WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES

WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES
VOLUME 3 No. 4
SPRING 1997
LILY OF THE VALLEY AND HYACINTH
The British are known for their gardens and their love of flowers.
They imported, and imitated, china that was decorated with applied
botanical motifs that had handles and finials in the shapes of buds,
branches and fruit. When the potting companies were faced with creating new designs for their growing ironstone china market in the new
world, patterns evoking the fragrance and grace of familiar flowers
found wide acceptance. The potters eventually changed from using
applied decoration to embossment, and among these embossed botanicals were the charming little floral bells hanging in rows from their
stems. Thus began the Lily of the Valley and Hyacinth (cont. page 4)
IN THIS ISSUE
WICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tom Moreland, President
Jim Kerr, Vice President
Olga Moreland, Secretary
Jack Allers, Treasurer
Beverly Dieringer
Patty Spahr Hitt
Fran Kinne
Tom Lautenschlager
Harry Lowe
Dorothy Noble, Howard Noble
Jill O’Hara
Ed Rigoulot
Honorary Lifetime Member
Jean Wetherbee
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APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Send $25 for each individual or $30 for two
individuals at the same address with check
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View Antiques, RD#1 - Box 23, Howes Cave,
NY 12092. Please send all ADDRESS
CHANGES to the same address.
Pg. 4 Lily of the Valley, Hyacinth Shape
Pg. 10 Profile P.S.: Laurel Wreath
Pg. 10 New and Unusual
Pg. 10 Shards
Pg. 12 Spare Parts
Pg. 12 Collectors’ Showcase
FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK
We apologize for not reminding our members that the winter issue of WIN would be
mailed after Christmas. We adopted this policy last year because so many newsletters had
been lost or thrown out the year before during
the Christmas season’s mail blitz. We will try
to remind you next fall. We did receive a
number of anxious letters and calls. It’s nice
to know so many of you look forward to your
newsletter.
A chord has been struck with the introduction of New and Unusual Marks. Many of you
have written and called us with your finds,
resulting in the identification of two new
shapes. See page 10. We are getting the kind
of response and feedback that we hoped for
when we started this newsletter. Keep those
cards and letters coming.
We want to welcome Harriet Denton of
Potomac, MD, as our new editor and thank her
for her eleventh hour rescue and her great
enthusiasm for the index project. Ill health
kept Jack Anspaugh from being able to do it as
well as he would have liked. The plan is to
update the index every two years. You will
receive the Index in your summer newsletter.
We hope you will find it useful.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Late this afternoon I received my second box
of shards.
But these were not intentional, as yours
were. A friend attending a writers conference
in Saratoga Springs thought she’d found the
perfect gift for me and had shipped what is
either the world’s largest urinal or smallest
bed-pan. The packer had marvelous stuffing
in the top half of the box but the ironstone was
only isolated from the bottom by its sheet of
wrapping paper.
Great shards but a tragic loss, I guess?
Harry Lowe, Culpepper, VA
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We sent Harry some shards including pieces
of the smashed Sydenham tureen featured in
Vol 3 # 3, page 9. Also see parts wanted in
the same issue.
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I purchased the December 17th issue of
Woman’s Day and in checking out the recipes,
I found a tulip Sydenham bowl, 1851 Octagon
bowl and I think, a “nappie” bowl. Pages 170
and 172. It might be interesting whose collection they used. Looking forward to the convention.
Carol Fleischman, Joliet, IL
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All of you are getting sharp eyes when it
comes to spotting ironstone in print. Just like
spotting it in antique shops on the bottom shelf
under six other pieces of contemporary pottery..
It has been our experience that the photographers who set up the photos of food for magazines, have their own collection of plates and
bowls, not necessarily just white. So those
pieces may not have come from a particular
ironstone collection.
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The large pitcher article was very inspiring.
I may need to change the direction of my collection to some of the non-floral shapes. I also
enjoyed the Red-Cliff article -- saw several
nice pieces of Red-Cliff at a local antique
show. One set was a tea set in the Fig/Union
Shape (with the undertray shown in the article). It was a little expensive since the dealer
would not believe that it wasn’t old. HA!
