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Child`s Dishes - Harmonicaguy.com
WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES VOL. 21, No. 1 SUMMER 2014 CONVENTION ISSUE CHILDREN’S DISHES Thanks to Carol Fleischman and Mara Kerr and with the cooperation of many of our members who were willing to wrap up and bring their treasures for everyone to enjoy, we were treated to the likes of a display of children’s dishes that will probably never be seen again. Show & Tell was also wonderful as usual. Thanks to all of you who participated. Thanks to each of you who make it so much fun for all of us. Page 2 Vol. 21. 1 INDEX WICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dorothy Riley, President Jane Diemer,Vice President Carol Fleischman, Secretary Dave Klein, Treasurer Jeanne Atkinson Roland Bergner Sue Bergner Dennis Contri Wes Diemer Bev Dieringer Joe Eidukaitis Rev. John R. Schilling III Barbara Tegtmeyer Legal Advisor: Tom Moreland The WHITE IRONSTONE CHINA ASSOCIATION, INC. is a not-for-profit corporation whose purpose is to further our knowledge and enjoyment of white ironstone china. WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES is the official newsletter of the corporation. Photographs submitted by members become the property of WICA, Inc. and no article, photograph or drawing may be reproduced without the express permission of WICA, Inc. WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES is published and edited by Ernie and Bev Dieringer with associate editor, Jim Kerr. Drawings and photos are by Ernie and Bev Dieringer unless otherwise noted. Please send all news notes, articles, photos, suggestions, questions and listings for advertising or for the Spare Parts and Whole Pieces column to: WICA, c/o Dieringer 718 Redding Road Redding, CT 06896. 203-938-3740 e-mail [email protected]. WICA web page: www.whiteironstonechina.com ADVERTISING RATES Advertisements will be accepted in order of receipt from WICA members and, space allowing, from non-members. Rates (subject to change): $10 per column inch (7 lines). Nonmembers, $20 per column inch. Payment in full by check made out to WICA must accompany each ad. Send to newsletter address above. PUbLISHING DEADLINES are Nov. 15 for Winter, Feb. 15 for Spring, May 15 for Summer, Aug. 15 for Fall. Members can list white ironstone parts & pieces wanted and for sale without charge in the Spare Parts column of each issue. APPLICATION FOR MEMbERSHIP Send $40 for one or two individuals at the same address with check made payable to WICA, Inc. to: WICA c/o Chuck Ulmann 1320 Ashbridge Rd. West Chester, PA 19380 e-mail: [email protected] Membership year is June 1st to May 31st. ADDRESS CHANGES e-mail [email protected] Pg. Pg. Pg. Pg. 4 Children’s Dishes 12 Show & Tell 18 Spare Parts 18 Collector’s Showcase FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Hi everyone. We had the absolutely best time at our 20th year convention. Jane Diemer did an outstanding job organizing the events and the food was the best ever. But on a sobering note, we are still loseing more members. If you haven’t renewed your membership yet because you forgot, please do so now. Or let us know the reason you will not be renewing. It does help us to know these things. Several of our members gave us some creative ways to keep our mailings up to the number of 200 which is needed for bulk rate. Our favorite idea and the easiest is to send copies to husbands and wives. This will work for a while but if you know someone who likes white ironstone and isn’t a member yet, tell them about us. We can send out our newsletter and a membership brochure. ********************************* LETTERS I was cleaning a shelf of creamers and when I took this one down and found that I had not done any research on the shape or potter. It is 5" tall and has a collar of points pointing down on it. I do not remember ever hearing of "Quartz China " before. Any ideas? Carol Fleischman ********************************* Your 5” high creamer is by William Ridgway, 1830-1854. We think it is pretty early, possibly the 1840s. It’s a beauty. ********************************* PRESIDENT’S LETTER Thank you for allowing