Samuel Alcock & Co.
Sir James Duke & Nephews
Hill Pottery Co.
E. F. Bodley
E. J. D. Bodley
Dessert & table wares

 

Samuel Alcock & Co.

Named Earthenware Series

"Canadian"

"Commerce"

"Florentine - Toronto"

Numbered Earthenware series

Pattern 275

Bone china series

Pattern 517

Pattern 519

Pattern 547

Pattern 895

Pattern 1061

Pattern 1082

Pattern 3013

Pattern 3291

Pattern 4533

Pattern 4968

Pattern 8173

Pattern 8799

Pattern 2/1719

Pattern 2/6559

Pattern 2/8053

Pattern 2/9711

Pattern 3/925

Pattern 3/2498

Pattern 3/4725

Pattern 3/4736

Pattern 3/5642

Pattern 3/6969

Pattern 3/9199

Pattern 3/9747

Pattern 4/1357

Pattern 4/1521

Sir James Duke & Nephews
Hill Pottery Co.
Alcock, Diggory & Co.
Bodley & Diggory
Edward F. Bodley
E. F. Bodley & Son

Pattern 4/3337

Pattern 4/4935

Pattern 4/5704

Pattern 4/6303

Pattern 4/6307

Edwin J. D. Bodley

Pattern 4/9195

Pattern 5/1435

Pattern 5/3815

Pattern 5/6820

Pattern 5/7956

Pattern 5/8604

 

Samuel Alcock & Co.

 

"Canadian"

The 7 inch muffin is 178mm in diameter. Earthenware.

Canadian 7 inch muffin front

Canadian 7 inch muffin front detail

Canadian 7 inch muffin front detail 2

Canadian 7 inch muffin back

Canadian 7 inch muffin marks

The impressed mark is the word "ALCOCK" in an arc above a beehive surrounded by bees.

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"Commerce"

The dinner plate is 270mm in diameter. Earthenware.

Commerce dinner plate front

Commerce dinner plate front detail

Commerce dinner plate front detail 2

Commerce dinner plate back

Commerce dinner plate marks

Although this plate is not marked examples have been observed with the same impressed mark as on "Canadian" above.

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"Florentine - Toronto"

The 7 inch muffin is 191mm in diameter. Earthenware.

Toronto 7 inch muffin front

Toronto 7 inch muffin front detail

Toronto 7 inch muffin front detail 2

Toronto 7 inch muffin back

Toronto 7 inch muffin backstamp

Although this plate is not marked examples of 'Florentine' prints have been observed with the same impressed mark as on "Canadian" above.

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Pattern 275

The leaf dish is 255mm long, 245mm wide, and 45mm deep. Earthenware.

Pattern 275 leaf dish front

Pattern 275 leaf dish handle detail

Pattern 275 leaf dish back

Pattern 275 leaf dish pattern number

The pattern number is painted in the same colour as the border edge line.

Photos © Christopher Paris 2020

 

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Pattern 517

The dessert plate is 230mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 517 dessert plate front

Pattern 517 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 517 dessert plate handle detail

Pattern 517 dessert plate back

Pattern 517 dessert plate pattern number

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Pattern 519

The square dessert dish is 215mm by 205mm. Bone china.

Pattern 519 square dessert dish front

Pattern 519 square dessert dish front detail

Pattern 519 square dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 519 square dessert dish back

Pattern 519 square dessert dish pattern number

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Pattern 547

The Alcock version of the dropped shell shape identified by Geoffrey Godden. The plate is illustrated in Thom & Miller Machin Porcelains & Earthenwares, p.101, as a comparison piece.

The square dessert dish is 215mm by 205mm. Bone china.

Pattern 547 square dessert dish front

Pattern 547 square dessert dish front detail

Pattern 547 square dessert dish side

Pattern 547 square dessert dish back

Pattern 547 square dessert dish pattern number

The dessert plate is 230mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 547 dessert plate front

Pattern 547 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 547 dessert plate back

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Pattern 895

The leaf or shell dessert dish is 250mm long and 220mm wide. Bone china.

