbert Minton to form Minton & Boyle, which lasted until John's death in 1845.
Zachariah Boyle died in 1841.
The products of the so-called '52 Factory' are now thought to be by Zachariah Boyle.
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154 |
Leaf dessert dish. Earthenware. Chinoiserie print in stone brown filled Mazarin blue, rose, iron-red, blue-green, yellow-green, buff, purple, yellow. Highlights in opaque orange. Lustre edge. |
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Latest additions to the Brownfield page:
Pattern 11341 Jewel shape jug with Britannia Metal lid.
Pattern 24 7 inch muffin, "W & B" mark.
Pattern 24 dinner plate, "R, W & B" mark.
Pattern 309 sauce tureen, added to entry.
Pattern 6064 dessert plate, flowers in landscape centre.
Pattern 9699 dessert plate, fruit & flowers print.
Robinson, Wood, & Brownfield, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, 1837.
Wood & Brownfield, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, 1837-1850.
William Brownfield, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, 1850-1871.
William Brownfield & Son, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, 1871-1876.
William Brownfield & Sons, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, 1876-c.1891.
Brownfield's Guild Pottery Society, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, c.1892-1900.
Brownfield table wares bear strong similarities to Ridgway, Morley, and Ashworth earthenwares and are often mistaken for them.
Moulded Stoneware Series
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"Worcester" |
Jug (minus Britannia Metal lid). "Worcester" shape in white stoneware. |
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Earthenware Series
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Dinner plate, 7 inch muffin. Earthenware. Printed in brown with ornate vase of flowers and butterfly centre, floral border, and bands of cross-hatching at edge & shoulder. Fille yellow-green, iron-red, pale-blue, yellow, salmon. |
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230 |
Jug. Oriental shape. Earthenware. Green ground. Printed design of flowers and butterflies, filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, green, & gilt. Gilt edge. Brown & gilt tracing on handle. |
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251 |
Sauce tureen stand, dinner plate, dessert plate. Earthenware. Floral print with Chinese style border printed in brown, filled Mazarin blue, yellow-green, sage, iron-red, yellow, rose. Gilt highlights. |
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309 |
Sauce tureen, two dinner plates. Earthenware. Chinese landscape print in brown, filled brown, buff, green, blue, pink. Lustre edge. |
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326 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. Print in brown of flowers, two vases, a bird, and rocks. Filled pale golden brown, blue-green, purple, drab, blue, yellow-green, yellow. Opaque orange highlights. Brown edge. |
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559 |
Leaf dessert dish. Earthenware. Buff border with gilt highlighting. Printed small butterfly and foliate sprigs in border, scrolled inner border edge, landscape centre with figure. Gilt edge. |
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618 |
Dessert comport, rectangular dish, dessert plate. Earthenware. Pale green & gilt border. Centre printed flower group filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt tracing on mouldings. |
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1499 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. Deep blue and gilt shoulder and edge bands. Printed floral border band and centre group, filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge, tracing on moulding. |
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5348 |
Jug. Portland shape. Earthenware. Palm Tree print in purple brown filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, rose, buff, green. Opaque orange highlights. Iron-red edge, tracing on handle. |
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5663 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. Printed floral pattern in brown, filled flow blue, iron-red, rose, purple, blue-green, yellow-green. Gilt edge, highlights, tracing on moulding. |
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5931 |
Plate. Earthenware. "Sutherland" print in blue, filled rose, iron-red, purple, blue-green, yellow-green, yellow. Brown edge. |
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6064 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. Border emerald-green. Flowers in circlet at shoulder, and flowers in landscape centre, all printed in flow mulberry. Prints filled yellow-green, blue-green, buff, iron-red, purple, slate-blue. Opaque orange highlights. Deep purple tracing on mouldings. |
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6174 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. "No.7" print in purple brown filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, rose, blue-green, yellow-green. Gilt edge, highlights. |
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6923 |
Small soup plate. Earthenware. "No.13" print in purple brown filled Mazarin blue, pale green, iron-red, purple, blue-green. Opaque orange highlights. Brown edge, |
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6932 |
Soup plate. Earthenware. "No.13" print in purple brown filled Mazarin blue, turquoise, iron-red, purple, buff. Gilt highlights. Brown edge. |
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9699 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. Border emerald-green. Centre fruit & flowers print in mulberry spreading into border, filled iron-red, blue-green, yellow, purple, salmon. Gilt highlights, shoulder c-scrolls, tracing on edge moulding. |
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10102 |
Part dessert service. Earthenware. "No.40" print in blue, filled yellow-green, yellow, iron-red, rose, purple. Dark brown tracing on handles and moulding. |
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10414 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "No.46" print in purple brown filled Mazarin blue, rose, iron-red, salmon, blue-green, yellow-green. Opaque orange highlights. Brown edge. |
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11341 |
Jug with Britannia Metal lid. Jewel shape. White stoneware. Mouldings traced with purple enamel. |
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12545 |
Soup plate. Earthenware. "No.54" print in purple brown filled Mazarin blue, buff, iron-red, yellow-green, purple, blue-green. Gilt edge, highlights. |
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Bone China Series 1871-1900
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1643 |
Dessert plate. Hand painted landscape centre with windmill in natural colours. Arcaded pink and gilt border. |
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2623 |
Two dessert plates. Bone china. Border print of maidenhead fern in gilt picked out in turquoise. Centre flower group in multicolours and raised gilt. Gilt edge. |
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2934 |
8 inch muffin. Bone china. Mazarin blue, iron-red, and gilt arcaded border. Floral centre in Mazarin blue & iron-red. Detailing in pale blue, opaque orange, blue-green, yellow-green. Gilt edge. |
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There is some uncertainty as to who the manufacturer was.
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Sugar box. Green stoneware with white sprigs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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Ralph & James Clews, Cobridge Works, Cobridge, 1818-1834
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Bacchanalian Boys |
Jug. Brown coloured stoneware with white sprigs. Bacchanalian Boys style sprigging. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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Butterfly and Trellis |
Dessert plate or twiffler. Earthenware. Butterfly and Trellis print (copying J&W Ridgway) in black. |
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Latest additions to the Coalport pages:
Pattern 5/162 dessert plate, Horn of Plenty shape.
Pattern 2/563 dessert plate, landscape centre.
Pattern 128 trio.
Pattern 900 sugar box.
Pattern 5/687 dessert plate.
John Rose & Co., Coalport, 1795-1880.
Coalport China Co., Coalport, 1880-1925.
Coalport china has often been mistaken for Ridgway because the factory used fractional pattern numbering. The fractional numbering, however, never has more than three figures below the line, is usually in gilt, and is often written at right angles to the foot rim.