One interesting item I discovered recently is
a Civil War era photo of white ironstone in a
display setting taken in Trenton, NJ. The
photo featured a complete chamber set (pitcher, bowl, toothbrush holder, vertical toothbrush, mug and chamber pots in a bulbous
shape). This picture could have been used for
advertising.
Patty Hitt, Columbus, OH
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Patty sent this letter through the e-mail
address. It’s the first one we got. Hope we get
a lot more.
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I enjoyed the article on Red-Cliff reproduction ironstone in the winter 1997 issue. I am
wondering about the date given as the company’s beginning.
I have an octagonal grape tureen by RedCliff that my mother bought for me in
Chatham, Mass. during the summer of 1951.
A year later I received the coffee pot, cream
and sugar, and tray (pictured on p. 11) as a
shower gift.
The grape tureen has Red-Cliff Iron Stone
impressed on the bottom, with the date May
51 (although the 5 is not very clear).
Do you think this is the same company? I
am curious about this after reading the article.
Looking forward to the next issue.
Mary Lou Weyand, Toms River, NJ
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We had a difficult time finding information
about the Red-Cliff company but a reference
in GRANDMA’S TEA LEAF IRONSTONE by
Annise Heaivilin, states that the Hall China
Co. made tea leaf ironstone for the Red-Cliff
company in the 1950’s and 60’s. This could
mean that Red-Cliff was in production earlier
and (my conjecture) could have started up at
the end of WWII. We would love to find earlier sales catalogs to confirm this. Keep your
eyes peeled.
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Thank you for producing another excellent
newsletter and it was interesting to read about
the other regionals that were held and the
variety of topics discussed in the lectures.
Enclosed are photos of some interesting
items I finally was able to photograph.
A batter pitcher 13” tall, with tin covers. It
has no mark -- very heavy ironstone. There is
a leaf-type pattern with a zig-zag motif at the
top and a band around the middle.
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A huge platter 20” long and 15 1/2” wide,
with a Sydenham Double Type Border.
Marked “Patton and Co. Granite” year W =
1865.
I hope you find these items of interest. I’m
looking forward to the convention.
Bill Lancaster, Monroe, WI
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CLEANING BY REFIRING
It was reported by George Wells in a recent
Flow Blue Club Newsletter that a restorer
cleaner is re-firing ironstone in a controlled
temperature kiln, to burn off dirt and stains
and remove crazing. Mr. Wells saw some mulberry ironstone at auction that had been refired without first cleaning by the usual hydrogen peroxide soaking. The re-firing melted the
clear glaze removing the crazing but not the
dirt. It ruined the piece and left a gray, crazed
design trapped under the glaze. Done by a
professional with a proper kiln, this might be
away to reclaim for regular use, some of those
crazed salad oil or sauce-soaked pieces. Don’t
try this in your self-cleaning oven, it could be
dangerous and it’s not hot enough. Has anyone heard of this process or know of a kiln
operator familiar with it?
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
As WICA approaches its third anniversary, on April 15, preparations are almost
complete for our third Convention. Even
as I write, Janet and Jack Allers are in
Canandaigua, New York, overseeing the
final arrangements with the Inn-on-theLake, a most beautiful venue.
This year’s Convention will be a little different, particularly with respect to seminars
on Saturday afternoon. These will be
focused on educational and informational
topics, responding to members’ requests
for more events of this character. In addition, our local Convention committee,
headed by Nan Brown, has worked out
what promises to be a delightful tour of
Rochester-area attractions for those who
arrive early on Friday. As an added attraction, I am pleased to announce that both
Morelands will be in attendance -- together
at last for the first time!
One reason our Convention will be so
much fun is that it will draw together members with a surprising diversity of interests
within what, on the surface, would seem to
be a very specific focus on white ironstone,
A review of members’ responses to our
questionnaire revealed that members collect a total of 70 specific patterns
(Sydenham leads with 34 collectors), and
40 different types of pieces (the top three
being pitchers, children’s sets, and tea
pots).
WICA has come a long way over these
past three years. WICA is already a national organization, with a Board of Directors
with members from seven states. This year
regional events were held in the MidAtlantic, Mid-West and South Central parts
of the country.
More and more members are becoming
actively involved in WICA activities, aside
from present and former Board members.