Pattern 895 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 895 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 895 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 895 leaf dessert dish pattern number

Pattern number is damaged but probably "895".

Photos © Paul Mooney 2024

 

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Pattern 1061

The leaf or shell dessert dish. Bone china.

Pattern 1061 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 1061 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 1061 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 1061 leaf dessert dish marks

Pattern number is in the usual puce.
Murray Pollinger is co-author of the article on early Alcock in Northern Ceramic Society Journal 20.

Photos © Paul Mooney 2021

 

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Pattern 1082

This pattern is illustrated with a plate in Stephen Bressey and Murray Pollinger, 'Porcelains of the Ralph Stevenson & Samuel Alcock Partnerships c. 1822 - 1831', Northern Ceramics Society Journal 20 (2003-4), 65-98.

The leaf dessert dish is 230mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 1082 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 1082 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 1082 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 1082 leaf dessert dish front

Photos © Maple Lane Arts Ltd. 2021

 

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Pattern 3013

The rectangular dessert dish. Bone china.

Pattern 3013 rectangular dessert dish front

Pattern 3013 rectangular dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 3013 rectangular dessert dish back

Pattern 3013 rectangular dessert dish pattern number

Photos © Besticanafford Antiques 2023

 

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Pattern 3291

The leaf dessert dish is 254mm long, 225mm wide, and 44mm tall. Bone china.

Pattern 3291 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 3291 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 3291 leaf dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 3291 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 3291 leaf dessert dish pattern number

The last figure is partially erased but the most likely figure is a 1. Another example of the pattern would be helpful.

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Pattern 4533

The rectangular dessert dish is 280mm long, 215mm wide, and 40mm tall. Bone china.

Pattern 4533 rectangular dessert dish front

Pattern 4533 rectangular dessert dish front detail

Pattern 4533 rectangular dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 4533 rectangular dessert dish side

Pattern 4533 rectangular dessert dish back

Pattern 4533 rectangular dessert dish pattern number

Photos © Willa Latham ~ Gentle Rattle of China 2022

 

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Pattern 4968

The leaf dessert dish. Bone china.

Pattern 4968 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 4968 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 4968 leaf dessert dish pattern number

Photos © Aldona Taras 2021

 

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Pattern 8173

The oval dessert dish is 305mm long and 254mm wide. Bone china.

Pattern 8173 oval dessert dish front

Pattern 8173 oval dessert dish front detail

Pattern 8173 oval dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 8173 oval dessert dish back

Photos © Maria Furquim 2017

 

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Pattern 8799

The leaf dessert dish is 270mm by 220mm. Bone china.

Pattern 8799 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 8799 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 8799 leaf dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 8799 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 8799 leaf dessert dish pattern number

Photos © David Blakeman 2021

 

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Pattern 2/1719

The leaf dessert dish is 260mm long. Bone china.

Pattern 2/1719 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 2/1719 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 2/1719 leaf dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 2/1719 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 2/1719 leaf dessert dish pattern number

Photos © David Blakeman 2021

 

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Pattern 2/6559

The meat dish is 311mm long, 248mm wide, and 54mm tall. Bone china.

Pattern 2/6559 meat dish front

Pattern 2/6559 meat dish front detail

Pattern 2/6559 meat dish back

Pattern 2/6559 meat dish pattern number

The numbering is done in puce, which is common at the factory.

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Pattern 2/8053

The border decoration on this piece totally ignores the piercings, which is not a practice found at Cauldon Place. The pattern number is done in the border grey, and, for that reason, is barely readable.

The leaf dessert dish is 254mm long, 228mm wide, 62mm high at the handle. Bone china.

