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During the brief period in which our antique shop has been opened we have come into the possession of a
few older pieces of Staffordshire pottery, mainly 19th century. In researching these pieces to identify their maker,
we have been amazed at the number of late Georgian and early Victorian potteries which had a fleeting existence. Some
of these manufacturers lasted but a few years, after having produced good quality pieces in an attempt to compete and
secure a marketplace for their goods.
The last few years have shown how volatile the market can be when it comes to collectable ceramics. Twentieth
century pieces which we and many others found very commercial just three or four years ago, can now be aquired at a fraction
of the cost. It only requires some pundit to mark a certain item as a hot collectable and the market soon becomes flooded
in an attempt to cash in. Collecting by fad or fashion will always be a short term prospect. As any good card
player will say, it's knowing when to hold and knowing when to fold.
Antique Pottery outdates the best part of these collectables by at least a hundred years, coming in as genuine
antiques. Having found a piece which has survived and is in good order brings a wonderful thrill, knowing
that the chances of another one coming to market overnight are very slight.
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Wedgwood Basket & Stand
Queensware Chestnut Basket on a matching stand. Impressed Wedgwood mark. Circa 1820. Moulded
basketweave pearlware body with pierced rim
200.00
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Staffordshire Boccage Figures
Unmarked. Walton style. Perfect pair
Leopard and cub on a rocky mound.
circa 1850 Sold
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A gift of a teaset to Queen Charlotte, the Consort of King George III, resulted in JOSIAH WEDGWOOD being appointed as Potter to Her Majesty in 1765.
JOSIAH WEDGWOOD immediately
named this new range of tableware as Queens Ware. Public demand for this range of earthenware inspired other potteries,
particularly Leeds Pottery, to introduce thier own catalogue of similar goods.
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STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES
have been made since 1740. These early figures were naive and hand made, often satirical with a political or
religious jibe. In the absence of photographic records they were often produced to record significant events of
the day. With the opening of the Zoological Gardens in London, the fascination with previously unseen wild creatures
made Staffordshire Figures ideal playthings for children.
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Samuel Alcock Meat Plate
Cobridge and Burslem, Staffordshire, 1828 to 1859
Blue & white transfer. Gravy well and tree
Diamond reg 1854
250.00
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Sarreguemines Grapevine Plate
Impressed mark Sarreguemines Majolica
circa 1880
40.00
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Samuel Keeling Imari Dish
Hanley, Staffordshire, 1840 to 1850
£300.00
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Samuel Keeling Imari Plate
Hanley, Staffordshire, 1840 to 1850
200.00
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The Staffordshire factory of Samuel Keeling
operated for a brief period at the begining of Queen Victoria's reign. Very few pieces of their
earthenware are evident, the fine quality of hand enamelling making them museum pieces.
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Pinder Bourne & Hope
Burslem, Staffordshire, 1851 to 1860.
Printed mark with pattern name Bagdad
£100.00
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Middlesbrough Pottery
A pearlware plate in Prattware colours. Central decoration of a transfer pastoral
scene. Impressed Kite and Anchor with London
£200.00
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Thomas Pinder opened his Swan
Bank Works in Burslem in 1849. The pottery continued as Pinder Bourne & Hope from 1851. In 1878 the factory was
bought by Doulton of Lambeth, becoming the base for their finer porcelain production while their stoneware and sanitaryware
production continued down south.
Several items from the Middlesbrough
Pottery are now housed in the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough. The pottery was situated near
where the famous Transporter Bridge now stands. The pottery started up in 1831. Only two years earlier Middlesbrough
was just a small riverside farm, bought and developed by the quaker industrialist Joseph Pease.
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Spode Cream
Tureen
Boat shaped tureen with fixed base and flat cover. Transfer Blue and White pattern of Fisherman and Castle.
Complete with pierced ladle. This type of sugar sifter ladle were used to separate cream from whey.
circa 1810 600.00
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Georgian Toilet Box
Unknown maker. Blue and white transfer of a Chinese palace.
circa 1820
130.00
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The Staffordshire pottery of JOSIAH SPODE
was established in 1770. In 1784 JOSIAH
SPODE had developed the technique of transfer printing designs onto pottery. The continued demand
for Chinese porcelain with it's popular blue and white decoration was becoming increasingly difficult to fill. Patterns
derived from Chinese landscapes including the ever popular Willow Pattern, were readily accepted and continued to replace
former imports. 1816 saw the introduction of the Italian Pattern
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George Frederick Bowers
1842 - 1868
25cm Oval plate. Moulded gadroon edge
Lavishly enamelled and gilded in Imari style
Marked GFB in Staffordshire knot. "Scende"
60.00
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Mason's Ironstone China
circa 1820
A 26cm hand enamelled plate in Imari
Central pattern of flower vase and gifts
Outer panels, Geisha & blossom trees
60.00
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