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128 |
Trio. Hybrid hard paste porcelain. Trefoil Imari style pattern in Mazarin blue, iron-red, and gilt. Gilt edge, half gilt handles, gilt foliate counter-pattern on cups. |
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239 |
Sugar box, creamer, slop bowl. Hybrid hard paste porcelain. Leaf and ribbon border in gilt, iron-red and black. Gilt edge and foot line, detailing on handle & knob. |
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840 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Cup with Nantgarw style kidney shape handle. Bone china. Mazarin blue and straw border with heavy gilding of grapes & vine leaves with sunburst edging. Reserves and centre filled with multicoloured hand painted flower groups. Gilt edge, foot rim, circlet of vine leaves outside cup. Half gilt handle. |
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900 |
Sugar box. Bone china. Gilt and white diamond and foliate border. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handles. Solid gilt knob. |
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966 |
Trio. Hockey stick moulded shape. Bone china. Gilt & white with added multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge, star centre, tracing on handles. |
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982 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Coalport's version of Spode's 'Pembroke' shape with gadrooned edge. Bone china. Deep pink ground with raised gilt borderdered multicoloured landscape reserves. Gilt star centre, tracing on gadrooning, dontillated inner edge to border, foot ring. Half gilt handle. |
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Coffee cup & saucer. Old English shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue border with gilt leaf &c, with white reserves filled with multicoloured hand painted flower groups. Gilt edge, centre rings, acanthus and scrollwork outside cup. |
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Tea cup & saucer, coffee cup & saucer. Hockey stick moulded shape. Bone china. Circlet of hearts in iron-red, purple, blue & gilt. Gilt edge, foot ring, centre sprig on saucer, tracing on handle. |
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Saucer. Coalport's version of Spode's 'Pembroke' shape with gadrooned edge. Bone china. Burgundy ground with reserves of multicoloured fantastic birds. Gilt edge, rococo edging to reserves, star in wreath centre, tracing on edge moulding. |
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2/295 |
Oval dessert dish. Bone china. Green border. White reserves & centre with multicoloured hand painted flower groups. Gilt c-scroll centre & reserve edging, tracing on gadroon edge and handles. |
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2/366 |
Slop bowl. Bone china. Green boder. Centre large, and in reserves small, multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge, tracing on mouldings. |
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2/428 |
Coffee cup & saucer. 'No.7' shape. Bone china. Green, straw & gilt border with reserves with multicoloured hand-painted landscapes. Gilt edge, star centre, floral band round cup, detailing on handle. |
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2/563 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Purple, cream, & gilt floral border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted landscape. Gilt edge, leafy shoulder band, tracing on mouldings. |
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2/893 |
Three dessert plates. Bone china. Grey and gilt grape & vine leaf border. Centre multicoloured fruit group. |
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3/215 |
Tea cup & saucer. 'Adelaide' shape. Bone china. Grey and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted landscape. Gilt edge, foot ring, flower groups on side of cup, tracing on handle. |
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3/249 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Mazarin blue, straw & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt straw and white band at edge. |
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3/250 |
Tea cup & saucer. 'Adelaide' shape. Bone china. Grey, drab, and gilt border. Gilt star centre, edge, foot ring, complex band round cup, tracing on handle. |
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3/793 |
Dessert plate. Rococo edge shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue & gilt border with white reserves. Centre and reserves have printed flower groups filled with multicoloured enamels. |
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4/89 |
Bread & butter plate, slop bowl, tea cup & saucer. 'Adelaide' shape. Bone china. Gilt & white design with horseshoes, trefoils, bezants, & foliage. Ring of pink dots round horseshoe holes and ring of pale blue dots round bezants. Gilt edge, foot ring, leaf circlet round cup & bowl, detailing to handle and edge moulding. |
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4/158 |
Tea cup & saucer. Moulded leaf edge shape. Bone china. Drab & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, foot line, complex pattern round cup, tracing on handle. |
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4/195 |
Dessert plate. Rococo edge shape. Bone china. Grey & leafy gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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4/373 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. Cerulean blue border with Mazarin blue & gilt bird's heads on foliate scrolls. Gilt edge, ornate inner border, tracing on handle. Centre multicoloured hand-painted exotic bird. |
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4/380 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Bone china. Pink & gilt border. Small printed flower groups filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge, foot ring, border inside cup, tracing on handle. |
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4/412 blue |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Blue border with straw and gilt edge and white reserves. Multicoloured hand-painted flower groups in centre and border reserves. |
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4/412 marone |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Marone border with straw and gilt edge and white reserves. Multicoloured hand-painted flower groups in centre and border reserves. |
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4/966 |
Dessert plate. Rococo edge shape. Bone china. Gilt & white border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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5/162 |
Dessert plate. Horn of Plenty shape. Bone china. Flower sprigs printed in dove, filled pale blue, rose, yellow, yellow-green, blue-green. Gilt tracing on mouldings. |
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5/459 |
Dessert plate. Rococo edge shape. Bone china. Peach & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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5/461 |
Dessert plate. Rococo edge shape. Bone china. Buff & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted specimen flower. |
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5/611 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Sky blue & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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5/687 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Gilt & white reticulated border. Centre multicoloured specimen fruit. |
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5/775 |
Leaf dessert dish. Bone china. Pink & gilt border. Gilt star centre, tracing on edge mouldings & handle. |
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6/33 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Celeste blue, straw, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted specimen flower. |
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6/56 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Marone & gilt border with white reserves. Centre and reserves have printed flower groups filled with multicoloured enamels. |
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6/506 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Border two celeste blue bands edged gilt with band of gilt dots between. Inner band entwined with printed floral festoons filled withe multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge, gilt star centre. |
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6/761 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Heart shaped reserves in buff & gilt radiating from gilt centre ring. Printed flower groups in reserves & centre filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge, fern detailing in tops of reserves. |
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6/867 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Pink, white, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted named landscape. Gilt edge. |
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6/886 |
Short comport and two dessert plates. Bone china. Celeste blue, white raised pearl, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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7/407 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Red, pearl, & raised gilt edge. Centre multicoloured hand-painted fruit centre. |
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7/495 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Pale blue ground. Multicoloured hand-painted bird in foliage, with butterflies. Narrow arcaded gilt border. |
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7/598 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Pale blue ground. Multicoloured hand-painted bird in foliage, with butterflies. Narrow arcaded gilt border. |
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Latest additions to the Davenport page:
Chinoiserie Ruins dessert plate, added to entry.
Chinoiserie Ruins dinner plate with impressed mark.
John Davenport, Longport, 1793-c.1830
Henry & William Davenport, c.1830-1835
W. Davenport & Co., 1835-1881
Davenports Ltd. 1881-1887
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Chinoiserie Ruins |
Dinner plate, dessert plate. Pearlware. Chinoiserie Ruins print in blue. |
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Dessert plate. Earthenware. Flying Bird print in blue filled with multicoloured enamels. Lustre edge. |
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388 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Grey, white, & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted named fruit with flower sprig. Gilt tracing on edge moulding. |
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812 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Old English shape. Mazarin blue, straw, and gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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954 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Gilt c-scrolls, band & bezants edge. Gilt arcaded shoulder. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. |
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2812 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Bone china. Ivory, Mazarin blue, & gilt floral leafy border. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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Dillwyn & Co., Cambrian Works, Swansea, 1811-1870
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Bluebell |
7 inch muffin. Earthenware. Bluebell print in flow blue. |
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"Whampoa" |
Jug. Octangonal pinch-handled shape. Earthenware. "Whampoa" print in flow blue. |
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Latest additions to the Dimmock page:
Pattern 1/692 jug, octagonal mask shape.