me to serve as your president for another year. I am still learning the job and several of the past presidents, especially Harry Moseley, have been very helpful. If you have any concerns please let me know. I wanted to follow up an open issue from the Annual Meeting held on May 3 in Exton. There was a lot of discussion regarding opening the auction to non-members. An example is that a WICA member could bid for a non-member using their cell phone during the auction. Your Board of Directors discussed this in more length at our meeting on Sunday, May 4 and I promised the membership that I would report back to you after our meeting. The consensus from us is ”Due to concern of problems, logistics and legal implications, no absentee bidding through or by a WICA member or on-line bidding would be sanctioned by WICA”. I would also like to remind our members that if you wish to have a printed/hard copy of our Membership Directory, the cost will be $4.00 a copy. Electronic copies will be available to members for no cost. Another reminder regarding the Jean Wetherbee Award, starting in 2014, anyone being honored will receive a one year free membership. Anyone who was honored prior to 2014 will continue with the previous award of a lifetime membership. I would like to extend a special thank you to Jim Miller and Don Wagner, who served on the Board of Directors this past term, we are sorry to see both of you leave. We welcome back Roland Bergner and Sue Bergner who is joining us for the first time. I would also like to extend a thank you to everyone who helped to make our 20th Anniversary Convention a success. Jane Diemer, who is an excellent organizer for pulling everything together for us, her husband, Wes and son, Graf, Don Wagner, Jim Kerr and their group of volunteers for an- Vol. 21. 1 Page 3 other successful auction, Rick Neilsen, Roland and Sue Bergner, David and Karen Klein, Bev and Ernie Dieringer and Harry and Audrey Moseley. I would also like to thank everyone that attended and I hope you enjoyed the convention. Next year we will be in Dayton, Ohio. The mid-year Board of Directors meeting will be on Saturday, October 25, at 9 a.m. It has been our practice for the Board of Directors to meet at the hotel where the next convention will be held. Due to the driving distance, it is impossible for several of our Directors to drive to Ohio for this meeting. Prior to the mid-year meeting we will hold a trial for the Board of Directors using a different media. I am working with my employer to use their Webex (aka Webinar) system to hold our meeting. By using this method we would be able to avoid travelling and still hold our meeting from our individual homes. The initial Webex trial will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 11 a.m. If this trial is successful we will most likely use this system to hold our mid-year board meeting. I will keep you posted in the next issue of WIN. Our Facebook page continues to draw attention. We now have one hundred and forty likes. Please visit our Facebook page and ‘like’ us if you haven’t done so already. If you are having difficulty in using Facebook, please ask a friend or family member for help. Facebook will walk you through most areas to help you. I had very limited Facebook use and knowledge before I started our WICA Facebook page. I talked to my daughter and one of my nieces for guidance and they were able to give me starting directions on how to use Facebook and how to actually set up a page as though WICA was a company. Facebook walked me through step by step on how to set up our page. I know I still have a lot to learn about it, but it is relatively easy to use. A woman in Houston, Texas contacted me through our WICA Facebook page and asked me if there was anyone in her area that was knowledgeable about ironstone. I immediately thought of Patty and Jack. I contacted Patty Hurt and she agreed to talk with her. Hopefully a new member will come out of this arrangement. Thank you to everyone who posted photographs of the convention on our Facebook Page. Several members asked before the convention to post pictures because they couldn’t be there and they gave us many likes on all of the