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Chats on Old Earthenware

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Reading edition

A

Abbey, Richard (Liverpool), 403

Absalon, decorator at Yarmouth, 378

"Adam and Eve" delft dishes, 67, 109

Adams (marks), 263

Adams (prices), 282, 283

Adams & Bromley, 260

Adams & Co., marks, 260, 473

Adams, Benjamin, mark, 263, 348

Adams, William (of Cobridge), 260, 329

Adams, William (of Greenfield), 260

Adams, William (of Greengates), 259–263, 279, 330, 340, 348 (mark)

Adams, William, & Sons (of Burslem), 348

Adams, William, & Sons (of Stoke) (mark), 348

Æsop, Fables of, reproduced on earthenware, 321, 322

Agate ware, definition of, 27;

summary of, 70, 169;

solid and surface (Wedgwood), 228

Alexander, Czar of Russia, bust of, 374

Allen, of Lowestoft, Leeds ware decorated by, 301

America and England (in earthenware), 337, 338;

independence of, jug relating to, 350;

views in (Clews), 349

"Amherst, Japan" (Minton), 454

Anchor as a mark, Fell, Newcastle, 350;

Middlesbro', 350

Animals, figures of, 174

Antony and Cleopatra, Swansea figures, 395

Ashworth, C. E., Messrs., 454

Astbury, John, 147–151;

the successor of Elers, 164;

early salt glaze, 204

Astbury, Thomas, 147;

flint, 232;

figures, 361;

as a mark, 298

Astbury ware, definition of, 27;

summary of, 68;

prices, 155, 191, 192

Aynsley, John, 348;

lustre ware, 430;

mark, 279

B

Bacon, John, 248

Baddeley, 222, 232

Baddeley, J. and E., 349

Baddeley (R. J.), basket-work, salt glazed, 212

Baddeley, R. and J., 349

Baddeley, W. (Eastwood), 280

Bailey and Batkin (lustre ware), 436

Balloon ascent depicted on delft, 113

Bamboo ware (Wedgwood), 230

Barberini Vase, 249

Barker (mark), Leeds ware, 289, 310

Barnes, Zachariah, 67, 125, 403

Basalt ware, definition of, 27;

Wedgwood, 228

Basket-work, Leeds, 297;

salt glaze, 212;

Wilson, 266

"Bat" printing, 347

Battersea enamels, 318

Batty & Co., 280

B B. New stone (Minton mark), 476

Bear hugging Bonaparte (Nottingham), 152

Bear jugs, Nottingham, 69, 152

Beauclerk, Lady Diana, 248

Beehive as a mark (Ridgway), 479

Bellarmine jugs, 68, 134;

prices, 152

Benson, Thomas, use of flint, 232

Bentley, his influence on Wedgwood, 244

Bentley, G., modeller (Swansea), 395

Bevington (Swansea), 399

Biblical subjects in delft, 67

Billing, Thomas (1722), 207

Birch, E. J., 280

Birch, black basalt ware, 274

Bird as a mark, 417

Birds, figures of, 174

Bingley, Thomas, & Co., 302, 305

Biscuit, definition of, 27, 51

Black basalt (E. Mayer), 269

Black printed ware, its mission, 333

Blue dash decoration (delft), 109

Blue enamelled salt-glazed ware (Littler), 207

Blue printed ware, 338–347

Body, definition of, 28

Bonaparte, bust of, 374;

caricatures of in earthenware, 337;

lustre ware, 435;

Russian bear hugging, 152;

stoneware, 465

Bone-ash, first use of, 444

Bordeaux earthenware, 215

Books, quaint titles of Puritan, 95

Booth, Enoch, 182;

improved glazing, 232

Boscage school of figures (Walton), 378

Bott & Co., 280;

lustre ware, 436

Boyle, John, 449

Brameld, Rockingham, 305, 311

Brampton pottery, 69, 412

Brislington lustre, 424

Bristol delft, summary of, 67, 113–118;

prices, 129

Bristol earthenware prices, 419

Bristol pottery, 404;

mark, 418

British Museum, mediæval tiles at, 84

Britton & Sons (Leeds), 288, 310

Bromley (Adams & Bromley), 260

Bronze busts imitated, 229

Bronze lustre ware, 435

Brookes, engraver for earthenware, 347

Brougham, Lord, stoneware flask, 465

Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 163

Brown-Westhead, T. C., Moore & Co., 479

Burns's Souter Johnny in earthenware, 458

Busts and figures, stoneware, 68

Butler, Samuel, Hudibras, quoted, 366

C

C as a mark, 408, 418;