Pattern 1/1410 plate, leaf moulded shape.
Pattern 1/2539 short comport, Indian Tree style print.
Pattern 1/1501 dessert plate, "Argyll" print.
"Nankin" tureen stand or warming plate.
Thomas Dimmock & Co., Albion Street Works, Shelton, 1822-1827
Thomas Dimmock (Junr.) & Co., Albion Street Works, Shelton, Hanley, 1827-1860
John Dimmock & Co., Albion Works, Shelton, Hanley, 1860-1904
Dimmock's made vine jugs very similar to those from the Church Works, and tapestry finish wares similar to those from the Bedford Works. They also had a fractional numbering system under 1/ that can easily be confused with Alcock.
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"Nankin" |
Tureen stand or warming plate minus metal tank. "Nankin" print in blue. |
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"Rhine" |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Rhine" print in flow blue. |
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Unknown Pattern 1 |
Jug with Britannia Metal lid. Vine shape. Earthenware. Iron-red ground. Handle lightly blued. "Japan" print in flow blue filled yellow-green, yellow, purple. Opaque orange highlights. Lustre band on foot. |
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1/23 |
Vase. Earthenware. Pale green ground. 'Chinese' print in flow blue. Highlighting in gilt. |
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1/592 |
Jug. Vine-handled shape. Earthenware. Iron-red ground. Handle lightly blued. Mazarin blue vertical bands, and opaque orange edge, vertical lines, tracing on handle. Lustre band on foot. |
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1/621 |
Jug. Vine shape. Earthenware. Pale green Ground. Handle lightly blued. Reeds & Flowers print in flow blue. Opaque orange highlights. Lustre band on foot. |
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1/692 |
Jug. Octagonal mask shape. Earthenware. "Bamboo" print in flow blue. Red ground. |
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1/1410 |
Plate. Moulded leaf shape. Earthenware. Pale blue ground, pale green leaves with blue stems, edges, & veins. Blue edge. |
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1/1501 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. "Argyll" print in flow mulberry, filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, rose, turquoise, straw. Gilt highlights. Lustre edge. |
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[1/]1619 |
Two jars with EPNS covers. Earthenware. Tapestry finish, with cream ground and cherry blossom print in pink, green & gilt. Brown band round neck. Gilt foot line. |
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1/2539 |
Short comport. Earthenware. Indian Tree style print in mulberry, filled rose, blue, yellow-green, blue-green, yellow. Bands of purple lustre on borders. Handles traced in mulberry and gilt. |
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Latest additions to the Dudson pages:
Two 'Mosaic' white low-bellied shape jugs with Britannia Metal lids.
Dudson-Colibri cigarette lighter, sage with Putti sprigs.
'Cherubs & Divisions' pale blue 'Cocoa Jug'.
Flowers in panels moulded jug in grey.
'Mosaic' sage 'Pine' shape teapot.
James Dudson, Hanley, 1845-82
J. T. Dudson, Hanley, 1882-1898
Dudson Bros., Hanley, 1898-1918
Dudson Bros. Ltd., Hanley, 1918 on
For a long time wares made by the Ridgways at the Bedford Works were thought to have been made by Dudson. There was clearly co-operation between the two factories and it is difficult to establish exactly how far that went. There have, however, been doubts expressed as to whether a factory the size of Hope Street with its two tiny bottle ovens (the large oven was not completed until 1872) could have been capable of manufacturing the wide range of wares attributed to them. Tony Curnock was the first to express the opinion that the ebony wares attributed to Dudson were made by Ridgway at the Bedford Works. These wares share many shapes with the jasper wares. I became convinced of the matter after reading Jewitt's The Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878). Volume 2 where he describes the products of both the Bedford Works and Dudson's Hope Street Works. Jewitt states that both factories produced moulded ware and mosaic ware, but only the Bedford Works produced jasper ware and jet ware, and he praises both wares with effusive language. Whilst the comment on jet or ebony ware was to be expected after Tony Curnock's article, that on jasper ware was not. All jasper wares were, up to then, thought to have been produced at Hope Street. It now seems clear that Dudson made no jasper ware between the 1830s and March 1882. It appears that, after James Dudson completed the construction of the large bottle oven in 1872, he was looking for additional wares to produce. It is on record that he experimented with simplifying the production of mosaic and jasper wares. The Ridgways must have agreed to allow him to produce some mosaic ware from the mid-1870s and jasper ware from March 1882. Audrey Dudson has admitted that Dudson only started to advertise jasper wares in 1882. Both factories continued in production (presumably with some sort of joint marketing agreement), and the Ridgways seem to have withdrawn from the market around 1891, leaving Dudson in sole production. Only Dudson production will be found listed here. Ridgway manufactured wares will be found in the Bedford Works section.
Dudson
'New Class' Wares
'Mosaic' Ware
Plain 'Jasper' Ware
Slip Dipped 'Jasper' Ware
Polychrome 'Jasper' Ware
Plain Stoneware with contrast neck
'Floral' and 'Decorated' Ware
Dudson Moulded Wares
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'Barley' blue |
Jug. Blue stoneware. |
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'Old New Flower' blue |
Jug. Blue stoneware. |
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Flowers in panels sage |
Jug. Sage stoneware. |
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Flowers in panels grey |
Jug. Grey stoneware. |
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'Pineapple' blue. |
Jug. Blue stoneware. |
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Ribbed ('New Fluted'?) white |
Jug. White stoneware. |
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'Fluted' pale blue |
Pressed ware jug. Pale blue stoneware. Full glaze. |
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Dudson
'New Class' Wares
'Mosaic' Ware c.1878 on
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'Mosaic' blue teapot |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Blue stoneware. Two bands of 'Bead & Line' with black bead and white line and turning. Full glaze. |
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'Mosaic' blue bowl |
Bowl. Blue stoneware with a band of 'Black Check & Line' with black badge for Driver & Son Ltd., Great Yarmouth. Full glaze. |
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'Mosaic' sage |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Sage stoneware. Two bands of 'Bead & Line' with black bead and white line and turning. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Mosaic' brown |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Brown stoneware. Two bands of 'Bead & Line' with black bead and white line and turning. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Mosaic' white teapot |
Teapot with Britannia Metal lid. 'Pine' shape. White stoneware with pale blue 'mosaic' work. |
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'Mosaic' white 'Tankard' jug |
Jug with hinged Britannia Metal lid. 'Tankard' shape. White stoneware. Two bands of 'Bead & Line' with black bead and blue line and turning. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Mosaic' white low-bellied jug |
Two jugs with hinged Britannia Metal lids. Low-bellied shape, two different handles. White stoneware. Two bands of blue, one Greek Key, one Chequer, between black bead mosaic work. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Mosaic' white mustard pot |
Mustard pot with hinged Britannia Metal lid. White stoneware. Blue 'mosaic' band with four 'mosaic' lines with turning between. |
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'Mosaic' pink |
Jug with hinged Britannia metal lid. 'Tankard' shape. Pink stoneware. Two bands of 'Bead & Line' with black bead and blue line and turning. Full glaze. |
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'Mosaic' sage & brown |
Jug. 'Tankard' shape with later style handle. Sage stoneware with two bands of brown slip at top and bottom. Band of black 'mosaic' between two blue 'mosaic' lines. |
