Chats on Old Earthenware

by Arthur Hayden

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Frontispiece.]
	Staffordshire Group, Vicar and Moses. Modelled by Ralph Wood about 1750. Marked R. Wood, Burslem. At British Museum.
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Chapter I.—How to Collect.
	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]
	The Enamel Kiln	[61]
Chapter II.—Early Ware.
	Mediæval Tiles	[85]
	Toft Dish, dated 1671; Posset Pot, dated 1685	[89]
	Earthenware Jug (late 17th century)	[93]
Chapter III.—English Delft.
	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 Candlestick, dated 1648	[111]
	Old Dutch Brass Candlestick	[111]
	Bristol Delft Plate and Bowl	[115]
	Bristol Delft Dish, dated 1740	[119]
	Title-page and Illustration, from volume dated 1638	[123]
	Wincanton Delft Dish	[127]
Chapter IV.—Stoneware.
	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 Stoneware Mug (dated 1725) and Jug	[153]
Chapter V.—Early Staffordshire Ware.
	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	[171]
	Whieldon Tortoiseshell Animals	[175]
	Whieldon Group. St. George and the Dragon	[175]
	Whieldon Toby Jugs	[179]
	Groups of Early Staffordshire Jugs	[183]
	Early Staffordshire Jugs	[189]
Chapter VI.—Salt-glazed Ware, Staffordshire.
	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 colours	[209]
	Salt-glazed Jug enamelled in colours	[213]
Chapter VII.—Josiah Wedgwood.
	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 Tea Set	[241]
	Jasper Vase—"The Apotheosis of Virgil"	[245]
Chapter VIII.—The School of Wedgwood.
	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]
	Stoneware Jugs by Spode and by Davenport	[277]
	Black Basalt Teapot (early 19th century)	[277]
Chapter IX.—Leeds and Other Factories.
	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 Mug	[303]
	Staffordshire Jug, decorated at Lowestoft	[303]
	Rockingham Teapot	[307]
	Castleford Jug—Black Basalt	[307]
Chapter X.—Transfer-printed Ware.
	Salt-glazed Plate—"Hercules and the Waggoner"	[319]
	Transfer-printed Jug—"Diana in her Chariot"	[319]
	Transfer-printed Jugs—"Duke of York" and "Successto Trade"	[323]
	Group of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Plates	[327]
	Spode Under-glaze Blue-printed Plate and Jug	[331]
	Turner Dish with Blue-printed "Willow pattern"	[331]
	Spode Blue-printed Ware, "Tower" pattern	[335]
	Blue-printed Dishes by Rogers and Adams	[341]
	Blue-printed Dishes—one with Claude landscape	[345]
Chapter XI.—Staffordshire Figures.
	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 Preaching at Athens	[359]
	Group Bacchus and Ariadne, and Figures of Venus andAdonis	[363]
	Busts of Bonaparte and Alexander of Russia	[367]
	Figures of Falstaff	[371]
	Staffordshire Figure decorated by Absalon, Yarmouth	[375]
	Staffordshire Figures of Musicians (various)	[379]
	Group of Toby Jugs	[383]
	Cupid and Figures of Flower Boys	[387]
	Figures of Fishwife and Mother Goose	[391]
Chapter XII.—Swansea and Other Factories.
	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 Ware, Vase and Tazza	[405]
	Portland Vase in Red Ware (Isleworth)	[409]
	Liverpool Plate and Finely Painted Mug	[409]
	Brown Stoneware Jugs (Isleworth)	[413]
Chapter XIII.—Lustre Ware.
	Lustre Goblets and Gold Lustre Mugs	[425]
	Silver Lustre Figures by Wood and Caldwell	[431]
	Silver Lustre Jugs	[431]
	Copper Lustre Mug and Group of Copper Lustre Ware	[437]
Chapter XIV.—Late Staffordshire Ware.
	Dessert Plates and Dessert Dish (Mason's Patent IronstoneChina)	[447]
	Granite China Vase, marked C J M & Co.	[451]
	Transfer-printed Plates (C. Meigh & Son)	[455]
	Set of Staffordshire Earthenware Vases, richly decorated	[455]
	Group of Nelson Jugs	[459]
	Transfer-printed Plate in Colours, subject—Steam Carriage	[463]
	Old Print, New Steam Coach, dated 1827	[463]
	Transfer-printed Jug, representing Stephenson's Rocket	[467]
	Cyder Mug, Transfer-printed, representing Railway Train	[467]
	Doulton Stoneware Jug, with Bacchanalian subject	[471]

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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]

GENERAL.

• Catalogue of British Pottery and Porcelain. By T. Reeks and F. W. Rudler. 1876. (Out of print.)
  (Formerly in the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.)
• Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain. By W. Chaffers. 12th Edition. 1908.
• Ceramic Art of Great Britain. By Llewellyn Jewitt. 2 vols. 1878. 2nd Edition. 1 vol. 1883.
• English Earthenware (made during the 17th and 18th centuries). By Professor A. H. Church, F. R. S. 1905.
• History of Pottery and Porcelain. By J. Marryat. 1857.
• History of English Earthenware and Stoneware (to the beginning of the 19th century). By William Burton, F. C. S. (Cassell & Co.) 1904.
• Catalogue of British Pottery, &c., at the British Museum. By R. L. Hobson. 1903.
• Art of the Old English Potter. By M. L. Solon. Folio. 2nd Edition. 1885.
• Old English Pottery. By Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeth. (Morgan, Thompson, & Jamison.) £2 12s. 6d. net.
• Catalogue of Pottery and Porcelain. (Willett Collection, at Brighton Museum.) 1905.
• Pottery and Porcelain. A Guide to Collectors. F. Litchfield. 1900.
• English Pottery and Porcelain. By E. A. Downman. 1896.
• History of the Staffordshire Potteries. By S. Shaw. (Hanley.) 1829. Reissue by the Pottery Gazette. 1900.
• The Chemistry of Pottery. By S. Shaw. (London.) 1837. Reissue by the Pottery Gazette. 1900.
• Catalogue of English Pottery and Porcelain. (Alexandra Palace.) By R. H. Soden Smith. Destroyed by fire. 1873.
• Transfer Printing on Enamels, Porcelain, and Pottery. By William Turner. 1907.
• Examples of Early English Pottery. By J. E. Hodgkin and E. Hodgkin. 1891.
• Staffordshire Pots and Potters. By G. W. Rhead and F. A. Rhead. 1906.
• Catalogue of a Collection of English Pottery Figures deposited on loan by Messrs. Frank Falkner and E. J. Sidebotham at the Royal Museum, Peel Park, Salford. (Manchester.) 1906.
• Chats on English China. By Arthur Hayden. (T. Fisher Unwin.) 4th Edition. 1909.
  (The concluding chapters contain an outline history of English Earthenware.)

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PARTICULAR.

Staffordshire.