Caughley, 349;

Wilson, 266

"Cadogan" teapots, 305, 311

Caduceus as a mark, Powell & Bishop, 480

Cambria as a mark, Heathcote & Co., 480

Cambrian-Argil (Mason), 453

Cambrian pottery (Swansea), 395;

marks, 415

Camel pattern teapots, 208

C. & H. (Cookson & Harding) mark, 280

"Canary" bottles, fraudulent, 110

Caricatures in earthenware, 337

Castle Acre Priory, tiles from, 84

Castleford Pottery (D. D. & Co.), 174, 270, 302, 311;

prices, 313

Catalogues printed in several languages (Leeds), 288;

Wedgwood, 224

Cats, figures of, 174;

slip decorated, 358;

agate, 359

Caughley earthenware, 407;

prices, 419;

marks, 417, 418

Caughley, transfer-printing at, 318

Cauliflower ware, 169;

teapots, 208

Caylus, Count, 259

Chaffers (Liverpool), 403

Chalk introduced into cream ware, 269

Champion (Bristol), 235–237

Chapel, Stephen (Leeds), 288

Chatterly, William, 66

Chertsey Abbey, tiles from, 83

Chester, Grosvenor Museum, Toft dish at, 88

Chesterfield, 69

China, definition of, 28

China clay, definition of, 28

China stone, definition of, 28

Chinese pottery as a model for delft, 102;

inspires English potters, 196;

old glazes of, rediscovered, 466

Chippendale, his similarity to Wedgwood, 259

Christian, Philip (tortoiseshell ware), 70

Chronological table of chief events, eighteenth century, 158

Church, Professor, quoted (Lambeth delft), 113;

Dwight ware, 138

C J M as a mark (Mason), 453

Classicism, eighteenth century, 243;

foreign to Staffordshire, 160;

the passing of, 276

Classic ware, summary of, 73, 74;

Greek designs (Turner), 263;

figures, Staffordshire, 370

Claude landscapes on earthenware, 344

Clays used for pottery, 28;

various, how used, 47

Clementson, 79

Clementson, J., 280

Clews, 280

Clews, James, 349

Close & Co., 280;

mark, 348

Close, Mort & Co. (Liverpool), 403

Cobalt blue used in salt-glazed ware, 208

Cobbett, William (stoneware flask), 465

Cockspur-mark, definition of, 31, 298

Collecting, the field of, 52;

reasons for, 35

Cologne ware, 134

Colour, its adoption, 273;

versus Form in earthenware, 178

Coloured salt-glazed ware, 211

Cookson & Harding, 280

Cookworthy (Plymouth), 235

Copeland, 443, 444

Copland & Garrett, 444;

marks, 474, 475

Continental potters, indebted to Staffordshire, 177;

imitations of Wedgwood, 247

Copenhagen porcelain, 293, 466

Copper lustre ware, 435;

Wilson, 282;

prices, 439

Copyists—earthenware imitating china, 43;

of Wedgwood, 257, 265

Cornish clay mines, 235;

kaolin, its use in cream ware, 237

Cottage ornaments, figures for, 378

"Crabstock" handles, 212;

jug and handle, 185

Cream ware, 230–240;

definition of, 28;

its experimental stage, 169;

its later white body, 44;

Leeds, 293–301;

Queen's ware, 232;

revival of old Wedgwood designs, 231;

summary of, 71–73

Crich ware, 204

Cricket match depicted in earthenware, 338

Crouch ware, 204

Crown in circle as a mark (Stevenson), 348

Crown as a mark, 266

D

Dale (mark), 381

Dalehall as a mark, 477

Daniel, Ralph (salt-glaze), 207

Daniel, Thomas, painter, 232

Davenport marks, 475;

prices, 481

Davenport, John, 445

Davenport (of Longport), 269;

mark, 280

Davenport, Thomas, 348

Davenport, Henry and William, 348

Davenport & Co., 446

Dawson, Samuel (lustre), 428

D. D. & Co., Castleford mark, 302, 311

Decadent period Staffordshire figures, 378

Delft ware (Bristol delft), 113–118;

definition of, 28;

general characteristics of, 67;

how made, 101;

its foreign origin, 102;

its introduction into England, 105;

(Lambeth delft), 106–113;

(Liverpool delft), 118–125;

prices, 129–130;

summary of, 67–68;

(Wincanton delft), 125

De Morgan, William, pottery of, 481

Denny Abbey, tiles from, 84

Derby (earthenware), 408;