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Plain 'Jasper' Ware 1882 on
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'Bird & Bamboo' blue teapot |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Blue coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Cherubs' pale blue |
Jug (minus Britannia Metal lid). 'Tankard' shape. Pale blue coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Smear glaze body, full glaze handle. |
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'Cherubs' sage |
Jug with hinged Britannia metal lid. 'Tankard' shape. Sage coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Smear glaze body, full glaze handle. |
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'Cherubs' brown teapot |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Dark brown coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Cherubs' brown coffee pot |
Coffee pot. 'Tankard' shape. Dark brown coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Cherubs & Divisions' pale blue |
'Cocoa Jug'. 'Tankard' shape. Pale blue coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Smear glaze body, full glaze handle. |
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'Dancing' pale blue |
Teapot (with lid from Mosaic teapot). 'Pine' shape with later spout. Pale blue coloured earthenware with white reliefs. Full glaze. |
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'Dancing' pale blue |
Jug. Shouldered shape. Pale blue stoneware with white reliefs. Full glaze. |
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'Muses' pale blue |
'Cocoa Jug'. 'Tankard' shape. Pale blue stoneware with white reliefs. Full glaze. |
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'Muses & Divisions' brown |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Brown stoneware with white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Muses & Trees' sage |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Sage stoneware with white reliefs. Full glaze. |
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'New Sacrifices' pale blue |
Creamer. 'Pine' shape. Pale blue stoneware with white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'New Sacrifices' sage |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Pale sage stoneware with white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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Putti sage |
Colibri cigarette lighter. Pale sage stoneware with white reliefs. Smear glaze. |
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Slip Dipped 'Jasper' Ware 1882 on
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'Cherubs & Divisions' deep blue |
Jug with Britannia Metal lid. Low-bellied shape. White stoneware covered in deep blue slips and white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Dancing' blue |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Pale blue stoneware covered in darker blue slip and white reliefs. Smear glaze outside, full glaze inside. |
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'Muses & Divisions' blue |
Teapot. 'Imperial' shape. White stoneware covered in blue slip and white reliefs. Full glaze. |
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'Muses & Divisions' blue |
Jug. 'Tankard' shape. Pale blue stoneware covered in darker blue slip and white reliefs. Full glaze. |
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Polychrome 'Jasper' Ware 20th Cent.
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'Dancing' polychrome |
Jug. 'Tankard' shape. White stoneware covered with multicoloured enamels. Full glaze. (This decoration was not done at the Dudson factory, but was added by Geo. Borgfeldt & Co., a New York importer.) |
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Plain Stoneware with contrast neck 1886 on
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Pink and brown |
'Cocoa jug'. 'Tankard' shape. Pink Stoneware with brown slip. |
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'Floral' and 'Decorated' Ware 1898-1915
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Grey and brown |
Teapot. 'Pine' shape. Grey Stoneware with brown slip. |
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Stephen Folch, Church Street Works, Stoke, 1819-1828/9.
Folch is sometimes listed as being in partnership as Folch & Scott (his brother-in-law Charles Scott), Folch & Son, and Folch & Sons. Without further investigation it is difficult to date these partnerships.
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Bamboo (Moody C2 green) |
Dinner plate. 8-lobed shape. Ironstone. Bamboo print in black filled yellow-green, blue-green, pink, iron-red, yellow, brown. Lustre edge. |
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New China Works, Worcester.
Grainger & Wood, 1801-1806.
Grainger, Wood & Wilkins, 1806-1808.
Grainger, Wood & Co., 1808-1811.
Thomas Grainger & Co., 1811-1814.
Grainger, Lee, & Co., 1814-1839.
George Grainger & Co., 1839-1889.
Grainger & Co. (Royal Worcester), 1889-1902.
Grainger also used a fractional pattern numbering system, and did number their pieces in a very similar way to Cauldon Place. But the shapes and the style of decoration are much later than the equivalent pattern in Ridgway.
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391 |
Soup plate. Bone china. 'Hicks No.3' print in blue, filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, and yellow-green. Gilt highlights, edge, tracing on edge mouldings. |
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2/122 |
Trio. Bone china. Hand-painted shell pattern in green and gilt. |
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Hamilton & Moore, St. Mary's Works, High St., Longton, 1841-1858/9.
Samuel Moore, 1859-1865.
Moore & Son, 1865-1870/2.
Moore Bros., 1872-1905.
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2083 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. Multiple triple flower heads in blue & marone. Green flecks between. Central sprig in green & iron-red. |
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2/170 |
Tea cup and saucer. Bone china. Hand painted with abstract leafy pattern in marone, blue and green. |
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2/331 |
Tea cup and saucer. Bone china. Green & white border. Hand-painted mulicoloured flower groups in centre and reserves. Gilt flower heads and tracing in border with c-scrolls in reserves. Gilt inner and outer edges to border, body and foot rings on cup, spike on handle. |
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Eardley & Hammersley, Church Bank Works, Tunstall, 1862-1868.
Ralph Hammersley, Church Bank Works, Tunstall, 1868-1870.
Ralph Hammersley, Over House Works, Burslem, 1870-1884.
Ralph Hammersley & Son, Over House Works, Burslem, 1884-1905.
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Birds in Branches |
Jug with Britannia Metal lid. Earthenware. Black printed registered design No. 25431, Birds in Branches. |
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Abbey & Graham, 1793/4-1796
Worthington, Humble & Holland, 1796-1833
Case & Mort, 1833-1836
Mort & Simpson, 1836-1841
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1078 |
Tea cup & saucer. London shape. Bone china. Decoration similar to Job Ridgway & Sons Pattern 487. |
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The history of this group of partnerships is confusing and needs more research. The dates below can only be considered approximate.
At the Waterloo Works, Burslem, and the Bleak Hill Pottery, Cobridge.
Cowap, Hughes, & Co., 1820-1827.
Hughes & Taylor, 1827-1829.
Thomas Hughes, 1830-1834.
Stephen Hughes & Co., 1835-1846.
Stephen & Elijah Hughes, 1846-1852.
Stephen Hughes & Son, 1853-1855.
Thomas Hughes, 1855-1881. (Also at Top Bridge Works, Longport, 1878?-1893.)
Thomas Hughes & Son Ltd. at Unicorn Works, Longport, 1894?-1957.
Elijah Hughes was at Bleak Hill Pottery, Cobridge, 1853-1868?.
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Chinamen jug sage |
Jug with Britannia Metal lid. Sage stoneware. Arcaded moulding with figures of chinamen in arches. Full glaze. |
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Latest additions to the Machin pages:
Pattern 529 dessert plate, Harbold shape.
Pattern 267 coffee can, Bute shape.
Pattern 147 tea cup & saucer, Bute shape.
Pattern 711 trio, Old English Gadrooned shape.
Pattern 843 creamer, London shape.
Unknown Pattern U97 coffee pot, Shanked Oval shape.
Hole House Pottery, Nile Street, Burslem, later referred to as the Waterloo Pottery.
