Chats on English China

Part 13

Chapter 132,217 wordsPublic domain

Curtis, Thomas (Lowestoft), 181

“C. W.” as a mark, 169

“D” as a mark, 7, 8, 39

Dagger as a mark, 54

“Daniell” as a mark, 142

Davies, William (of Worcester), 69

Delft, blue— Bristol, 97 illustration of (Old Staffordshire), 206 Lowestoft, 115

Della Robbia ware copied by Minton, 184

Derby, =3-25= biscuit ware, 21 cause of decline of, 16 characteristics of, 22 illustrations of— Bloor Derby, v, 17 Crown Derby, 3, 11, 13, 17 marks— Bloor Derby, 16 Crown Derby, 7 Sale Prices— Bloor Derby, 24 Crown Derby, 23 Derby, Chelsea, 46

Derby-Chelsea, 8, 39 marks, 39 Sale Prices, 44

De Witt, Cornelius, portrait of (Wedgwood), 255

De Witt, John, portrait of (Wedgwood), 255

Dillwyn (Swansea)— Etruscan ware, 171, 174 illustration of, 173 lustre ware made by, 228 marks of, 171

Dixon & Co. (lustre ware), Sunderland, 228

Dobson, Mr. Austin, quoted, 68

Donaldson, painter, Worcester, 78

Doulton, Messrs., Lambeth, 29, 205

Dragon blue, introduced at Caughley, 138

Dresden copied— at Chelsea, 37 at Worcester, 84 marks imitated at Coalport, 143 origin of factory at, 196

Dudley House, Chelsea vases at, 39

Duesbury, William— the first, 6, 8 the second, 12 the third, 15

Duesbury & Sheffield (Derby), 15

Dwight, John, 202 the inventor of porcelain in England, 29

Earl St. Vincent, friend of Cookworthy, 92

Earthenware— definition of, xxiii old English, 193-218

Egyptian ware (Wedgwood), 258

“England,” use of word on modern china, 144

English slip ware, 208

English ware universal on Continent, 253

Etruria, 253 first vase produced at, 254

Etruscan ware, Dillwyn (Swansea), 171, 174 illustration of, 173

Evans & Co., Swansea, 174

“F” as a mark, 53

Falstaff, Quin as, Bow figure, 55

“Fayence, Spode’s new,” 154

Felspar porcelain (Coalport), 140 Minton & Boyle, 182

Flaxman, design on Wedgwood (France and England), 260, 263

Flight & Barr, 78 Billingsley, painter, with, 165 marks, 78

Flight, Thomas (Worcester), 78 marks of, 78

Flora, Bow figure of, 64

Fordyce, Lady Margaret, designs on china painted by, 12

“Foundling” Vase (Chelsea), 37, 38

Frank, R., Brislington, 228

Frederick, Prince of Wales, portrait of, painted by Frye, 51

Frederick the Great (Worcester mug)— Carlyle’s description of, 72 illustration of, 73

French sprig pattern (Derby), 22

Frog mug, Sunderland, 203

Frye, Thomas (of West Ham), 51 as a mezzotint engraver, 52 various signatures of, 60

Fuddling cup, 207

Fulham pottery, 202 flip-mug, Alexander Selkirk, 214

Garrick, as Richard III., Bow figure, 55

George II., patron of Chelsea, 33

German workmen brought to Chelsea by George II., 33

Glass, Joseph, potter, 207

Glassy porcelain, definition of, xxv

Glaze— definition of, xxiii leadless, 144

Globe as a mark, 184

Goats and bee jug (Bow), 62, 63 Chelsea, 35

Gold lustre ware, 232, 233 jug, 232

Grainger, Lee & Co., Worcester, 81 marks, 79

Green, Guy, Liverpool, 238

“H” as a mark, Lowestoft, 129

Hancock, Robert, engraver, 72, 76

Hard paste, definition of, xxiv

Hard porcelain— first manufacture of, in England, 91 made at— Bristol, 97, 98 New Hall, 105 Plymouth, 91