(Pot Works) mark, 349;

transfer-printing at, 318

Dickens, Sam Weller in earthenware, 458

Dillwyn, L. W. (Swansea), 399

Dillwyn & Co. (marks), 415, 416

Dipping-house, the, 51

Dixon, Austin, & Co., Sunderland, 309

Dixon & Co., Sunderland, 306

D. J. Evans & Co., Swansea, 400;

marks, 416

D. M., mark of William De Morgan, 481

Don Pottery marks, 289, 310, 311

Dorset, Earl of, arms on jug, 92

Doulton, Lambeth stoneware, 151, 465

Drug pots, 106

Dunderdale, David, 302

Dunderdale & Co. (D D & Co), 174

Dutch enamellers employed on salt-glaze, 211

Dwight, John, 68, 134, 138–142;

prices, 155

E

Eagle as a mark (Leeds), 311

Early English ware, 83–98

Early pottery, summary of, 66

Early salt-glazed ware, 203

Early-Staffordshire ware, 159–192;

prices, 187–192

Early-Victorian earthenware (prices), 482

Earthenware, definition of, 29, 40;

figures compared with china, 382;

how made, 44;

imitating porcelain, 273;

its appearance, 43;

method of studying, 55;

the nine classes of, 55;

versus porcelain, 182

East India Company, 106

Eastwood mark, 280

Edwards, J., & Son, Dale Hall, 477

Egyptian ware, definition of, 27

E. I. B. mark, 280

Eighteenth century, chief events of, table, 158

Election plates (Bristol delft), 67, 114

Elers, David, 142, 146

Elers, John Philip, 144

Elers Brothers (not the inventors of salt glaze), 204;

prices 155;

their effect upon Staffordshire, 164;

Wedgwood's opinion of, 163

Elers ware, definition of, 29, 142–147;

summary of, 68

Elizabethan silver mounts on earthenware, 126;

coats of arms on jugs, 134

Enamel colours, definition of, 29;

use in salt glaze, 211;

kiln (enamel), description of, 52

Engine turned ware, 148

English character in early Staffordshire ware, 160;

costume subjects, 264;

porcelain factories largely imitative, 196;

scenery (on earthenware), 277;

national spirit in earthenware, 186

Engravers employed to decorate earthenware, 325

Etruria Museum, catalogue of, 227

Etruscan ware, Dillwyn's (Swansea), 400;

prices, 418

Evans, painter (Swansea), 399

Evans & Glasson (Swansea), 400

Exhibition, Great, of 1851, hideousness of, 358

F

F as a mark (Newcastle), 350

Fable subjects in earthenware, 321, 322;

Liverpool tiles, 125

Factory system, the, its origin, 249

Falstaff, earthenware figure of, 374

Fell (Newcastle), 306

Ferrybridge, 309

Fifield, William and John, painters (Bristol), 404

Figures (Astbury), 361;

Astbury prices, 192;

earthenware and china compared, 382;

Leeds prices, 385;

Salopian, 407;

salt-glazed, 181;

Staffordshire, best period, 362;

Staffordshire, 357–389;

decadent period of, 378;

prices, 385, 386;

summary of, 74–77;

Wedgwood, 240;

Whieldon, 361;

prices, 192

Firing, period of duration, 51

Fitzwilliam family, crest of, as a mark, 311

Flaxman, John, 248;

his designs in cream ware, 231;

designs of, copied, 274

Fletcher & Co. (Shelton), 348

Fleur-de-lis as a mark, 400

Flint introduced into body, Thomas Astbury, 207;

use of, 232

Ford (South Hylton Pottery), 309

Forgeries (in general), 59

Forgeries—Slip ware, 60;

sack bottles, dated, 60;

salt-glaze coloured, 60;

Toby jugs, 63;

"Fair Hebe," 63;

"Vicar and Moses," 63;

Whieldon ware, 63;

Leeds, 63.