pictures. Please don’t forget this Facebook Page is for our club. Please post pictures and comments, the more we use our page, the more attention we will draw to promote white ironstone. ********************************* White Ironstone China Association All-Inclusive REGIONAL GATHERING Saturday, September 13, 2014 9:00am-3:00pm Hosted by Jim and Mara Kerr 818 Barnerville Road Howes Cave, NY 12092 All WICA Members from the North, South, East and West are invited to gather together for an All-Inclusive REGIONAL GATHERING to celebrate white ironstone!!! We look forward to having you join us in beautiful upstate NY (Schoharie County) just 45 minutes southwest of Albany, NY and only 5 minutes off Interstate Rt. 88 at exit 22. Our interactive program for the day will be an enhanced “Show and Tell” which includes – Part I: “How It All Began!” What or who got you interested in collecting and using white ironstone? Bring along the first piece you acquired if you still have it or just bring the story and/or photos. Part II: “What Is Its Purpose Today?” Do you just collect white ironstone for its beauty or do you use it and/or perhaps repurpose some of your pieces as well? Here’s your chance to share with others how you currently display, store and make use of your white ironstone collection. Do you have ideas on how to get others interested in WICA and white ironstone so that they can use and enjoy it too. Table space is available for those who want to bring along items for sale. $10 per person includes morning refreshments and lunch (payable day of regional). Please RSVP by e-mail, phone, or send a note to the above address to let us know you’ll be coming! Jim & Mara Kerr E-mail: [email protected] 518-296-8052 (Home) 518-605-0775 (Jim Cell) 518-605-0772 (Mara Cell) NEXT ISSUES If you have a shape you would like to see profiled, let us know. [email protected] Honorary Lifetime Members Jean Wetherbee Ernie & Bev Dieringer Olga & Tom Moreland Rick Nielsen Adele Armbruster Jim Kerr Harry Moseley CALENDAR 2015 WICA CONVENTION May 1 - 4, 2015 Wyndham Garden 31 Prestige Plaza Drive Miamisburg, Ohio 45342 Phone 937-434-8030 Web: www.wyndham.com WICA SHOPPE WHITE IRONSTONE: A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE Jean Wetherbee, $30.00 WHITE IRONSTONE CHINA, PLATE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 1840-1890 Ernie & Bev Dieringer, $25.95 WHITE IRONSTONE TEAPOTS Ernie & Bev Dieringer, $25.00 WHITE IRONSTONE PITCHERS WHITE IRONSTONE PITCHERS II Ernie & Bev Dieringer, $30.00 each RELIEF-MOLDED JUGS bOOK Volume II Kathy Hughes, $29.00 Single back issues of WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES ON DVD Vol. 1, No. 1 thru Vol. 17, No. 4, $95.00 A savings of $250 over printed issues. Yearly updates will be available. Packing & Shipping Charges Up to $25.00 $4.99 $25.01-$50.00 $5.99 $50.01-$75.00 $8.99 $75.01-$100.00 $10.00 Make check payable to WICA, Inc. and send to: Dave & Karen Klein 1513 Perry St. Davenport, IA 52803 563-449 4908 [email protected] Page 4 Vol. 21. 1 CHILDREN’S DISHES The theme of the exhibit for this year’s convention was Children’s Ironstone. The room-long view of half of the exhibit shows in the bottom of the photo, a Corn & Oats tea set potted by both Davenport and Wedgwood and bowl and pitcher in the same shape, Lancaster coll. Next to it is a Columbia Shape tea set by an unknown maker, Nielsen coll. The next is a complete Ceres Shape tea set including serving plates and waste bowl, potted by Elsmore & Forster, brought by the Zindels, and also a large child’s plate from the Armbruster coll. A blue decorated version is next as well as the Bulbous Octagon dinner set by Pankhurst which is shown on the cover. The rest of the pieces beyond are too small to describe. An unusual rare teapot called #26 Shape is in the bottom corner of the photo to the right. Above it is a Tiny Ribbed tea set by J. & G. Meakin. This is the smallest size teaset we have ever seen. Hohl coll. Vol. 21. 