Part 13
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.]