Form versus Colour in earthenware, 178

Fowke, Sir Francis (Lowesby), 400

Frank, Richard (Brislington), 424

Freeth, Mr. Frank, quoted (Toft ware), 91

Frog, green, on Catherine II. service, 239

Frog mugs, 309

Fulham stoneware, 151;

summary of, 68, 70;

prices, 155

Funeral cups (lustre), 428

Furniture decorated with Wedgwood ware, 247

G

Gateshead Potteries, 306

Gilding used in salt-glazed ware, 208

Gillray's caricatures in earthenware, 337

Glazes, various, definition of, 29;

rich, used by Whieldon, 169

Glazing, description of process, 51;

improvement by Booth, 232

Glost oven, description of, 48, 51

Godwin, Francis, Bishop of Hereford, 117

Goethe, quoted, 259

Gold lustre ware, 427

Gonsales, Domingo, Voyage to Moon, 117

Granite ware, 170;

Wedgwood, 228

Greatbach, William, 166, 248

Great Malvern, tiles from, 84

Green (mark), Leeds ware, 289;

signature of, Liverpool tiles, 121

Greens, Bingley & Co., 302

Grenzhausen, stoneware of, 137

Grès de Flandres ware, 137, 151

Grey, Lord (earthenware flask), 465

Greybeard jugs, 134

Griffin as a mark (Rockingham), 311

Grotesque design, in early Staffordshire ware, 160;

in English pottery, 208

Growan stone, its use in cream ware, 237

H

Hackwood, 280

Hackwood, William, 248

Hamilton, Sir William, 244, 259

Hancock, John (lustre), 430

Hancock, Robert, 329;

his "Tea Party," Worcester, 318

Harding, 280

Harley, 280

Hartley, Greens & Co., 288

Haynes, 79

Haynes, George (Cambrian Pottery), 395

Haynes, Dillwyn & Co., marks, 415

Heath, 280;

prices, 284

Heath family, Derby potters, 408

Heath & Bagnall, 280

Heath, Warburton & Co., 280

Heathcote, C., & Co., mark, 480

Herculaneum Pottery (Liverpool), 403;

marks, 417;

figures of, 77

Hewitt, painter (Wood figures), 373

Hicks & Meigh, 349

Hicks, Meigh, & Johnson, 349

Historical events, chronicled in earthenware, 333

Hollins, Samuel, 269, 275, 280

Hollins, T. & J., 281; mark, 275;

prices, 482

Howe, Earl, portrait of, 334

Hudson River, American views (Clews), 349

Humble & Green, 288

Humour in pottery, 208

Hylton Potteries, 300

I

I. Dale, mark on figures, 381

Identification of earthenware, 65;

Table, 66–79

I. E. B. as a mark, Baddeley, 349

Imitation of porcelain in earthenware, 273;

bronze busts (by Wedgwood), 229;

Chelsea and Derby figure of Falstaff 377;

Chinese pottery (at Leeds), 290;

Crown Derby, 443;

Japanese incised work (salt-glaze), 212;

Oriental porcelain styles, 196, 215;

Plymouth group by Staffordshire, 377;

silversmiths' work (by Elers), 195;

at Leeds, 294;

by Wedgwood, 196;

Wedgwood, 257, 265;

Wedgwood's Queen's ware at Swansea, 396

Imitativeness of English potters, 196

Imitativeness, black basalt ware, 274

Incised decoration, salt glaze, 208

"Indian Temple," J. W. R. (Ridgway), 479

Ireson, Nathaniel, 125

Ironstone china, 450;

definition of, 30;

prices, 482

Isleworth pottery, 411;

marks, 418;

prices, 419

"Italian Garden" (W. and B.), mark, 478

J

Jackfield pottery, 305; prices, 313

Jacobite toasts, 215

James II., Dwight bust of, 141

Japanese decoration adopted in Staffordshire, 273

Japanese incised work imitated, salt glaze, 212

Jasper ware, definition of, 30;

Adams, 259–263;

Turner, 263–265;

Wedgwood, 240–249;

solid and dip, definition of, 247

J. E. & S. as a mark, 477

Jervaulx Abbey, tiles from, 84

Jinkcuson, name on salt-glazed jug, 212

Jonson, Ben, quoted, Bellarmine jugs, 134

J. R. as a mark, Ridgway, 479

J. W. R. as a mark, Ridgway, 479

K

Keeling, A. and E., 281

Kilns, the various, description of, 48

L

L., Leeds mark, 289, 310

Lakin, 281;

prices, 284

Lakin & Poole, 281 (lustre ware), 433;

mark, 381;

prices, 284

Landré, Mrs., figure designer (Wedgwood), 240

Late Staffordshire ware, 443–483;

marks, 473

Lambeth delft, 106–113;

summary of, 67;

prices, 129

Lancastrian Pottery, 466

Landscape subjects after Claude, in earthenware, 276

Lead-glaze, definition of, 29;

early experiments, 174;

improvements in, 232

Leeds ware, 287–301;

basket-work, 297;

best period of, 290;

decorated at Lowestoft, 301;

decorated at Yarmouth, 378;

figures, 76;

figures, prices, 385;

a fine collection of, 56;

fraudulent, 63;

marks, 289, 310;

prices, 312

Leeds Pottery Co., 288

Leeds Pottery (lustre), 436

Lewes Priory, tiles from, 84

Lion as a mark, 289, 311

Littler, William, lead glaze, 232;

salt glaze, 207, 208

Liverpool, fine collection of, 56;

