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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.
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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
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Summer, Aug. 15 for Fall.
Members can list white ironstone parts &
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Spare Parts column of each issue.
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Send $40 for one or two individuals at the
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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.
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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
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Your 5” high creamer is by William Ridgway, 1830-1854. We think it is pretty
early, possibly the 1840s. It’s a beauty.
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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-
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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.