Joseph Machin, 1801-1809.
Machin & Baggaley, 1809-1818.
Machin & Co., 1818-1830.
John Machin, 1830-1831.
Machin & Thomas, 1831-1832.
Machin & Potts, 1833-37.
Machin products have been misidentified as Ridgway by Dr. Godden, particularly the so-called Moustache and Harbold shapes.
The attribution of at least some of the Moustache and Harbold shape patterns is still in dispute, the other main contender being Hicks & Meigh.
The best reference to the Machin wares is Bill Thom & Philip Miller, Machin Porcelains and Earthenwares including a partial reconstruction of the Machin pattern book (Berwick on Tweed, 2008).
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Pierced vase |
Leaf dessert dish. Ironstone. Pierced vase print in blue, filled salmon, brown, iron-red, yellow-green, blue-green, yellow. Brown handle. |
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Unknown Pattern U97 |
Coffee Pot. Shanked Oval Shape. Bone china. Rose heads in rose & yellow-green, alternating with small sprigs in blue. |
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Creamer. New Oval shape. Bone china. Basic floral band in green, black, rose, blue, iron-red. Blue edge, shoulder line, tracing on handle. |
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140 |
Teapot, coffee can & saucer. New Oval shape. Bone China. Machin version of The Proposal Chinese scene printed in red, filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, rose, yellow-green, purple, yellow, grey-blue. Iron-red edge, tracing on handle & knob. |
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147 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. Broad Mazarin blue and floral gilt border. Two oval reserves on cup and three on saucer, containing hand-painted flower groups in iron-red and blue-green. Gilt edge, centre ring, foot ring, tracing on handle. |
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148 |
Coffee pot, pot stand, sugar box, creamer. New oval shape. Slop bowl, trio. Bute shape. Bone china. Hand-painted circlet of blue-green spade shaped leaves with gilt stems &c. Gilt foot line, circlet of leaves round neck, detailing on handle, knob, and spout. |
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168 |
Creamer. New Oval shape. Bone china. Stylised floral design in iron-red, green, Mazarin blue & gilt. |
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187 |
Coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. Gilt band of leaves, balls, & stars. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handle. |
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208 |
Slop bowl, tea cup. Bute shape. Bone china. The Machin version of the Yellow Shell pattern. |
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222 |
Teapot, creamer. New Oval shape. Bone china. Cottage & flowers decoration in iron-red, Mazarin blue and yellow-green. Iron-red edge, detailing to knob, handle and spout. |
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267 |
Coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. Floral Chinoiserie pattern hand-painted in multicoloured enamels and gilt. Gilt edge and tracing on handle. |
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340 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. Hand-painted multicoloured wrap-round view of a man on a bridge between buildings. Fantastic plants surround. Gilt edge & highlights, gilt feathered spike on handle. |
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447 |
Teapot. London shape. Bone china. Machin's version of the Flying Bird print in blue, filled iron-red, pale blue, yellow-green, yellow, purple, brown. |
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529 |
Dessert plate. Harbold shape. Bone china. Single flower head surrounded by three flower heads of equal size, all in rose and green. |
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547 |
Dessert centrepiece, rectangular dish, leaf dish, dessert plate. Harbold shape. Bone china. Blue printed floral design filled rose, iron-red, yellow-green, & brown. |
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547 gilt |
Leaf dish. Harbold shape. Bone china. Blue printed floral design filled rose, iron-red, yellow-green, & brown. Gilt ferny leaves added to centre group. Gilt edge, shoulder line, tracing on volutes. |
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595 |
Teapot & stand. London shape. Bone china. Imari printed pattern with vase and flowers. Mazarin blue border &c. Gilt edge, highlighting. |
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611, 690, or 692 |
Centrepiece. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, cream & gilt border. White reserves in border with multicoloured flower sprigs. Central multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt shoulder band. |
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616 |
Rectangular dish, dessert plate. Harbold shape. Bone china. Cream border with mazarin blue shoulder and volutes. Embossing picked out in gilt & white. Gilt dontil edge to shoulder, gilt centre ring. |
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660 |
Dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue & gilt border with heavy gilt band round centre. Multicoloured hand-painted floral group centre. |
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663 |
Centrepiece, oval dessert dish, dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Multicoloured floral sprigs, large in centre, small in border. |
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679 |
Oval dessert dish. Moustache shape. Bone china. Three flower groups hand painted in blue with small blue sprigs between. |
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690 |
Two dessert plates. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, cream & gilt border. White reserves in border with multicoloured flower sprigs. Central multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt shoulder band. |
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691 |
Oval dessert dish, dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Centre single hand-painted flower. Edge gilt with tracing on moulding. |
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692 |
Leaf dessert dish, dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, cream & gilt border. White reserves in border with multicoloured flower sprigs. Central multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt shoulder band. |
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711 |
Trio. Old English Gadrooned shape. Bone china. Chinoiserie design of church on rocks with large plant behind in Mazarin blue, pale blue, yellow-green, and iron-red. Elaborate gilt border, gilt highlights, foot line, tracing on handle. |
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721 |
Leaf dessert dish, dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Centre hand-painted multicoloured bird on a branch. Border of alternating blue & red flower sprigs with green leaves. |
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722 |
Tea cup & saucer. Old English Gadrooned shape. Bone china. Chinoiserie print in red, filled rose, blue, blue-green, yellow-green, salmon, opaque orange. |
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733 |
Dessert centrepiece, two dessert plates. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, cream & gilt border. Central multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt shoulder band. |
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761 |
Square dessert dish, dessert plate. Dropped shell border shape. Bone china. Green border mottled in imitation of shagreen with heavy gilt band round centre. Multicoloured hand-painted floral group centre. Edge moulding gilt with rose to pink shading on shell handles. |
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768 |
Dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, salmon and gilt border with oval reserves containing multicoloured hand-painted landscapes. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group in vase. |
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769 |
Sugar box, creamer. Dolphin-handled shape. Slop bowl. Belled London shape. Tea cup & saucer. Etruscan shape. Bone china. Imari printed pattern with vase and flowers. Mazarin blue border &c, iron-red flowers. |
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784 |
Dessert plate. Dropped shell border shape. Bone china. Chinese style floral design printed in black, filled turquoise and purple. |
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825 |
Dessert Plate. Dropped shell border shape. Bone china. Multicoloured hand-painted floral sprigs, large in centre, small in border. Gilt edge. |
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843 |
Creamer. London shape. Bone china. Butterflies and flowers print in black filled with multicoloured enamels. |
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848 |
Dessert plate. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, salmon & gilt border. White reserves in border with multicoloured flower sprigs. Central multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt shoulder band. |
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867 |
Tea cup & saucer. Old English Gadrooned shape. Bone china. White & gilt pattern with multicoloured hand-painted flower sprigs. |
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940 |
Leaf dessert dish. Moustache shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue, cream & gilt border. Central multicoloured flower sprig. Gilt shoulder band. |
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Latest additions to the Mason's page:
Pattern 6 Oriental Pheasant sauce tureen
Conversation hydra jug
The patterns here are ones used at Lane Delph prior to the printing plates and moulds being sold to Francis Morley in 1848.