To mention just a few, Ray Secrist is organizing the raffle at the Convention, Harriet
Denton is helping to edit White Ironstone
Notes, Stan and Judy McMillan put together the Membership Directory and Nan
Brown, Kim Blackmer and Doris Bond are
helping with Convention activities. Adele
Armbruster is preparing the Convention
keynote presentation, and Dick Armbruster
is in charge of the Exhibit. Numerous other
members are at work on the Education and
Research Committee and Regional events.
In the coming year, we look to expand
membership involvement and launch a
number of education and research projects
to unravel the many remaining mysteries
about our favorite objects.
I look forward to our grand gathering of
members and their objects from the four
corners of the US of A. See you in
Canandaigua. Tom Moreland
NEXT ISSUES
SUMMER 1997: Children’s tea sets and
other miniature individual pieces.
Convention coverage
FALL 1997: A profile on Full Ribbed,
Ribbed Bud and Ribbed Raspberry.
WINTER 1998: A portfolio of relish dishes. Please send photos of your relish dishes. (Top view)
Please be sure to include information with
each photo such as pattern name, marks (if
any) and size (height usually). Do not use
ball point or ink pens on the back of photos. Because inks don’t dry for hours, they
transfer to the face of the next photo and
are impossible to remove. If you must use
ink, cover it over with transparent tape.
Also, do not use rubber stamps for the
same reason. White self-stick labels are
the best for writing on the back of photos.
CALENDAR
MAY 2 - 4, 1997 - WICA 3rd Annual
National Convention, Canandaigua, NY.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1997, Region 4 Meeting
in Rochester, MN, hosted by Jane & John
Yunginger. (507) 289-3460 for information.
NOVEMBER 8, 1997, Region 5 Meeting
in Houston, TX, hosted by the Hurts and
the Bedfords. (713) 498 2395 for information.
WICA THIRD ANNUAL
CONVENTION
MAY 2 - 4, 1997
CANANDAIGUA, NY
At the Inn on the Lake
Have you registered?
WHITE IRONSTONE:
A COLLECTOR’S
GUIDE
By Jean Wetherbee
Hard bound copies are available from
WICA for $25.95 plus $3 shipping.
Send check made out to WICA, to:
Fran Kinne
110 Hillside Ave.
Tenafly, NJ 07670
LILY OF THE VALLEY AND HYACINTH
(Cont. from Pg. 1) .shapes used by James Edwards and Son, Anthony
Shaw, Jacob Furnival, W. Baker & Co, Wedgwood & Co, W. & E.
Corn, Wood. Son & Co, John Maddock & Sons, H. Burgess, Thomas
Hughs, Hope & Carter, Cochran, Wooliscroft and Samuel Lear. Its
impossible to tell from the embossed carvings which is Lily of the
Valley (LOV) and which is Hyacinth, even though the wild Wood
Hyacinth bells are larger, as shown in the photo below of real flowers
we picked from our garden last spring. All are used on round and oval
bodies. J.F. added thumbprint bands. W. Baker and W. & E. Corn
added four to six vertical grooved lines and borders to their Bordered
Hyacinth Shape. W. & E. Corn added a scalloped edge and Hope &
Carter added a chain band. This is a general rule of thumb for quick
identification of the makers. The marked Hyacinth Shapes always show
the open face of the flower and the Lily of the Valley Shapes show a
profile of the flower. Edwards and J.F. hang their profile bells only on
one side of the stem and Shaw uses the profile bells on both sides of the
stem. We hope this will serve as a guide to identifying the patterns and
their makers.
We talked with Janice and Ron Stork of Goshen, IN, collectors of
Lily of the Valley and, like most people, mix it with the many Hyacinth
Shape makers. They also have early James Edwards pieces with roses
for finials among their large varied collection. Janice is a gardener
whose favorite flower is Lily of the Valley. She needed a room divider
and a local cabinet maker suggested something made of glass and
etched with the Lily of the Valley motif. Ron’s photo, below, shows
teapots and a pitcher displayed in front of the finished divider.