Harrison, John, 250

“Harvey, William,” name on Lowestoft, 123

Henri II. faïence, copied by Minton, 185

Herculaneum Pottery (Liverpool), 200, 241

Heylin, Edward (of Bow), 51

Hogarth, “Midnight Conversation” of, Liverpool bowl, 246

Hughes, Lowestoft, 129

Ironstone china— Mason, xxiv, 216 illustrated, 217

Isleworth, 205

“I. W.” as a mark, 199, 211

Jackfield, factory at, 138

Japan patterns used at Derby, 22

Japanese influence on Spode, 155 Derby, 22

Jasper ware (Wedgwood), 257 illustrations of, 249, 258, 259

Johnson, Dr., experiments of, at Chelsea factory, 40

“K & B, Worcester,” as a mark, 79

Kaolin, xxv, 195

Kean, Michael (Derby), 15

Kerr & Binns (Worcester), 79

King of Prussia mug, Carlyle’s description of, 72

Kishere, Mortlake, 205

“L,” two letters, mark on Lowestoft, 130

Lamb, Charles, on Old China, 4

Lambeth, Dutch potters at, in seventeenth century, 205

Lane, Delph, 216

Lang, Mr. Andrew, verse quoted, 4

Laurel wreath on Bristol china, 106, 107

Lead glaze, definition of, xxiii

Lead, large amount used in Bow glaze, 62

Leadless glaze, xxiii, 144

Leeds pottery, 201

Limoges enamel, copied at Worcester, 83

Lister, Dr. Martin, 30

Liverpool— pottery once its staple manufacture, 200 Queen’s Ware (Wedgwood), decorated at, 253

Liverpool ware, =237-246= illustrations of, 237, 243, 244, 245 marks, 240, 241 Sale Prices, 246 tiles, 245

Locker & Co. (late Bloor) (Derby), 20

Longbeards, mugs thus named (Low Countries), 197

Lonsdale, Lord, Derby service, sketches made by, 12

Lowestoft, =113-132= birthday tablets, 123 Bow and Chelsea copied by, 127 characteristics of, 130 coats of arms on, 115 delft, old, attributed to, 115 errors concerning, 115, 119 illustrations of, 113, 117, 118, 122, 123, 125, 128, 129 marks, 127, 129, 130 moulds and fragments recently discovered, 122 old factory, site of, 121 Oriental influence on, 127 origin of, 114 Sale Prices, 131 spurious imitations made in France, 127 Worcester, its resemblance to, 127

Luson, Hewlin (Lowestoft), 121

Lustre ware— copper, 221-227 gold, 232, 233 silver, 227-232 illustrations of— copper, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226 gold, 232 silver, 227, 228, 229, 231

“M” as a mark, 182

“M & B” as a mark, 182

“M & Co.” as a mark, 184

Mandarin decorated porcelain— Bristol, 97, 99 Lowestoft, 116, 127 Worcester, 83

Marriage plates, 114, 115

Mason, Charles James, 216

Mason, Miles, mark of, 216

Mason Patent Ironstone China, xxiv, 215, 216 illustrated, 217 marks, 216 Sale Prices, 218

Mayflower, in relief, Bow pattern, 58

Meissen, origin of factory at, 196

Mill to grind old folks young, 271

Minton, Thomas, 181-2

Minton Ware, =181-189= faïence, 181 illustrations, 183, 185, 186, 189 majolica, 186 marks, 182, 184 reproduction of Henri II. ware, 185 Sale Prices, 187

Minton & Boyle, mark of, 182

Minton-Campbell, Colin, 182 Sale Prices of his china collection, 187

Minton, Hollins & Co., 184

Moore & Co., lustre ware, Sunderland, 228

Morris, painter, Swansea, 174

Mortlake, pottery at, 205

Mottoes on earthenware, 206, 208, 211-214

Moulds, xxiv disinterment of, at Lowestoft, 122 illustration of, 113

Nankin pattern, Caughley, 138

Nantgarw, =165-171= characteristics of, 175 founders of, solicit Government patronage, 169 glassy nature of, 169 illustrations of, 166, 167 marks, 169, 170, 171 Sale Prices, 176

Nelson, portraits of, on jugs, 214

New Canton, title of Bow Factory, 49

Newcastle mugs and jugs, 201

“New Fayence, Spode,” 154

Nollekens, Life of, quoted, 30

Nottingham, 202

Oiron faïence (copied by Minton), 185

Old folks, mill to grind young, 712

O’Neale, painter, Worcester, 78

Opaque, xxiv porcelain (Spode), 153

Oriental models copied— at Bow, 58 at Caughley, 137 at Chelsea, 35, 37, 39 at Coalport, 144 at Worcester, 67, 70, 85 by Minton, 181 by Spode, 154

Oriental— marks on English china (Chelsea), 39 Worcester, 71 porcelain, having English coats of arms, 115, 120