(cream ware), 402–404;

figures, 77;

prices, 419;

(delft), 118–125;

prices, 130;

tiles, subjects of, 125

Lockett, J. and J., 281

Lockett, J., & Sons (lustre ware), 436

London as a mark, 350

Longton Hall, blue used on salt-glazed ware, 207

Lovers' teapots, 208

Lowesby Pottery, 400;

prices, 419

Lowestoft, Leeds ware decorated at, 301

L. P. (Leeds), mark, 288

L. P., monogram, as a mark, 481

Lustre ware, 423–439;

definition of, 30;

first use of lustre, 430;

marks, 430, 433, 435, 436, 439;

prices, 439;

summary of, 77, 78;

copper lustre, 435;

Wilson, 269, 282;

silver lustre as a decoration to figures, 377;

silver or platinum, 429–436;

silver, J. Aynsley, 279;

various classes of, 424

M

M. as a mark (Minton), 450

M. & Co. as a mark (Minton), 476

M. & B. as a mark (Minton & Boyle), 476

M. & N. as a mark (Mayer & Newbold), 281

Malling jug (Tudor earthenware), 130

Marbled ware, definition of, 30;

summary of, 70

Marbling on early vases, 68

Marks (see under special class of ware), their use and value, 30;

used fraudulently, 64

Marseilles earthenware imitates Dresden models, 43

Martin, Maria, of Red Barn, in earthenware, 482

Mason (ironstone china), 450;

marks, 477;

prices, 482

Mason, Miles, 349

Masonic plates (J. Aynsley), 348

Mary, Queen, portrait of, on jug, 137

Mayer, E., lustre, 430;

prices, 284

Mayer & Newbold, 281;

lustre ware, 436

Mayer, E., & Son, 281

Mayer, E. J., 281

Mayer, Elijah, 151, 269, 274;

glazed black ware, 305

Mayer & Elliott, 281

Mediæval tiles, 83;

summary of, 66

Meigh, 79

Meigh, C., & Sons, 457;

lustre ware, 436

Meir, F., 281

Meir, John, 66

Meissen, imitation of Wedgwood by, 247

Metal imitated: Wedgwood, silver lustre, 229

Metal designs copied at Leeds, 294

Metal dies used by Elers, 195

Metal stamps, used for ornament in earthenware, 142

Metal workers, influence of, upon pottery: Elers, 195;

Wedgwood, 196

Metropolitan slip ware, 95

Meyer, Joseph (mark), 275

Middlesbrough Pottery (mark), 350

Milton, bust of (R. Wood), 369;

prices, 386

Minton, 79;

marks, 476;

prices, 482;

(Thomas), 330, 348, 449;

(Herbert), 449

Modern, earthenware when considered, 30

Modern silver lustre teapots, 423

Modern spirit, the beginning of the, 249

Monglott, Swiss artist (Adams), 260

Moore & Co. (Sunderland), 306

Morley (Nottingham) (seventeenth century), 69

Morley, Charles (Nottingham), 151

Morley, John (of Nottingham), 146

Morr & Smith, 281

Mortlock as a mark, 305, 311

Moseley, 281

M. P. Co. as a mark (Middlesbro'), 350

Museums where earthenware is exhibited, 56

Musicians, earthenware figures of, 381

Myatt, 281

N

Namur, stoneware of, 137

Napoleon, bust of, 374;

caricatures of 152, 337;

in lustre ware, 435;

in stoneware, 465

Nash, Joseph, 66

National character in early Staffordshire ware, 160

National spirit in earthenware, 186

Nautical subjects in earthenware, 334

Neale & Co., figures, 370;

marks, 266

Neale & Palmer marks, 266;

prices, 283

Nelson jugs, 461

Newcastle lustre, 428;

transfer-printing at, 330

Newcastle ware, 306–310;

prices, 313

New stone B B. (Minton), 476

Nineteenth-century commemorative ware, 457

Nineteenth-century developments, 78, 79

Niderviller earthenware imitates Dresden models, 43

Nottingham ware, early, 204;

summary of, 69;

prices, 155–156;

stoneware, 151–152

O

Omar Khayyam quoted, 48

Opaque china, 79, 446;