Alcock 2/8053 leaf dessert dish front

Alcock 2/8053 leaf dessert dish front detail

Alcock 2/8053 leaf dessert dish side

Alcock 2/8053 leaf dessert dish back

Alcock 2/8053 leaf dessert dish pattern number

Photos © Angela Grant 2018

 

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Pattern 2/9711

The dessert plate is 232mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 2/9711 dessert plate front

Pattern 2/9711 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 2/9711 dessert plate back

Pattern 2/9711 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Dan Smith 2024

 

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Pattern 3/925

The dessert plate is 235mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 3/925 dessert plate front

Pattern 3/925 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 3/925 dessert plate back

Pattern 3/925 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Willa Latham ~ Gentle Rattle of China 2020

 

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Pattern 3/2498

The dessert plate is 235mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 1 front

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 1 front detail

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 1 front detail 2

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 1 back

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 1 pattern number

The dessert plate is 235mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 2 front

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 2 front detail

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 2 front detail 2

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 2 back

Pattern 3/2498 dessert plate 2 pattern number

Photos © Willa Latham ~ Gentle Rattle of China 2022

 

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Pattern 3/4725

The dessert plate is 228mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 3/4725 dessert plate front

Pattern 3/4725 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 3/4725 dessert plate back

Pattern 3/4725 dessert plate pattern number

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Pattern 3/4736

The leaf dessert dish is 241mm long, 210mm wide, and 51mm tall. Bone china.

Pattern 3/4736 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 3/4736 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 3/4736 leaf dessert dish front detail 2

Pattern 3/4736 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 3/4736 leaf dessert dish marks

Photos © Jackie Casey 2022

 

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Pattern 3/5642

The leaf dessert dish. Bone china.

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish front

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish front detail

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish side

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish back

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish pattern number

The second leaf dessert dish. Bone china.

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish 2 front

Pattern 3/5642 leaf dessert dish 2 front detail

Photos © Adrian Lewis 2023

 

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Pattern 3/6969

The square dessert dish. Bone china.

Pattern 3/6969 square dessert dish top

Pattern 3/6969 square dessert dish top detail

Pattern 3/6969 square dessert dish handle detail

Pattern 3/6969 square dessert dish side

Pattern 3/6969 square dessert dish base

Pattern 3/6969 square dessert dish marks

The registration diamond is for 10 April 1854, Parcel 4. Registered to Samuel Alcock & Co., Burslem.

The dessert plate is 230mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate 1 front

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate 1 front detail

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate 2 front

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate 2 front detail

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate 3 front

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate 3 front detail

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate back

Pattern 3/6969 dessert plate marks

The registration diamond is for 10 April 1854, Parcel 4. Registered to Samuel Alcock & Co., Burslem.

Photos © Willa Latham ~ Gentle Rattle of China 2021

 

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Pattern 3/9199

Greek Revival patterns were done by a number of factories, including Cauldon Place, in the mid to late 1850s. Mostly jugs and vases were produced, but occasionally flatware as well. This one shows the Samuel Alcock mark used on these pieces, and the pattern number, done in the background black, has the characteristic "No." to the left of the lower part of the number. The 3/ series at Cauldon Place was only used for fancy wares, never for dessert wares. The 3/ series at the Broad Street Works was used for ironstone wares and earthenwares, never for bone china.

The dessert plate is 228mm in diameter. Bone china.

Alcock 3/9199 plate front

Alcock 3/9199 plate back

Alcock 3/9199 plate marks

Photos © Patrick Doherty 2020

 

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Pattern 3/9747

The dessert comport. Bone china.

Pattern 3/9747 comport

Pattern 3/9747 comport top

Pattern 3/9747 comport top detail

Pattern 3/9747 comport pattern number

Pattern 3/9747 comport retailer's mark

Photos © John Harbold 2016

 

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Pattern 4/1357

The dessert plate is 225mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 1 front

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 1 front detail

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 1 back

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 1 marks

The plant name is "Achimenes".

The dessert plate is 225mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 2 front

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 2 front detail

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 2 back

Pattern 4/1357 dessert plate 2 marks

The plant name is "Azalea".

Photos © Willa Latham ~ Gentle Rattle of China 2021

 

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Pattern 4/1521

The dessert plates are 229mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/1521 dessert plate 1 front

Pattern 4/1521 dessert plate 1 front detail

Pattern 4/1521 dessert plate 2 front

Pattern 4/1521 dessert plate 2 front detail

Pattern 4/1521 dessert plate back

Pattern 4/1521 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Joan Gale 2023

 

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Sir James Duke & Nephews
Hill Pottery Co.
Alcock, Diggory & Co.
Bodley & Diggory
Edward F. Bodley
E. F. Bodley & Son

 

Pattern 4/3337

The dessert plate. Bone china.