Over-glaze, xxiv

“P” as a mark, 240

Palissy ware copied by Minton, 184

Parian ware (Copeland), 158 how discovered, 21

“Parrish” (of Norwich), name on delft plates, 115

Parting cups, 208

Paste— definition of, xxiv hard, 91, 97, 98, 105

Pastille-burner (Crown Derby), 11 Spode, 152

Pastorella, woman playing the (Bow), 50, 53

Pennington, mark of, 240, 241

Perdita (Mrs. Robinson), portrait of, on modern Coalport, 146

Petersburg, 197

Petuntse, xxv, 195

Philips, Richard (Lowestoft), 127, 129

Piggin, 208

Pinxton, Billingsley at, 165

Planché, Andrew, originator of Derby works, 6

Plato, portrait medallion of (Wedgwood), 255

Plymouth, =91-96= characteristics of, 106 illustrations of, 91, 94, 95 marks, 94, 96 Sale Prices, 107

Plymouth, Lady, designs on Derby painted by, 12

Porcelain— definition of, xxv, 195 _hard_— at Bristol, 97, 98 at New Hall, 105 at Plymouth, 91 first manufacture of, in England, 91

Porphyry (Wedgwood), 256, 258

Portland vase, 260, 261, 263

Portrait medallions (Wedgwood), 255, 274, 275, 276

Posset-mug, 207

Posset-pot, 207

Pottery, definition of, xxv, 194

Powles, Richard (Lowestoft), 129

Prices, why old china commands high, 106

Printed table service, first blue, made in England, 138

Printing on china, xxv

Printing transfer— at Battersea, 240 at Liverpool, 237, 239 at Worcester, 72

Purple lustre ware, 232

Puzzle jugs, 207 illustration of (Wedgwood), 212

Queen Charlotte, Wedgwood service for, 200, 253, 263

Queen’s Ware (Wedgwood), 253, 270 importance of, in history of ceramics, 200

Quin as Falstaff, Bow figure of, 55

“Quinton” (of Yarmouth), name on delft plates, 115

“R” as a mark, 184 initial on Lowestoft, 129

Redgrave (Lowestoft), 129

Reid & Co. (Liverpool), 241

“Resist” pattern (lustre ware), 231

“R. H.”, signature on Worcester mug, 72, 76

Richard III., Garrick as, Bow figure, 55

Ring, Joseph, Bristol, 201

Robinson, Mrs. (Perdita), portrait of, on modern Coalport, 146

Rockingham, unfinished ware from, sold to Robert Allen (Lowestoft), 118

Rose, French refugee, painter at Lowestoft, 118

Rose, John (Caughley), 138-9 establishes the Coalport factory, 139 Swansea factory purchased by, 174

Rose, I. & Co., marks of, 142

“R. P.,” initials on Lowestoft, 127

Russia— Catherine of, Wedgwood service made for, 263 Emperor of, modern service made for (Coalport), 142

“S” as a mark, 140

Saddlers’ Hall, portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales, at, 51

Sadler, John (Liverpool), 138 signature on tile, 246

Sadler & Green, 239 Wedgwood’s Queen’s Ware decorated by, 253

Sale Prices— Bloor Derby, 24 Bow, 63 Bristol, 108 Caughley, 147 Chelsea, 42 Coalport, 147 Copeland, 161 Crown Derby, 23 Derby— Crown, 23 Bloor, 24 Chelsea, 42 Lowestoft, 131 Mason’s Ware, 218 Minton, 187 Nantgarw, 176 Plymouth, 107 Spode, 159 Staffordshire, 218 Swansea, 177 Wedgwood, 272 Whieldon, 272 Worcester, 85

Salopian, 136 marks, 140

Schnorr, John (Dresden), 196

Schreiber, Lady Charlotte, collection of, 78

Selkirk, Alexander, his mug, 214

Sèvres— artist from, at Plymouth, 94 copied— at Chelsea, 37 at Coalport, 143 at Worcester, 77 marks of, imitated at Coalport, 143

“S. H.” as a mark, 20

Sharp (Stevenson, Sharp & Co.), Derby, 20

Shaw (Liverpool), 240, 241

Shylock figure (Chelsea), 41

Silver lustre ware, 229-231 illustrations of, 227, 228, 229, 231 modern imitations of, 227

Slip ware, old English, 208

Smeaton (builder of Eddystone Lighthouse), friend of Cookworthy, 92

Soft paste, definition of, xxiv

Soqui, Sèvres artist at Plymouth, 94

Spode, Josiah— the first, 151 the second, 153 the third, 153

Spode ware— characteristics of, 158 illustrations of, 151, 152, 153 marks, 153, 155 Sale Prices, 159 supersedes French wares on the Continent, 153