Haynes (Swansea), 399

Opie, Amelia, quoted, 461

"Orator Hunt" on late earthenware, 458

Oriental decoration adopted in Staffordshire, 273;

designs at Leeds, 298;

styles imitated (Leeds), 290

"Oriental ivory" as a mark (Powell & Bishop), 480

Oven, description of, 31, 48, 51

Over-glaze, definition of, 29;

printing, description of, 325

P

P as a mark (Lancastrian Pottery), 481

Palmer, Henry, 265;

marks, 266;

prices, 283

P & B as a mark (Powell & Bishop), 480

P. & U. (Poole & Unwin), lustre ware, 436

Pardoe, Thomas, painter (Swansea), 399

Parson and Clerk group, 365

Paste, definition of, 31

P. B. & Co. as a mark (Pindar, Bourne & Co.), 477

Pearl ware (Wedgwood), 238

Peasant pottery of nineteenth century, 381

"Pelican in her Piety" (Toft dish), 95

Pennington (Liverpool), 403;

marks, 417

Pharmacy jars, 106;

(Lambeth), 113

Phillips, J. (Hylton Pottery), 306

Phillips (Longport), 281

Phœnix as a mark (Clementson), 280

Pilkington, Messrs., 466

Plagiarists of Wedgwood, 257, 265

Plaster of Paris moulds first introduced, 207

Political events chronicled in earthenware, 333

Poole & Unwin (lustre ware), 436

Porcelain colours imitated in earthenware, 273

Porcelain copied in earthenware, 43;

made by earthenware potters (Caughley), 407;

(Minton), 449;

(Rockingham), 305;

(Staffordshire), 444;

(Swansea), 399

Portland Vase, 249

Porto Bello Bowl, the, 147

Portraits in earthenware: Bonaparte, 337, 435, 465;

Brougham, 465;

Cobbett, 465;

Duke of York, 321;

Grey, 465;

James II., bust, 141;

King of Prussia, 318;

Nelson, 461;

Prince Rupert, bust, 138;

Rousseau, bust, 240;

Washington, 338;

Wesley, bust, 374;

William III., 137;

Young Pretender (salt-glaze), 215

Posset-pot inscribed "Wm. Simpson, 1685," 95

Potter's wheel, the, 48

Pountney & Allies (Bristol), 407

Pountney & Co. (Bristol), 407

Powell & Bishop (mark), 480

Powell & Sons, Messrs. James, 231

Pratt, 281

Prices, hints concerning, 59;

dealers', 59

Prince of Wales's Feathers as a mark, 480

Prince Rupert, Dwight bust of, 138

Printed ware, 317–350

Printing on earthenware, at Leeds, 293;

over-glaze, description of, 325;

under-glaze, description of, 326

Prussia, King of, mugs and jugs (Worcester), 318

Puritan influence on earthenware, 95

Q

Queen's ware (Wedgwood), 232

Queen's ware, its decoration, 238, 239

Quin as Falstaff, figure of, 374

R

Railway mugs, 462

Railway, Liverpool and Manchester, inscription on jug, 462

Raren, stoneware of, 137

Rathbone, Mr. Frederic (Wedgwood), 24, 25, 227

R. B. & S., Leeds mark, 289, 310

Reasons for collecting, 35

Red Barn murder, in earthenware, 482

Redrich & Jones, patent of, 170

Red ware, Wedgwood, 230

Reform days, commemorative ware, 465

Reid, W. & Co., Liverpool, 403;

marks, 417

Renaissance of Staffordshire, 165

Resist pattern, definition of, 31

"Resist" silver lustre, how made, 434

Rhodes, salt-glaze enameller, Leeds, 211

Ridgway, 79;

prices, 483

Ridgway, J. & W., 349;

marks, 479

Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co., 454;

mark, 349

Riley, 79, 281;

semi-china, 449

Riley, J. & R., 349

Ring, Joseph, Bristol, 404

R. M. W. & Co. as a mark, 349

Robinson, salt-glaze enameller (Leeds), 211

Rockingham, 302;

prices, 313

Rogers, 281

Rogers, John, & Son (mark), 477

Rous, Thomas, 138

Rousseau, bust of, 240

Royal portraits, on delft, 109;

on stoneware, 137;

on Toft ware, 91;

bust of James II., 141;

King of Prussia, 211, 318;

bust of Prince Rupert, 138;