Miles Mason, Lane Delph, c.1800-1813
G. M. & C. J. Mason, Lane Delph, c.1813-1829
C. J. Mason & Co., Lane Delph, 1829-1845
C. J. Mason, Lane Delph, 1845-1848
In 1848 the Mason's printing plates and moulds were sold to Francis Morley at the Broad Street Works.
C. J. Mason, Lane Delph, c.1851-54
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Pattern 1 Indian Grasshopper |
Dessert plate. Ironstone. Indian Grasshopper print in blue filled iron-red, rose, yellow green, yellow, and salmon. |
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Pattern 6 Oriental Pheasant |
Sauce tureen. Ironstone. Oriental Pheasant print in blue filled iron-red, salmon, purple. Handles blued & gilt. |
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'Canton' |
Dessert plate. Ironstone. 'Canton' print in plum, filled orange-red and salmon. |
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Conversation |
Jug. Hydra shape. Ironstone. Conversation print in black with iron-red ground and filled with multicoloured enamels. |
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Pattern 14465 'Bandana' |
Centrepiece, large circular dish or tray. Earthenware. 'Bandana' print in black. Iron-red ground except borders. Some infilling with black, yellow & blue in border areas. Gilt tracing on handles. |
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Dale Hall Works, Burslem
Thomas, John, & Joshua Mayer, c.1823-1855
Mayer Bros. & Elliot, 1855-1858
Mayer & Elliot, 1858-1861
Liddle Elliot & Son, 1862-1871
Bates, Elliot & Co., 1871-1875
Bates, Walker & Co., 1875-1878
Bates, Guildea, & Walker, 1878-1881
Guildea & Walker, 1881-1885
James Guildea & Co., 1885-1887
Keeling & Co., 1887-1905
Keeling & Co. Ltd., 1905-1936
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B/1056 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. 'Japan' print in purple brown, filled black, iron-red, & gilt. Gilt edge. |
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B/2966 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. "Japan" print in black, filled rose, blue, yellow-green, pale brown. |
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Latest additions to the Meigh / Old Hall page:
"Tivoli" dinner plate in blue.
"Jenny Lind" meat dish in red.
Pattern 3/675 "Mother Hubbard" dinner plate.
Pattern 1087 dessert plate, leaf moulded.
Pattern 1447 "Poonah" dinner plate.
Old Hall Works, Hanley:
Meigh & Walthall, 1790-1802
Job Meigh, 1802-1812
Job Meigh & Son, 1812-1834
Charles Meigh,1835-1849
Charles Meigh, Son, & Pankhurst, 1850-1851
Charles Meigh & Son, 1851-1861
Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd., 1861-1886
Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd., 1886-1902
The fractional numbering system can be confused with Ridgway, Bedford Works, on unmarked examples.
Moulded Stoneware Series
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"York Minster" |
Jug. "York Minster" shape. White stoneware with grey stoneware mark. |
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Named Series
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"Tivoli" blue |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Tivoli" print in blue. |
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"Tivoli" red |
8 inch muffin. Earthenware. "Tivoli" print in red. |
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"Hong Kong" |
8 inch muffin. Earthenware. "Hong Kong" print in flow blue. |
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"Jenny Lind" |
Meat dish. Earthenware. "Jenny Lind" print in red. |
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"Mother Hubbard" |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Mother Hubbard" print in brown. |
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Numbered Series
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1087 |
Dessert plate. Moulded as a leaf, but in white with green veining. Green edge. |
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1447 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Poonah" print in flow mulberry filled Mazarin blue, rose, green, yellow. Gilt highlights. |
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2315 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Gem" print in flow mulberry filled iron-red, rose, yellow-green, blue-green. Opaque orange highlights. Brown edge. |
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3/675 |
Dinner plate. Earthenware. "Mother Hubbard" print in brown, filled yellow, iron-red, blue-green, yellow-green, pale blue. |
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3/8865 |
Vase. Earthenware. Ivory ground with slight blushing on neck. Floral decoration printed in puce and filled with raised multicoloured enamels. Gilt highlights, feathered areas on ground, solid handles, detailing on neck. |
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Latest additions to the Minton page:
Second Series Pattern 5194 dessert plate, "Oriental Japan" ('Hicks Rock & Bird') print.
Second Series Pattern 6119 dessert plate, 'Devon' shape.
First Series Pattern 780 inkstand, added to entry.
First Series Pattern 816 large saucer dish, tea cup & saucer, coffee can, Bute shape.
First series Pattern 58 large saucer dish, Bute shape.
First series Pattern 135 dessert plate.
Minton, 1793-1836.
Minton & Boyle, 1836-1845.
Minton & Co., 1841-1873.
Minton & Hollins, 1845-1868.
Mintons, 1871-1950.
Minton Ltd., 1900-1908.
Minton, 1951 on.
First numbered series, all wares, c.1798-c.1816, 1-c.948
Second numbered series, all wares, c.1824-c.1850, 1-9999
A series, all wares, c.1850-c.1860, A/1-A/9999
At the end of the A series prefixes were allocated according to the type of ware, as follows.
B series*, least expensive china tablewares, c.1860-?, B/1-B/?
C series, earthenware tablewares, c.1860-1941, C/1-C/?
D series, earthenware and china toilet, c.1860-?, D/1-D/9999
E series, earthenware ornaments, c.1860-1941, E/1-E/?
G series, richly decorated expensive china tablewares, c.1860-?, G/1-G/9999
H series*, richly decorated expensive china tablewares, ?-?, H/1-H/?
K series, as H but for Davis Collamore, New York, ?-?, K/1-K/?
M series*, Hotel china, 1931-?, M/1-M/?
O series, china ornaments, c.1860-?, O/1-O/9999
OA series*, china ornaments, ?-?, OA/1-OA/?
S series*, enamels & lithos with a gold edge, 1920s-?, S/1-S/?
T series, earthenware and china toilet, ?-?, T/1-T/?
In addition there were number series for new patterns and short runs. When in full production a new number in the relevant series should have been given, but this did not always happen.
NP series*, china and earthenware tablewares and occasionally for Hotel china, ?-?, NP/1-NP/?
P series, richly decorated china tablewares, ?-?, P/1-P/9999
PA first series, richly decorated china tablewares, ?-?, PA/1-PA/9999
PA second series, richly decorated china tablewares, ?-?, PA/1-PA/2300
X series*, richly decorated china tablewares, ?-?, X/1-X/?
*New numbers still being issued in 1965.
Information courtesy of the Minton Archive.