Sprig, Angoulême— Chantilly pattern (Derby), 22 imitated by Derby, 22

Sprimont, Nicholas, at Chelsea, 33

Square seal as a mark (Worcester), 71

Staffordshire earthenware— illustrations of, 198, 199 Sale Prices, 218

Stevenson & Hancock, 20

Stevenson Sharp & Co., 20

Stone china— Minton, 182 Spode, 154

Sunderland, 201, 202, 214 frog mugs, 202 illustrations of mugs and jugs, 193, 203

Swansea, =171-174= characteristics of, 175 chief painters at, 173 illustrations of, 172, 173 marks, 171 sale of factory to John Rose (Coalport), 174 Sale Prices, 177

Swords, crossed, as a mark, 20

“T” as a mark, 60, 63, 100

Temple Bar, view of (Bloor Derby vase), 25

Terra-cotta ware (Wedgwood), 256

Thames Tunnel, view of, on mug, 214

Tiles— enamelled Minton, 184 printed Liverpool, 237, 239

Tithe pig—subject on Liverpool mug, 246

“To” (signature of Tebo), as a mark, 60, 63

Toby jug, 197

Tortoiseshell ware, 250, 251

Toy sets, Lowestoft, 124

Transfer-printing, xxv, 72 illustrations of Liverpool, 237, 243, 244, 245 Worcester, 67, 73

Translucent, xxv

Triangle as a mark, 33, 35, 39

Trident as a mark, 171

True porcelain, definition of, xxv

Turner— dark blue Caughley, 136, 137 mark of, 140

Tyg, 208

Unaker, 51

Under-glaze, xxiv

Venice— anchor as mark, 30 workmen from, at Chelsea, 30

Vicar and Moses, Staffordshire figure, 199

Victoria and Albert Museum— Bow, 57 Oiron faïence, 185 Worcester, 78

Vienna, 197

Vincennes, origin of, 30

Virginia, clay from (Plymouth), 92

“W” as a mark, 71, 79

Walker, Samuel, 140, 165 at Nantgarw, 169 at Swansea, 170

Wall, Dr. John— founder of Worcester, 69 his death, 77 painting by, in Merton College, Oxford, 69

Walpole, Horace, quoted— on Battersea printing, 240 on Chelsea, 33

Wear, cast-iron bridge across (Sunderland mug), 202

Wedgwood, Josiah, 249, 250 art of the potter, views concerning, 265 monument to, at Stoke-on-Trent, 268 opinion of, concerning Richard Champion, 104 opposes Cookworthy and Champion’s patent (Bristol), 97

Wedgwood catalogues, 265

Wedgwood Ware, =249-278= early imitation of jewels, 252 illustrations of, 207, 249, 256, 259, 260, 277 lustre ware, 228 marks of, 269, 270 printed at Liverpool, 240 Queen’s Ware, 253 Sale Prices, 272

Wedgwood & Bentley, marks of, 269

Wedgewood, spurious mark imitating Wedgwood, 270

Welsh ware, Isleworth, 205

Whieldon, Thomas, 251 illustration of Whieldon ware, 251 Spode apprenticed to, 151

White porcelain biscuit (Wedgwood), 257

Willow pattern plate, introduced at— Caughley, 137 Spode, 152

Wilson (Staffordshire), lustre ware, 228

Wolcot, Dr. (“Peter Pindar”), friend of Cookworthy, 92

Wolfe, General, death of, on jug, 214

Wood, Ralph (Burslem), 199

Worcester, =67-90= Billingsley, flower-painter at, 165 characteristics of old, 83 illustrations of, 67, 73, 77, 81 marks, 70, 71, 78, 79 Sale Prices, 85

Wrotham, Kent, 202

Yarmouth, pottery at, 200

Young, W. W., painter, Nantgarw, 170, 171

_Printed in Great Britain by_ UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON

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[Transcriber’s note: the following changes have been made to this text.

Frontispiece: Schrieber changed to Schreiber—Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

Page 45: Sotherby to Sotheby—Sotheby, May 17, 1920.

Plate facing page 76: Wattean to Watteau—Watteau style transfer.

Page 108: or to of—bouquets of flowers.

Page 143: comparision to comparison—comparison of the dates.

Page 281: Sevrès to Sèvres—Chelsea, Dresden, Sèvres marks.

Page 286: facfory to factory—establishes the Coalport factory, 139.]