1 Page 5 CHILDREN’S DISHES Another room-long view of the other half of the exhibit has a rare Full Paneled Gothic creamer in the bottom left corner, Lancaster coll. The teapot behind is Forget-MeNot and is not marked, O’Hara coll. Next to it is a Full Ribbed tea set by Pankhurst, Hohl coll. The Primary Gothic creamer and vegetable tureen in the right corner are also by an unknown potter, Diemer coll. Above them is a tiny Gothic gravy boat and Gothic platter, both unmarked, Payne coll. A blue decorated Gothic dinner set, Diemer coll., and a Grape Octagon tea set, Diemer coll. unknown maker, Nielsen coll. Pedestaled Gothic by James Edwards. Registered July 16, 1847, missing only the waste bowl. Dieringer coll. Page 6 Vol. 21. 1 CHILDREN’S DISHES Prairie Flower by T. & R. Boote. Other pieces of this child’s set have not yet been seen. If you have pieces of this pattern, please send us pictures, Lancaster coll. Scalloped Decagon is another tea set that we have not seen the rest of it yet, Brown coll. Fluted Rib, possibly by Copeland & Garrett, Hohl coll. Vol. 21. 1 Page 7 CHILDREN’S DISHES Below: This small tray is about 3 inches in diameter. Nielsen coll. A pair of exceptionally rare miniature Sydenham cups and saucers by T. & R. Boote. The teapot, sugar and creamer have yet to be found. Lautenschlager coll. Montpelier Hexagon, another rare early shape by John Ridgway & Co., Hohl coll. Page 8 Vol. 21. 1 CHILDREN’S DISHES Atlantic ‘A’ by T. & R. Boote, reg. October 17, 1857, Hohl coll. Vertical Panel Gothic by Venables & Mann, reg. February 2, 1849, Dieringer coll. Flower Sprig with Chain by W. & E. Corn and Taylor Bros. Aka Oriental Shape, but has cables on lids, which this set does not have, Fleischman coll. Vol. 21. 1 Page 9 CHILDREN’S DISHES Primary Gothic by J Alcock, Nielsen coll. Six-Panel Trumpet by J. W. Pankhurst. Also found with J.F. mark, Fleischman coll. Hebe Shape dinner set by Morley & Ashworth, Hohl coll. Page 10 Vol. 21. 1 CHILDREN’S DISHES Columbia Shape, Moreland coll. Ceres by Elsmore & Forster. Many of this set has been found but few have the waste bowl included, Moreland coll. A different photo of the child’s dinner set which is on the cover. Gothic Octagon by Pankhurst, aka Bulbous Octagon, Dieringer coll. Vol. 21. 1 Page 11 SHOW & TELL Rick Nielsen saved up a lot of things to bring to Show & Tell this year. These are some of the best. Squat Oval teapot by Barrow & Co. Newly named Bridgewood Fig creamer by Bridgewood & Son. Other pieces of this shape have recently been found and the finials are all fig-shaped. Ink well Butter dish in the Adriatic Shape by Barrow & Co. The liner is very tall to accommodate ice chips. Page 12 Vol. 21. 1 SHOW & TELL Jim Kerr showed all the items on this page and a few more. Take a quick look at the pitcher on the left and you might go right on to something else. But this little creamer is very interesting. It is by Pinder Bourne & Co., 1862-1882. The handle is not a separate piece added on, it is molded on as an integral part of the whole body. Small high relief pitcher by Beech Hancock & Co. and a lovely swan icon on the mark. The body is an embossed water pond, plants and a branch handle. Unknown relish by W H Kerr & Co. maker. (1856-1862) Retailed by W. J. Kerr, Philladelphia. Hard to tell if this is an American or English potter but it has Jim’s last name. Vol. 21. 1 Page 13 SHOW & TELL Tom Lautenschlager brought this Paneled Grapevine pitcher by Fenton that is American. This pitcher is on page 52 of Bennington Pottery and Porcelain book and noted as very rare. It has exceptionally fine embossed details. Tom Moreland showed us his and Olga’s wonderful collection of toast holders. The one above is the only one with a mark, it is by J. Clementson. He also brought a Long Octagon teapot by Pankhurst and a Daisy shape creamer about 4 inches high. Page 14 Vol. 21. 