Chats on Old Earthenware

INDEX

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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