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58 |
Large saucer dish. Bute shape. Bone china. Centre multicoloured hand-painted landscape. Gilt flower sprigs in border. Gilt edge, border round centre. |
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73 |
Creamer. Old Oval shape. Bone china. Foliate band in gilt, iron-red, and yellow-green. Gilt sprigs below, laurel band above, feathering on handle. |
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85 |
Tea cup & saucer, coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. Japanese foliate design in black, marone, and gilt. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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130 |
Square dessert dish. Bone china. Complex floral design hand-painted in multicolored enamels and gilt. Gilt edge. Multicoloured floral sprigs on back border. |
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135 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Segmented border edged in black with fine red line edging. Clasical esoteric symbols in each sector, with harp in center, all in black with opaque orange detailing. Symbols in gilt. Gilt edge. |
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150 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. Criss-cross gilt net border. Multicoloured hand-painted landscape centre. Gilt edge, line inside cup. half-gilt handle. |
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178 |
Punch bowl. Bone china. Dense floral design in yellow-green, iron-red and gilt. Star centre in same colours. Gilt edge, foot line. |
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202 |
Creamer. New oval shape. Bone china. Imari style pattern in Mazarin blue, iron-red & gilt with a neo-classical centre urn. Gilt edge, foot line, half gilt handle. |
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539 |
Teapot. New oval shape. Bone china. Multicoloured hand-painted landscapes with Chinese children based on Pillement. Gilt edge, spout, half-gilt handle & knob. |
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780 |
Three coffee cans & saucers, inkstand. Bute shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue ground with gilt leaves and shells. White & gilt shell reserves containing multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge, foot line, solid gilt handle. |
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791 |
Coffee can & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. Purple & gilt foliate border with gilt wreath reserves containing single rose heads in rose and yellow-green. Gilt edge, foot ring, centre ring, tracing on handle. |
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811:x |
Coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. The Minton version of the Yellow Shell pattern. |
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816 |
Large saucer dish, tea cup & saucer, coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. Hand-painted multicoloured wrap-round view of a man on a bridge between buildings. Fantastic plants surround. Gilt edge & highlights, gilt feathering on handle. |
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876 |
Trio. London shape. Bone china. Heavy Mazarin blue & gilt border with reserves containg multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge, tracing on handles. |
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832 |
Tea service. 'Berlin Embossed' shape. Bone china. Alternating gilt bordered panels of cream with multicoloured flowers, and green with gilt flowers. Some multicoloured flower sprigs on white areas. Gilt edge, tracing on mouldings. |
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5194 |
Dessert plate. Earthenware. 'Hicks Rock & Bird' printed in flow blue filled underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and salmon. Opaque orange highlights. Lustre edge. |
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5845 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. 'Hicks Rock & Bird' printed in flow blue filled underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and salmon. Gilt highlights. |
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6119 |
Dessert plate. 'Devon' shape. Bone china. Blue & gilt lined border. Reserve mouldings salmon & gilt. Centre & reserves multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge. |
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7738 |
8 inch muffin. Earthenware. "D'Orsay Japan" print in stone brown, filled Mazarin blue, iron-red, rose, yellow-green, orange, yellow. Orange edge. |
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7782 |
Round dessert dish. Earthenware. "Basket Japan" print in blue, filled green, buff, iron-red, rose, purple. Handles traced in gilt. Brown edge. |
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8667 |
Centre piece, covered vegetable dish, pie dish, dinner plate. Earthenware. Lyre print in blue, filled Mazarin blue and iron-red. Brown edge. |
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9311 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Reticulated border with heavy gilding. Multicoloured hand-painted flower group centre. |
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A/230 |
Dinner plate. Bone china. Chinoiserie floral print in black, filled Mazarin blue, straw, iron-red, rose, blue-green, yellow-green, purple, pale-blue. Opaque orange highlights. |
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A/836 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Bone China. Celeste blue and gilt border, hanging swags printed in pink, filled multicolours. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handle. |
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A/3833 |
3 dessert plates. Bone china. Celeste blue, gilt, and white border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted specimen flower. Gilt dontillated edge. |
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A/5501 |
Plate. Bone china. Celeste blue and gilt border. Multicoloured flower centre. Gilt edge. |
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B/925 |
Dessert Plate. Bone China. Floral print in pink, filled multicolours. Brown edge. |
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C/495 |
Dinner Plate. Earthenware. "Florentine" print in black, filled iron-red and buff. Brown edge. |
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G/600 |
Shallow bowl, 8 inch muffin. Bone china. Celeste blue basketweave moulded border band, edged in gilt. Gilt edge. |
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G/3898 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. Design of cranes & bamboo printed in black and filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge, tracing on handle. |
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G/7082 |
Soup plate. Bone china. Floral etched gilt border. Brown and raised gilt centre star. |
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K/228 |
Dinner plate. Bone china. Mazarin blue & etched & raised gilt outer border, pale cream & gilt inner border, etched gilt shoulder band. Gilt edge. |
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S/431 |
Tea cup & saucer. Bone china. "Lothian" printed circlet of green leaves and yellow flowers inside cup & saucer. Gilt edge, foot ring, tracing on handle. |
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PA/8796 |
Dinner plate. Bone china. Deep Mazarin blue border with heavy etched gilt floral edge. Gilt shoulder line. |
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Latest additions to the New Hall page:
Pattern 940 small slop bowl, Bute shape.
Pattern 462 large saucer dish (man & crocodile bat print), added to entry.
Pattern 2769 dessert plate, moulded border shape.
Pattern 2050 sauce tureen, basket weave shape.
Pattern 1085 creamer.
New Hall Porcelain Works, Hanley, 1781-1835.
Makers of hard-paste porcelain 1781-c.1812, and bone china c.1812-1835.
Many New Hall pieces are unmarked but extensive research has been done on the patterns, most of which has been published, so an individual pattern number can often be traced.
New Hall jugs and mugs have been mistaken for early Ridgway sprigged wares. They do have a certain similarity, but the handle form is quite different, and distinctive.
Sprigged Wares
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Mug |
Mug. Bone china. White sprigs on lilac-blue ground. |
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Numbered Patterns
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462 |
Teapot. New Oval shape. Large saucer dish. Bute shape. Hard paste porcelain. Landscape bat prints in black. Gilt double edge, foot ring, tracing on handle, spout, and knob. |
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940 |
Small slob bowl. Bute shape. Hard Paste porcelain. One large and three small flower groups round outside. One small flower group inside. Blue edge. |
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1045 |
Slop bowl, tea cup & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. The New Hall version of the Yellow Shell pattern. |
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1084 |
Creamer. London shape. Bone china. The New Hall version of the Doll's House pattern. |
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1085 |
Creamer. London shape. Bone china. Japanesque floral design in Mazarin blue, iron-red, green, and gilt. Narrow Mazarin blue and gilt border. Gilt edge, foot ring, tracing on handle. |
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1126 |
Sugar box, creamer. London shape. Tea cup & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. Blue border with iron-red, yellow-green, and gilt, between black & gilt bands. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handles and knob. |
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1822 |
Teapot. London shape. Bone china. Band of hand-painted multicoloured roses and foliage round body and lid. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handle and spout. Half gilt knob. |
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2050 |
Sauce tureen, stand, & cover. Basket weave shape. Bone china. Pale blue and yellow-green border with white & gilt reserves of multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. gilt edge, highlights, tracing on handles. |
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2101 |
Coffee cup & saucer. London shape. Bone china. Mazarin blue & heavy gilt border with angular reserves. Reserves and centre multicoloured hand-painted flower groups. Gilt edge, centre ring, foot ring, tracing on handle. Handle half gilt on down bar only. |
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2769 |
Dessert plate. Moulded border shape. Bone china. Multicoloured hand-painted flower groups in centre and between border mouldings. |
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2901 |
Teapot, teapot stand, creamer, large saucer dish. Old English shape. Bone china. Complex gilt and white pattern with a band of rose heads in rose and green. Gilt edge line, foot line, detailing on handle. |
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Livesey, Powell & Co., Stafford Street Works, Hanley, 1851-1866.