1 SHOW & TELL Bev Dieringer We recently found a small ladle that has a shell type motif both at the handle end, and where it is attached to the ladle bowl. It also has an elongated ogee motif (like those found on Boote’s 1851 shape) at the handle end. The bowl is octagon shape and has a sharply impressed mark that reads MOBILE SHAPE – W. ADAMS, with a diamond registry dated April 18, 1856. Cushion’s Book lists Ralph Scragg (a modeler) as the registrar. That ladle is also found with a registry mark of Jan. 15, 1855 by BROUGHAM & MAYER. We have also found one with a round bowl and rounded ends instead of pointed ogee motifs, marked VIRGINIA SHAPE - T. GOODFELLOW, which we suspect Scragg also designed. Because of the shell and ogee motifs and the octagon bowl, it seems logical to call it Boote’s 1851 shape. But none have been found with Boote’s mark. It all makes one suspect that Scragg could have been the designer of Boote’s 1851 shape. Ralph Scragg used it as a generic shape with other designs. Jane Diemer presented a compote with inverted ribs in the bowl and everted ribs on the pedestal. It is Full Ribbed shape marked J. W. Pankhurst. The Cat Tail & Reed footbath is marked John Matlock, 234 Oxford Street, London, and is part of a chamber set with swan finials and other pond motifs. The pieces in our Illustrated guide page 313, are marked Jacob Furnival but this footbath is definitely the same shape. Vol. 21. 1 Page 15 SHOW & TELL Bob Hohl brought the Colonel Ellsworth pitcher and the whole story. You can read it for yourself in Jean Wetherbee’s book, White Ironstone: A Collector’s Guide, page 169. Boyd Payne showed a Rose Bud soup tureen by T. J. & J. Mayer. Now that’s a show stopper on a dinner table. It is rare in white. It’s usually found in blue transfer. He also brought a sugar bowl with Cameo handles. This was probably a separate item sold because we have never seen other parts of a tea set resembling it. Page 16 Vol. 21. 1 SHOW & TELL Dennis Contri A patriotic Eagle & Flag pitcher with ice lip. Only marked ironstone china. Roland Bergner A magnificent 12-Paneled footbath marked J.F. in Primary Gothic shape. John Flora Above: 12-Paneled Grape shape butter dish by Hulme & Booth. Several potters made this shape. Linda Wilder Tuscan Shape pancake dish by John Edwards. Vol. 21. 1 Page 17 SHOW & TELL Harry Moseley Relish dish with Hyacinth flowers by Thomas Hughes. This particular relish is not in any of our records, so it is new to us. Kris Wagner showed a Hyacinth Shape pitcher by Hope & Carter. A new potter to add to the Hyacinth Shape in the White Ironstone Pitchers book. pages 50, 51. Below: A Long Octagon soap dish and brush box by Jacob Furnival. Page 18 Vol. 21. 1 SPARE PARTS Here are a few things that I am seeking -I still have never received a response in ALL of these 20 years! 1. Underplates for Laurel Wreath and Vintage sauce tureens 2. Lids for Berlin Swirl and Vintage sauce tureens 3. Lid for Canada chamber pot 4. Morning Glory chamber pot and basin 5. Fig/Union and Corn and Oats punch cups 6. Adriatic sugar bowl base Bill & Carol Lancaster, 608-325-5724 [email protected] -------------------------------------------------LEAF & CROSSED RIBBON teapot lid Boyd Payne, 336-227-7377 or email [email protected] -------------------------------------------------I need a BALTIC SHAPE teapot cover, maker I. Meir & Son. Kathy Lautenschlager, 203-263-4296 or [email protected] -------------------------------------------------GOTHIC OCTAGON bottom to butter dish 6 5/8” diameter (no marks) 12-sided GOTHIC butter dish 5 5/8” diameter, by T.J.&J. Mayer Bottom to CERES brush box Bottom to CERES soap box Ernie Dieringer, 203-938-3740 or email [email protected] -------------------------------------------------- Wanted in OLYMPIC SHAPE by Elsmore and Forster: coffee pot, sugar lid, creamer, large veg. tureen; plates, cups and saucers. Jane Diemer – [email protected] ------------------------------------------------1. Bootes 1851 Octagon gravy cover 2. Fig/Union Butter Dish base 3. Fig/Union T-pot cover 4. Wheat & Hops T-Pot cover 5. Full Ribbed Sugar base and vegetable covers, Creamer 6. Oval Sydenham gravy base 7. Sydenham vegetable covers and Domed Pancake Cover. 8. Wheat & Clover Coffee Pot base 9. Gelson Eagle Vegetable base 10. Ceres w/rope T-Pot cover. 11. Laurel Wreath Coffee Pot Cover Ed Rigoulot, 631-270-3327 [email protected] COLLECTORS’ SHOWCASE We have always admired this hen on nest and we know several collectors who have found three to seven various versions of this heartwarming item from 5 to 12 inches in size. Colored eggs at Easter in the basket with the hen at the side make a great table topper.
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