Chats on Old Earthenware

The latest phases of earthenware are mainly concerned with the school of colourists, the chief of which was Josiah Spode the Second, who controlled the factory on the death of J...

The time is now ripe to form a mature judgment as to the exact niche in the temple of fame which Josiah Wedgwood is to occupy permanently. His immediate successors were in too c...

Before the year 1756, all ware, whether it be porcelain or delft or earthenware, was painted, or, to follow the term used in popular phraseology, it was "hand painted." It is an...

To attempt to advance reasons for collecting old English earthenware is seemingly to commence this volume with an apology on behalf of collectors. But there are so many persons...

Potters who followed Wedgwood may be divided into three classes. Men such as John Turner and William Adams, who were competitors with him in friendly rivalry, each striving to e...

"Early Staffordshire" is a generic term used to include much of the unknown ware of the early period between about 1720 to 1760. It is not early enough to go back to the butter-...

Early Period (1675-1725): Slip, Agate, and Astbury Figures--Best Period (1725-1760): Fine Modelling and Reticent Colouring, Ralph Wood the elder, Aaron Wood, Thomas Wheildon--Cl...

Delft, of all earthenware, is, so to speak, the most earthen, and presents an object lesson to the student. It accurately conforms to the technical definition as to what constit...

Leeds claims notice mainly on account of its fine cream ware that was produced in the period from 1783 to about 1800 when the factory was at its zenith. The date which commences...

Stoneware in point of date is prior to delft in its beginnings, and it had in its subsequent development a longer life than delft. It has already been shown (Chapter II.) how br...

Undoubtedly the earthenware productions at Swansea are of a high artistic order. For a century, from 1768 to about 1870, the Cambrian Pottery at Swansea manufactured ware bearin...

The fine salt-glazed stoneware of Staffordshire which was made during the greater part of the eighteenth century is something in art of which the English potter may very justly...

Early crude Copper Lustre (Brislington)--Gold Lustre, pink and purple Wedgwood, Leeds, Swansea, Sunderland--Platinum Lustre (termed "silver lustre").--Thomas Wedgwood (1791), Sp...

As will be seen from the table at the end of the preceding chapter, the main body of English earthenware to which collectors can give their attention, belongs chiefly to the eig...

=Staffordshire.= A generic name for all unidentified red (unglazed) ware. Teapots, &c., Elers Ware. with stamped ornament similar to Dwight. John Philip Elers, _Prunus_ blossom...

Dessert Plates and Dessert Dish (Mason's Patent Ironstone China) 447 Granite China Vase, marked C J M & Co. 451 Transfer-printed Plates (C. Meigh & Son) 455 Set of Staffordshire...

Salt-glazed Plate--"Hercules and the Waggoner" 319 Transfer-printed Jug--"Diana in her Chariot" 319 Transfer-printed Jugs--"Duke of York" and "Success to Trade" 323 Group of Chi...

Salt-glaze Figure and Figure of _Cock_ marked R. WOOD 351 _Diana_ and Group, _Birth of Venus_ 355 Group of Staffordshire Figures (NEALE & CO.) 355 _Eloquence_, or _St. Paul Prea...

Lambeth Delft Jar (with Arms of Apothecaries' Company) 103 Lambeth Delft "Sack" Bottle, dated 1652 107 Bristol Delft Plate, representing Balloon Ascent 107 Lambeth Delft Candles...

Whieldon Ware Cauliflower Teapot 161 Tortoiseshell Ware Plate 161 Tortoiseshell Ware Teapot and Bowl and Cover 167 Group of Astbury Ware 171 Agate Cat and Salt-glazed Bear Jug 1...

Swansea Plates and Swansea Bulb-pots 397 Cambrian Vase, painted by Pardoe 401 Swansea Jug, painted by Evans 401 Swansea Transfer-printed Ware, Group of 405 Dillwyn's Etruscan Wa...

Turner Jasper Vase--"Diana in her Chariot" 261 Adams Blue and White Jasper Vase 261 Turner Stoneware Teapot and Jug 267 Black Basalt Teapots by Birch and by E. Mayer 271 Stonewa...

Leeds Cream Ware Centre-pieces 291 Leeds Cream Ware Group. _Basket, Candlesticks, &c._ 295 Mug and Jug. Leeds Cream Ware, decorated at Lowestoft 299 Leeds Cream Ware Plate and M...

Exterior of Works, Etruria 37 A Corner of Old Etruria Works 41 Mill for Grinding Raw Materials 45 The Thrower (showing the Potter's Wheel) 49 The Oven 53 The Dipping House 57 Th...

Cream Ware Dessert Basket and Centre-piece 225 Catherine II. of Russia Service--Cream Ware Plates 233 Busts of _Rousseau_ and _Voltaire_ 233 Black Basalt Teapot and Jasper Ware...

Stoneware Jugs, Bellarmine and other forms 135 Dwight Bust of _James II._, and Figures of _Children Reading_ 139 Elers Coffee Pot, Mug, and Teapot 143 Astbury Teapots 149 Fulham...

Salt-glazed Teapots. Heart-shaped (Lovers') and Camel 197 Group of Salt-glazed Ware 201 Salt-glazed Teapot enamelled in colours 205 Salt-glazed Vase and Punch Bowl enamelled in...