Duke of York, 321

Ruskin Pottery, mark, 481

S

S as a mark, 408, 418

"Sack" bottles, 106;

fraudulent, 60, 110

Sadler & Green, 122

Sadler Liverpool tiles, signature of, 121

Saggers, definition of, 31;

description of, 48

St. Alban's Abbey, tiles from, 84

St. Anthony's as a mark, 306

Salopian earthenware, 407;

prices, 419

Salopian, earthenware figures, 77

Salt, 281

Salt, Ralph, figures of, 378;

School of, figures, 76

Salt-glaze, definition of, 29;

description of process, 199

Salt-glazed ware, 195–217;

classes of, 207;

coloured, fraudulent, 60;

defects of, 222;

figures, 74, 181;

prices, 216;

rivalry with early Staffordshire, 178;

summary of, 69

S. & G. (mark), Isleworth, 411, 418

Satire, earthenware the medium for political, 333

S. B. & S. (mark), Leeds ware, 289, 311

Scieux earthenware imitates Dresden models, 43

Scott Brothers (Sunderland), 306

"Scratched blue," salt glaze, 208

Semi-china, definition of, 31

Semi-porcelain, 446;

definition of, 31

Sewell, 306

Sewells & Donkin, 306

Sèvres, imitation of Wedgwood by, 247

Shakespeare, quoted (potter's wheel), 48;

willow pattern, 343

Shaw (Liverpool), 403

Shaw, Ralph, 148, 207

Shaw, Robert, 66

Shell forms used in earthenware, 238

Ships as decoration on delft (Liverpool), 67

Shore & Goulding, 411

Shore, Joseph, 411

Shorthose, 281

Shorthose & Co., 348

Shorthose & Heath, 282

Siegburg, stoneware of, 137

Silver designs, in earthenware, 195, 196, 229;

copied at Leeds, 294;

imitated (Hollins), 275

Silversmith, influence of, upon earthenware (Elers), 195;

(Wedgwood), 196

Silver lustre as a decoration to figures, 377

Silver lustre ware, 429–436;

J. Aynsley, 279;

marked pieces, 430, 433;

prices, 439;

summary of, 78

Simpson, Ralph, 95

Simpson, William, 95;

petition of, 137

Slip, definition of, 31, 47

Slip ware, 87;

prices, 97;

summary of, 66

Sneyd, 282

Solid agate ware, 170;

Wedgwood, 228;

definition of, 27

"Solid" jasper, definition of, 247

Solon, Mr., quoted (mediæval tiles), 84

Spode, Josiah (the first), 269, 330, 339;

Josiah (the second), 270, 348, 443;

marks, 474;

prices, 481

Sporting subjects in earthenware, 269, 270, 338

"Spur" marks, 298; definition of, 31

Squirrel pattern teapots, 212

Staffordshire delft, prices, 129;

early ware, 161–192;

figures, 357–389;

figures, best period of, 362;

figures, decadent period of, 378;

potters ahead of the Continent, 177;

potters confined to earthenware, 237;

pottery, its renaissance, 165;

the transfer-printers of, 329

Steam carriages, on earthenware, 462

Steel, 282

Steele, David, painter, 232

Stevenson, A., 348

Stevenson, W., 282

Stockton-on-Tees potteries, 306

Stone china, 79;

marks, 474–477

Stoneware, 133–156;

definition of, 32, 40;

Lambeth (nineteenth century), 465;

prices, 152;

summary of, 68–70

Stothard, Thomas, 248

Stuart, stump work pictures, similarity to Toft ware, 91

Stubbs, George, 248

Stubbs, Joseph (mark), 349

Sunderland School, figures of, 77

Sunderland ware, 306–310;

lustre, 428;

Moore & Co., 306;

prices, 313;

transfer-printing, 330

Surface agate ware, 169;

definition of, 27;

Wedgwood, 228

Swansea, 395–400;

figures, 77;

marks, 415;

prices, 418;

transfer-printing at, 330

Syntax, Dr., tour of (on earthenware), 280

T

Tables, chief events of eighteenth century, 158;

dividing earthenware into classes, 55

Tabor, William, 66

Tassie, James, 248

Templeton, Lady, 248

Tennyson, quoted, 258

Thrower, the, 48

Thursfield, Maurice, 306

Tiles, Bristol delft painted, 67, 114;

printed, 121;

mediæval, 83;

transfer-printed (Liverpool delft), 67

Titles of Puritan books, strange, 95

Toby, jugs, 366, 374; fraudulent, 63

Toft, John, name on teapot, 212

Toft, Thomas, Toft, Ralph, 66

Toft, ware, 88–95;

prices, 97;

summary of, 66

Tomlinson & Co., 309

Tortoiseshell ware, 170, 177;

summary of, 70;