When we started photographing ironstone seriously three years ago,
we found it almost impossible to get detail from the Lily of the Valley
pieces. We feel we’ve made some progress and so have all the members who have sent photos of their collections. This has been the best
response so far to our request for pictures and research on a pattern
shape. It’s the kind of thing we were hoping for when we originally
volunteered to do this Newsletter. Even if we can’t use all submissions
here, they are valued and are in WICA’s photo files for future use. We
gratefully acknowledge these contributors: Dale Abrams, OH; Diane
Dorman, NY; Sally & Howard Erdman, TX; Frank & Carol
Fleischman, IL; Bill & Carol Lancaster, WI; Harry Lowe, VA, Ann &
Jim Miller, IL; Tom & Olga Moreland, NY; Rick & Suzanne Nielsen,
MO; Ray Secrist, PA; Ron & Janice Stork, IN; and Eleanor Washburn,
MI.
Ernie and Bev Dieringer
Left: Cheese keep 11 1/2” high by 12” wide. Made by Samuel Lear sometime
between 1877 and 1886. The lily of the valley is not common on cheese keeps
but the fern motif is used often. (Moreland collection)
Left above: The real thing.
Below: A collection of cups, mugs and syllabubs. Top: Hyacinth mug. Mid-row:
Hyacinth toddy cup, two LOV Edwards mini cups and Edwards LOV syllabub.
Bottom: Edwards LOV mug, Hyacinth syllabub, Bordered Hyacinth tea cup and
Hyacinth handled tea cup. Only the Edwards LOV mug was marked.
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LILY OF THE VALLEY WITH THUMBPRINT BY J.F.
Below: Jacob Furnival’s Lily of the Valley with
Thumbprint. The Teapot is 11” high and the sugar is 7”.
(Fleischman photo and collection)
Below: Lily of the Valley Thumbprint covered vegetable by J.F.
clearly showing the pear leaves and pear finial. (Nielsen photo
and collection)
Above: This teapot is the same as the one
at the right but shows the lovely leaf detail
on the spout. (Stork photo and coll.) Left:
Printed mark on most of these J.F. pieces.
No dates of registration; probably potted
1855 -1865.
Below left: Lily of the Valley Thumbprint table pitcher by J.F. Middle: spout detail shows the bells
in profile same as James Edwards LOV. (Photo and collection Dorman) Below right: Lily of the
Valley Thumbprint ewer and basin by J.F. (Photo and collection Fleischman)
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LILY OF THE VALLEY BY JAMES EDWARDS & SON
Above: detail of LOV plate motif. Below: Edwards
backstamp and drawing of motif showing all bells in
profile on one side of the stem.
James Edwards Lily of the Valley hot toddy bowl is 9 1/4”
high by 9 3/4” wide when assembled. No round undertray
has ever been seen. (Allers collection) Left: drawing of a
syllabub or toddy cup. Edwards registered this body shape
September 1, 1859 and also February 27, 1861.
Above:Vegetable tureen.
(Stork photo and collection) Left: LOV sauce
tureen with Hyacinth
undertray. (Dieringer)
Left below: Soap dish.
(Moreland collection and
photo)
Above: LOV teapot.
Below: Creamer, 5” tall and pewter-lidded
pitcher, 6” tall. (Dieringer)
syrup
Above and below: Drawings
of finial detail, an enlarged
bud and shaving mug.
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LILY OF THE VALLEY BY ANTHONY SHAW
Above: Detail of Anthony Shaw LOV butter dish
at right. (Moreland photo and collection)
Above: Lily of the Valley relish dish
and a drawing of its profile. This relish is exceptionally deep compared to
all others. (Dieringer)
Above: Drawing of an unmarked chamber pot lid
with stem handle using Shaw’s LOV motif with
bells on both sides of the stem.
Above: Chamber pot with bell flower
finial used on all Shaw covered pieces.
(Stork photo and collection)
Most pieces shown on this page
have the early Anthony Shaw
mark shown below, used between
1856 and 1882 at Mersey Pottery,
Burslem. It seems Shaw’s LOV
Shape was also made with Tea
Leaf luster in far greater numbers
than the plain white, embossed
ironstone. So far, no dates have
Below: Shaw’s charming Lily of the Valley child’s tea been found on Shaw’s LOV.
set. (Photo and collection of Dale Abrams)
Members, please check your
pieces for any diamond registry
mark or impressed numbers and
let us know.
Above and below: Detail of plate rim showing
Shaw’s bells in profile on both sides of the stem.
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Above: 9” table or milk pitcher (Dieringer)
Below: Covered vegetable in Lowe collection.
