A pottery primer by Jervis William Percival 1850-

Author:Jervis, William Percival, 1850-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Pottery
Publisher: New York : The O'Gorman Publishing Co.

WILLIAM ADAMS.

WILLIAM ADAMS.

there was really no occasion for slavish copies. Sir William Hamilton's designs of classic vases and other similar works were open to all, andVedgwood and his contemporaries freely availed themselves of these sources.

In this school two names stand out preeminently, viz., Turner and Adam.s. John Turner, of Lane End (1762-1786), made jasper which equaled that of Wedgwood, though made from a different formula, while equal praise may be bestowed upon his black basalts. Adams was a personal friend of Wedgwood, and at one time worked for him, and during that period considerably improved the jasper body. He is many times mentioned by Wedgwood, and always in terms of praise and friendship. He left Wedg-about 1780, fifteen years before the death of the latter. The Adams family is one of the oldest connected with the pottery trade in Staffordshire. John Adams, of Burslem, who married in 1654, built the Brick House Works, the first brick house in Burslem, afterwards tenanted by Wedgwood. There were four Staffordshipe potters named William Adams, who may be differentiated as follows: William Adams, Green-gates, Tunstall, 1745-1805; William Adams, Brick House Works, Burslem, 1748-183*.; William Adams, Stoke, 1772-1829; William Adams, Greenfield, 1798-1865.

The first three were cousins, the last two father and son. But it was William Adams, of Greengate, who was the potter par excellence. The Adams blue jasper was, if possible, finer in color than Wedgwood's and became known as Adams blue, and is conceded by Miss Meteyard, the biographer of Wedgwood, to be of "extraordinary beauty."

A flams also made fine stoneware, which he invariably finished with a black or brown glaze band. This was highly esteemed, and was often thought worthy of a silver mount. Our illustration will convey some idea of the artistic manner in which the Adams stoneware jugs were made. Adams also invented the Mocha ware, which was largely copied and which was being made by five or six potters in 1820. It had a great vogue at the time and is still made. Its distinguishing feature is a band of colored slip on which has been applied another colored slip of

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