Castleford, 302;

Castleford (D. D. & Co.), 174;

Liverpool, 174

Transfer-printed ware, 317–350;

marks, 347–350;

prices, 350

Transfer-printers, the Staffordshire, 329

Transfer-printing, definition of, 32;

description of, 322;

in outline, 347;

its adoption in Staffordshire, 321;

at Battersea, 318;

at Caughley, 318;

at Derby 318;

at Leeds, 293;

at Liverpool, 318;

at Newcastle, 330;

in Staffordshire, 329;

at Sunderland, 330;

at Swansea, 330, 396;

at Worcester, 318

Triangle as a mark (Powell & Bishop), 480

Tudor jugs, 126;

prices, 130

Turner, John (Lane End), 235, 263–265, 330;

marks, 348;

prices, 283

Turner, Thomas (of Caughley), 270, 329, 339;

marks, 418

Turner, William and John, 348

Turnor, Ralph, 66

Twentieth century collector, the, 466

Twyford, early salt glaze, 204

U

Under-glaze, definition of, 29

Under-glaze printing, description of, 326

V

Van Hamme (Lambeth), 67;

his patent (Delft), 106

Variegated ware, 169–174;

summary of, 70;

"tesselated" style, 173;

Wedgwood, 228

Vernon, Admiral, victory of Porto Bello, 334

Verse on earthenware, 334, 337

Vicar and Moses group, 362, 365;

fraudulent, 63

Viellard & Cie (Bordeaux), 215

Voltaire, bust of, 240

Voyez, modeller, 265, 370

W

W as a mark (lustre ware), 435;

(Myatt), 281

Wainwright & Co. (Leeds), 288, 310

Walton, 282;

(John), figures by, 378

Walton School, figures of, 76

Warburton, 222, 232, 282

Warburton, Peter (lustre ware), 430, 435

Warburton, Britton & Co. (Leeds), 288

Washington, portraits of, 338

W & B as a mark (W. Brownfield), 478

W B as a mark, 478

W B & S as a mark, 478

Wedgwood, Aaron (lead glaze), 232

Wedgwood, Josiah, as a potter, 227;

his views of Elers, 163;

influence of, 249;

gold lustre, 427;

under-glaze blue, 330;

Josiah the second, 348

Wedgwood, Ralph, 348

Wedgwood, Dr. Thomas, salt glaze, 207

Wedgwood ware, 221–254;

figures, 370; influence, the wane of the, 276;

marks, 251–253;

printed at Liverpool, 240;

prices, 253, 254;

school, 257;

figures of, 75;

old cream ware designs, revival of, 231

Wedgwood & Co. (of Burslem), 348

"Wedgwood & Co.," spurious mark, 309

"Welsh" ware (Isleworth), 411

Wesley, John, busts of, 374

Wheel, the potter's, 48

Whieldon (Thomas), 159–193;

prices, 187

Whieldon School, figures of, 75

Whieldon ware, definition of, 32;

prices, 187–192

Whitefriars Glass Works, 231

Whitfield, George, busts of, 374

Wilcox, Mrs. (Etruscan ware), 248

Wilkie's pictures on earthenware, 280

William III., portrait of, on jug, 137

Willow pattern at Caughley, 329;

at Leeds, 298;

at Swansea, 396;

Chinese original of, 339;

where first made in England, 329;

story of the, 340

Wilson, 282;

(D. Wilson & Sons) marks, 269

Wilson, Robert (marks of), 266

Wincanton Delft, 125;

summary of, 68

Wood (Aaron), salt-glazed basket-work, 212;

salt glaze, 207

Wood, E., 282;

prices, 284

Wood, Enoch, 373;

mug, 186;

(Turner jugs), 264;

use of bone ash, 444

Wood, Enoch, & Sons, 282, 349

Wood & Caldwell, 282, 373;

lustre, 430, 433

Wood and Caldwell School, figures of, 75

Wood family, the, Staffordshire figures, 362–370

Wood, Ralph, 362;

prices, 284;

variegated ware, 173

Wood School, figures of, 75

Worcester, transfer-printing at, 318

Workmen, trained, transferred to new factories (Liverpool), 403;

(Minton), 330;

(Shelton), 404;

(under-glaze blue printing), 329

Worthington, Liverpool, 403

Wright, John, 66

Wrotham (Kent) ware, 87;

prices, 97;

summary of, 66

W. S. & Co. (William Smith & Co.), 309

Y

Yarmouth, Staffordshire figures decorated at, 378

Young, W. W., painter (Swansea), 399

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