HYACINTH SHAPE
Top row: Three Hyacinth teapots. (Stork photos and collection) Left to Right: H. Burgess, Wedgwood & Co. and Wood. Son & Co. shown with
their respective marks below each. The bodies are almost identical with slight variations on the handles and finials. Who copied who?
Hyacinth soup tureen ladle. (Dieringer)
Below: W. & E. Corn 7 1/2” table pitcher in Hyacinth
Shape. Corn also made the Bordered Hyacinth ewer on
the next page. Both have impressed marks and should
clear up the confusion of which Hyacinth Shape Corn
made. Also compare to Hughes table pitcher on page 10.
Above: Mark showing Wedgwood
spelled with an “e”.
Left: Drawings of syllabub and/or
toddy cups.
Below: Drawing of Wedgwood
mug.
Above: Detail of Wedgwood &
Co. Hyacinth motif found on a
plate. This open-faced blossom motif is the same on all
Hyacinth Shapes, by all of the
potters.
Below: H. Burgess potty lid.
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BORDERED HYACINTH & LILY SHAPE
Above: Graceful gravy boat. (Moreland photo and
collection)
Above: Mark found
on ewer, below.
Above: Two Bordered Hyacinth W. Baker & Co. marks.
The middle mark is from the teapot at right.
This 12” ewer is marked Lily Shape by W. & E. Corn (two views). It is identical to W. Baker’s Hyacinth Shape.
Bordered Hyacinth teapot by W. Baker.
(Stork photo and collection )
Below: Sauce tureen undertray by W. Baker. (Dieringer)
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Above: Drawing of a
Bordered Hyacinth cup.
Above: Drawing of a Bordered Hyacinth child’s
sugar bowl by W. Baker & Co. (Secrist collection)
OTHER BELL BLOSSOM MAKERS
Above: Bellflower detail from a
Above: Sauce tureen in Bellflower by John Edwards. sugar bowl showing the open blos(Looking for an undertray!) (Stork photo and collection) som handle. (Photo & collection
Dorman)
Above: High relief Lily of the Valley
pitcher
by
syrup
pewter-lidded
Wooliscroft. (Moreland photo and collection) Below:Western Shape sugar uses
LOV with a chain band by W. & E. Corn.
Similar to Hope & Carter’s Shape on the
right but adds a scalloped rim.
Above: Drawing of Bellflower teapot by John
Edwards potted in his early years at Fenton.
Above:Bellflower
cup and saucer by
John
Edwards..
(Moreland photo
and collection)
Left: Drawing of
Bellflower finial.
Flora Shape high relief sugar bowl
registered in 1865 by John Alcock.
(Diemer collection)
Below: LOV 9 1/2” table pitcher by
Thomas Hughes is the same as
Hyacinth Shape but the bells are not
open face. (It’s an exception to the
open face rule of thumb.) (Erdman
Above: Detail of 18” Western Shape platter (Stork photo & photo and collection)
collection) Below: Western Shape covered vegetable. Both by
Hope & Carter registered September 17 and 26, 1862.
(Nielsen photo and collection)
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PROFILE P.S. LAUREL WREATH
Dale Abrams recently acquired
this rare Elsmore & Forster Laurel
Wreath vertical toothbrush vase
with George Washington’s portrait.
Mentioned but not seen in Volume
2 No. 4. See Spare Parts listing
page 12. (Abrams photo and coll.)
A sumptuous feast served at the home of Fran Kinne. A Berlin
Swirl creamer sits on a Rolling Star plate in front of a ribbed bowl
of rolls. The flower arrangement nestles in a Lily of the Valley
Thumbprint tureen base. Cups and saucers are Ceres and the cookies sit atop Edwards Leaf Tazza (pg 42 in Collector’s Guide). At the
right is a fruit salad in a scalloped compote. Chocolate leaves decorate the chocolate cheese cake on a Sydenham dinner plate. This is
a wonderful example of how someone uses those appealing ironstone pieces gathered over the years.
NEW AND UNUSUAL MARKS
Below: Mark found by John Yunginger on
an underplate of a New York Shape sauce
tureen. We can only speculate that the sales
department of Clementson Bros. thought it
would be easier to sell in Chicago by changing the shape name. Very clever.