Pattern 4/3337 dessert plate front

Pattern 4/3337 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Robert Hawker 2021

 

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Pattern 4/4935

The dessert plate is 230mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/4935 dessert plate front

Pattern 4/4935 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 4/4935 dessert plate back

Pattern 4/4935 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Calin Crumov 2021

 

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Pattern 4/5704

The pattern number is again in puce.

The dessert plate is 229mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/5704 dessert plate front

Pattern 4/5704 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 4/5704 dessert plate back

Pattern 4/5704 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © Angela Grant 2018

 

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Pattern 4/6303

The pattern number here is in the border turquoise. It is common for the factory to use a border colour for the pattern number.

The comport is 241mm in diameter and 121mm tall. Bone china.

Pattern 4/6303 comport side

Pattern 4/6303 comport top

Pattern 4/6303 comport top detail 1 Pattern 4/6303 comport top detail 2

Pattern 4/6303 comport base

Pattern 4/6303 comport patter number

Photos © Anonymous 2020

 

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Pattern 4/6307

This is the same shape as the 4/5690 plate that Margaret Crumpton has linked to Alcock & Diggory.

The dessert plate is 228mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/6307 dessert plate front

Pattern 4/6307 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 4/6307 dessert plate front detail 2

Pattern 4/6307 dessert plate back

Pattern 4/6307 dessert plate pattern number

Photos © David Blakeman 2021

 

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Edwin J. D. Bodley

 

Pattern 4/9195

The dessert plate is 235mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 4/9195 dessert plate front

Pattern 4/9195 dessert plate back

Pattern 4/9195 dessert plate marks

There is a curious error in the registration diamond in that the numbers have been transposed. The registration by E. J. D. Bodley was on 3rd June 1876, Parcel 5, but the diamond reads 5th June 1876, Parcel 3.

Photos © Sue Steinbrook 2024

 

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Pattern 5/1435

The shell dish/oyster plate is 238mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 5/1435 shell dish front

Pattern 5/1435 shell dish back

Pattern 5/1435 shell dish pattern number

Pattern 5/1435 shell dish impressed mark

Note the impressed "BODLEY".

Photos © Bonnie Jean Seiwell ~ Lady in Decadence 2021

 

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Pattern 5/3815

The dessert plate is 228mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 5/3815 dessert plate front

Pattern 5/3815 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 5/3815 dessert plate back

Pattern 5/3815 dessert plate marks

Photos © David Blakeman 2021

 

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Pattern 5/6820

The dessert plate is 229mm in diameter. Bone china.

Pattern 5/6820 dessert plate front

Pattern 5/6820 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 5/6820 dessert plate back

Pattern 5/6820 dessert plate pattern number

Pattern 5/6820 dessert plate backstamp

Interesting backstamp for E. J. D. Bodley with a New York retailer's mark around.

Pattern 5/6820 dessert plate impressed mark

The "BODLEY" impressed mark occurs frequently, but is often very faint.

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Pattern 5/7956

The dessert comport is 222mm in diameter and 130mm tall. Bone china.

Pattern 5/7956 comport view

Pattern 5/7956 comport top

Pattern 5/7956 comport top detail

Pattern 5/7956 comport top detail 2

Pattern 5/7956 comport side 1

Pattern 5/7956 comport side 2

Pattern 5/7956 comport base

Pattern 5/7956 comport pattern number

Pattern 5/7956 comport impressed marks

Photos © Bonnie Jean Seiwell ~ Lady in Decadence 2023

 

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Pattern 5/8604

The dessert plate. Bone china.

Pattern 5/8604 dessert plate front

Pattern 5/8604 dessert plate front detail

Pattern 5/8604 dessert plate front artist's signature

The artist's name is very lightly written but it appears to be A. J. Capey.

Pattern 5/8604 dessert plate back pattern number

Pattern 5/8604 dessert plate backstamp

Photos © HinhN ~ hingu_14 2021

 

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