Powell & Bishop, Stafford Street Works and Church Works, Hanley, 1867-1878.
Powell, Bishop, & Stonier, Stafford Street Works and Church Works, Hanley, 1878-1891.
Bishop & Stonier, various factories, 1891-1939.
The fractional numbering system can be confused with Ridgway and Alcock.
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3/2043 |
Slop bowl, bread & butter plate, cup, saucer, and muffin. Rope handle. Bone china. Turquoise rope with two pink lines above. Gilt dontillated edge, arcading under rope, foot line, solid handle. |
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3/2167 |
Cup & saucer. Bone china. Turquoise band by edge, printed pink ribbon with coloured flower groups and hanging jewels. Gilt edge, centre line, tracing on handles. |
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Brameld family supported by Earl Fitzwilliam, Swinton, 1807-1842.
Makers of pottery 1807-1842, and bone china c.1820-1842.
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1475 |
Trio. Bone china. Narrow green & gilt border. Centre green & gilt sprig surrounded by one large and two small multicoloured hand-painted flower sprigs. Green & gilt flower sprigs outside cups. Gilt edge, foot line, tracing on handle. Half gilt upper bar to handle. |
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2/52 |
Coffee cup & saucer. Bone china. Pale grey & gilt border. Centre multicoloured hand-painted flower group. Gilt edge, leafy sine wave round cup, foot ring, tracing on handle. |
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Latest additions to the Spode page:
Pattern 909 coffee can & saucer, 'Bute' shape.
Josiah Spode I & II, Stoke, c.1770-1833.
Copeland and Garrett, Stoke, 1833-1847.
W. T. Copeland, Stoke, 1847-1867.
W. T. Copeland and Sons, Stoke, 1867-1932.
W. T. Copeland and Sons Ltd., Stoke, 1932-1970.
Spode, Stoke, 1971-1976.
Royal Worcester Spode Ltd., Stoke, 1976 to present.
488 |
Dessert plate. Bone china. Spode's version of the Doll's House Pattern in iron-red and blue. Lustre edge. |
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609 |
Coffee can & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. All over gilt & white leaf pattern with gilt diamond borders. Solid gilt handle. |
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909 |
Coffee can & saucer. Bute shape. Bone china. Gilt & white decoration as Pattern 609 but with Mazarin blue bands under gilt diamond borders. |
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1926 |
Coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. Multicoloured hand-painted landscape. Gilt dontillated edge, foot ring, feathering on handle. |
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1970 |
Coffee can. Bute shape. Bone china. Pale blue and gilt narrow foliate border. Gilt foot line, feathering on handle. |
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Latest additions to the Till page:
Pattern 2/5538 cabaret tray added to entry.
Pattern 2/5538 jug.
Pattern 549 two-handled frog mug.
Pattern 2/6223 teapot.
Barker, Sutton & Till, Sytch Pottery, Burslem, 1832-1843.
Barker & Till, Sytch Pottery, Burslem, 1843-1850.
Thomas Till & Son, Sytch Pottery, Burslem, 1850-1861.
Thomas Till & Sons, Sytch Pottery, Burslem, 1861-1928.
(Although the trading name of 'Thos. Till & Sons' remained constant the actual ownership varied.)
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Two handled mug |
Two handled pint mug. Earthenware. 'Shanghae' Chinoiserie print in blue of bird in flowers above water, Greek key border outside, rosette border inside. Filled Mazarin blue, rose, yellow-green, yellow, brown. Brown edge, tracing on handles. |
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549 |
Two-handled frog mug. Earthenware. 'Shanghae' Chinoiserie print in mulberry of bird in flowers above water, Greek key border outside, rosette border inside. Filled rose, iron-red, buff, blue-green. |
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2245 |
Mug. Earthenware. Pink ground. Chinese designs printed in black and filled with multicoloured enamels. Red edge. Pink tracing on handle. |
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2/5538 tea |
Teapot (minus lid), tray for cabaret set. Earthenware. Black ground. Chinese designs printed in black and filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge and foot line. |
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2/5538 jug |
Jug. Earthenware. Black ground. Chinese designs printed in black and filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge, foot line, highlights, tracing on handle. |
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2/6223 |
Teapot. Earthenware. Black ground. Prints of Greek warriors fighting in black filled iron-red. Greek key band in black on iron-red round base of pot and dontillations in iron-red round edge of lid. Iron-red edge, tracing on knob. |
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Church Works, Hanley:
[Neale & Wilson, c.1786-1795.]
Robert Wilson, 1795-1801.
David Wilson, 1802-1815.
David Wilson & Sons, 1815-1817.
A predecessor to William Ridgway & Co. at the Church Works.
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Hunt chocolate jug |
Jug. Chocolate stoneware with white sprigs and glaze liner. Sprigged hunting scene of hunt at the kill. Wave form sprigging round neck. |
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Cherubs brown jug |
Jug. Brown stoneware with white sprigs and grey glaze liner. Sprigged groups of Cherubs &c. Floral sprigging round neck. |
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J Mist brown covered filter jug |
Covered filter jug. Brown stoneware with white sprigs and grey glaze liner. Sprigged group of Cherubs &c on one side and a tavern group from a painting by David Teniers the Younger on the other. Floral wave sprig round neck. Leaf forms on lid. |
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John Yates [the elder], Shelton, c.1770-95/6.
John [the younger] and William Yates, 1795/6-1808 (or c.1813?).
John Yates, Shelton, 1808 (or c.1813?)-1828.
Members of the Yates family, 1828-c.1834/5.
Yates & May, Shelton, c.1834/5-c.1843?
Clearly some research needs to be done into the history of the firm as different authorities disagree on dates.
Yates had a fractional numbering system, and did number their pieces in a very similar way to Cauldon Place. The shapes and the style of decoration are, however, quite different. An expert has informed me that the gold upper bar to the handle is a typical Yates feature.
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1209 |
Creamer. Oak & mistletoe shape. Bone china. Mazarin and gilt border with straw reserves with gilt birdcage. Gilt edge, foot ring, tracing on moulding and spout. Half gilt handle. |
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1391 |
Sugar box. Oak & mistletoe shape. Bone china. Mazarin and gilt border with straw reserves with gilt scrolling. Gilt edge, foot ring, tracing on moulding. Half gilt handles & knob. |
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1394 |
Trio. Old English shape. Bone china. Border of apricot, Mazarin blue, & gilt, with geometric reserves with blue & gilt flower heads. Gilt floral centre ring, edge, foot ring, leafy arcading round cup. Half gilt upper bar to handle. |
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1635 |
Rectangular dessert dish. Bone china. Yellow ground with floral sprigs printed in black and filled with multicoloured enamels. Gilt edge and tracing on handles. |
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2/1585 |
Tea cup and saucer. Bone china. Geometric and leafy design in purple, pink, and gilt. |
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