Above: Mark found by Wally Skinner on the
top side of a small, very plain oval platter.
Small hotels and inns regularly had dinner
ware marked with their names to discourage
“borrowing.” Little did they know that it
made the dishes more attractive to collectors.
Above: Mark on a Boote’s 1851 Octagon
plate. On page 51 of Collector’s Guide, a different version of this importer’s mark is
shown. Found by Eleanor Washburn.
Above: The underplate that sports the
Chicago Shape mark. There is no question
that it is the same embossment and shape
that we have seen with a New York Shape
mark.
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Right: What makes this mark interesting is
“The Queen’s Royal Ironstone”. That’s a
strong statement. Wally Skinner found this
mark on a Paneled Grape relish dish.
Above: Roman Shape by T. & R. Boote
mark is new to us. It was found on the
underplate in the photo below. Has anyone
else seen this shape? Another Skinner find.
SPARE PARTS
WANTED
LAUREL WREATH vertical toothbrush
base.
Dale Abrams (614) 258 5258
-----------------------------------------------------WHEAT & HOPS sauce tureen liner, PARIS
SHAPE round tureen liner for 7 1/2” base,
FIG/UNION tureen base for 7 5/8 x 5 5/8”
base, 1851 vegetable lid 7 1/8” diameter.
John Yunginger (507) 289 3460
-----------------------------------------------------SYDENHAM chamber pot lid to fit 7” diameter.
Jill O’Hara (610) 588 7428
-----------------------------------------------------BASKETWEAVE WITH BAND by Alfred
Meakin, 6” plates, vegetable dishes, any size.
Interested in any pieces for sale.
Dorothy Riley, 668 Conservation Drive,
Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 3Z4.
-----------------------------------------------------WINDING VINE by T. & R. Boote, teapot
lid.
Marcia L. Waldemar (310) 320 4615
-----------------------------------------------------GOTHIC soup tureen lids, eight or ten sided
with hole for ladle. Boote’s 1851 large soup
tureen lid and undertray. We would be interested in any soup tureen lids that you may
have, CERES teapot lid.
Ernie Dieringer, (203) 938 3740 or e-mail,
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------PANELED GRAPE by J.F. sauce tureen lid,
GRENADE by T. & R. Boote teapot lid 3
1/4” opening, LILY SHAPE, MOSS ROSE
and CORN & OATS sauce tureen underplates.
Lannie & Cindy Barber (501) 793 9844
-----------------------------------------------------WINDING VINE by T. & R. Boote tea pot
lid 2 15/16th inch inner opening, CERES by
Elsmore & Forster sauce tureen ladle and
handleless cups & saucers, Unique patterned
and shaped white ironstone food molds -especially smalls and miniatures.
Marcia Waldemar (310) 320 4615 or write
to: 1808 Marinette St. Torrance, CA 90501
-----------------------------------------------------PRESIDENT SHAPE by John Edwards, one
each round and oval soup tureen lid,
PACIFIC SHAPE by E & F, wash basin,
RIBBED CHAIN by Pankhurst, soup tureen
undertray.
Ted Brockey & Ed Rigoulot (817) 354 4644
CERES by E&F hot toddy bowl, pancake
server round lid, 8 1/2”, ladles, PRIZE
BLOOM by TJ&J Mayer creamer.
Bill Lancaster (608) 325 5724
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FIG/UNION by Davenport wash basin.
Jim Kerr (518) 296 8052
-----------------------------------------------------MOSS ROSE by Meakin teapot lid.
Janice Stork (219) 875 5443
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FOR SALE
LILY OF THE VALLEY by Edwards potty
lid 8 1/2” across, would fit a 6 3/4” inside
rim.
Ernie & Bev Dieringer (203) 938 3740
-----------------------------------------------------Don’t forget that this is a place to sell your
odd pieces. Members are entitled to a free
listing in each issue of Notes. Where else
could you advertise to over five hundred people who are interested in the same thing that
you are?
COLLECTORS’ SHOWCASE
Covered box with sardines on the lid was meant to hold sardines!
This piece is usually seen in multi colored majolica and the fish are usually a grey color. However, we know of another plain white sardine
box so, they must have been produced both ways. This find belongs to
Lynn Gonzales of Watsonville , California (Gonzales photos)
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