The art of the old English potter by Solon Louis Marc Emmanuel 1835-1913

Author:Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel, 1835-1913
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Pottery
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company
Published: 1886-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. ix. Astbury Crbam Jug and SwbetmkaT Tray op Stamped Wars.—Coll. L. S.

coloured grounds are chosen to set out the reliefs; upon the shining black clay run white branches of vine; little yellow cocks stand out on the shining red. The red clay is applied in the shape of

hawthorn blossoms upon the yellow or buff body, the most elaborate and finely stamped specimens being of a saffron yellow ground, covered with scrolls and leaves of great delicacy. Sometimes we have a would-be Chinese figure; the whole enlivened by touches of flowing and transparent colour, such as are used on the tortoiseshell-ware. The handles and knobs are in all cases of the same clay as the ornaments, and are still made by hand.

For a long time afterwards stamping was used to complete the ware turned on the wheel, whether it was white Salt-glaze, or earthenware of coloured body, glazed with lead. Red porcelain was . still made, but how different in quality! We possess a huge red teapot profusely decorated with branches and rosettes done by the old process; it has been silver-mounted, which shows that some value was set upon it, yet it is so coarse in execution that it could not stand comparison with any of the earlier pieces. We have also an identical replica of the small red teapot, preserved at Etruria, as the first piece made by Wedgwood during his apprenticeship; but the raised blossoms spread upon it are made in the German way, that is to say, moulded separately and stuck on the surface, and we greatly doubt its being of English origin.

Pottery becoming more popular, its makers took advantage of all the great events of the time. A

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new sort of ware was made to spread the news of a victory, or to commemorate its glory. In 1727 Astbury created the Portobello ware, which had a great run after the expedition of—

" Admiral Vernon, that brave fellow (who) With six ships took Porto-bello."

Dies were sunk in the shape of ships, and whole flotillas were stamped in white on the red tea-ware. In the British Museum is a very fine

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