WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES

WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES
VOL. 5 No. 4
SPRING 1999
PLAIN WHITE IRONSTONE / A SHAKER AESTHETIC
There has been such intense interest in the
wide field of patterned white ironstone made
by British potters during most of the 19th
Century that in previous issues we have specialized in identifying the early and elaborate
shapes. Some WICA members, however, prefer the Plain white -- and all of us probably
have a few pieces of it. We hope this issue
will illustrate the beauty inherent in the simpler shapes and also remind us of a unique
American treasure, the Shakers.
By the last quarter of the 19th C., potters in
both Britain and the United States had developed their mass production techniques. Mass
production, however, requires simplicity to
achieve speed and cost efficiency. Fancy
embossed overall designs were discontinued,
and body styles of the 1880s onward were
simplified to classic round, oval and square.
Large photo: the ministry dining room at the
Hancock Shaker Village, Pitsfield, MA., by
permission. Michael Fredericks, photographer. Above: this covered vegetable tureen is
the same as the one without a lid, in the cupboard on the second shelf from the bottom.
Cable & Ring made by J. & G. Meakin.
(Peterson photo & coll.)
Decoration was limited to handles and finials.
These plain shapes suited the taste of hardworking rural Americans as the population
moved westward. Also, ‘Stone’ or ‘White
Granite’ china did not break easily; an asset
when there’s no ready source of replacement.
The Shakers seem to have appreciated and
used plain white ironstone. In visits and in
pictures, we have seen it displayed on the trestle-based long tables and in the classic cupboards of restored Shaker buildings. Reduced
to its basic utilitarian form, a handleless cup, a
dish, platter or covered bowl merges so perfectly with the Shaker aesthetic that an object
can be beautiful as well as useful, you might
think the piece had been potted by the
Shakers.
The Shaker room setting in our cover photo
features a scrubbed, polished (cont. page 4)
WICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jim Kerr, President
Ed Rigoulot, Vice President
Fran Kinne, Secretary
Jack Allers, Treasurer
Beverly Dieringer
Diane Dorman
Polly Gosselin
Patty Spahr Hitt
Bill Lancasster
Olga Moreland
Tom Moreland
Rick Nielsen
Ray Secrist
Honorary Lifetime Member
Jean Wetherbee
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WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES is published
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associate editor, Harriet Denton. Drawings
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and listings for advertising or the Spare Parts
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change): $10 per column inch (7 lines). Nonmembers, $20 per column inch. Members
can list a single piece for sale free in the Spare
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Send $25 for each individual or $30 for two
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Please send all ADDRESS CHANGES to the
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Membership yeaar is June 1st to May 31st.
INDEX
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1 Plain White Ironstone
3 Geoffrey Godden/Flow Blue
4 Plain White Ironstone
8 New & Unusual
10 Spare Parts
10 Collectors’ Showcase
11 & 12 More Ewers
FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK
The first thing we want to say is that you are
receiving this issue a little later than normal
because we have experienced computer problems. In November we purchased a new
Macintosh power G3 computer to replace our
Quadra workhorse. At first, the speed was
dazzling and the memory was outrageous.
Then we started to have problems with freezing and crashing. Thank goodness we have
learned the hard way to save often and back up
everything. Finally a few weeks ago the hard
drive had to be re-initialized and all the programs reinstalled. So far so good but this also
set us back on the Dish Book. This means that
we will not have it finished in time for the
convention but we anticipate having it for sale
by the end of Summer. Stay tuned.
The second thing we must do is make a correction. The banner of your last White
Ironstone Notes had an incorrect date. It
should have read Winter 1999 instead of 1998.
We mail this edition on the first of the year and
last year’s Winter edition is 1998. We hope
this doesn’t cause confusion in the future and
we suggest you cross out the date and correct
it on your copy.
Third, we have received several checks this
month accompanying requests for items to be
listed in the Spare Parts section. These listings
are FREE to members. Please don’t hesitate
to send us your wants to put in any or all
issues.
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Back in the autumn of 1943, when I was in
the eighth grade, my English teacher, Mrs
Milford, made me read a poem, only the first
four lines of which I can now recall.
“John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown.
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London Town.”
Thanks for the memories.
Kenneth Wooster, Courtland, NY
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We are delighted that the story of John
Gilpin, depicted on a Ridgway jug on page 9
of the last Newsletter, stirred some memories.
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We sure do enjoy the newsletters. The photo
of the baby in the Berlin Swirl I knew immediately was contrived but cute. I am still undecided on whether this is a good idea. The first
time you did this, it really turned me “off” but
this time I thought it was cute.
Since we have so much other stuff, we are
concentrating on just Prize Bloom for ourselves. I guess we won’t be able to make the
convention this year. I think it will conflict
once again with our Tea Leaf Regional in CA.
Also, too far to travel and too early in the season for motor home stays. Since we have a lot
of white i.s. to sell, we’d have to drive and
believe me, Rocky Mtn. travel can be “hairy”
this time of year.
Keep up the good work on the newsletter.
Eileen White, Chino Valley, AZ
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Thanks for your letter and letting us know
your reaction to what we do. We like to have
feedback so that we can keep you interested.
We will miss all that great white ironstone. At
least your Regional can enjoy it.
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Many of our members are also members of
the Tea Leaf Club. Below is a letter from the
TLOL (Tea Leaf on Line) weekly newsletter in
which Carl Hansen has answered a question
Patty Hitt asked about chlorine damage to
ironstone. He has generously allowed us to
share the information with WICA.
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My answer to Patty’s question of the indications of Chlorine cleaning. I have seen what
she describes, “The crazing almost felt bumpy
or raised, somewhat like the glazing was coming off...”. In my opinion this/these are the
indications of a piece having been cleaned in
chlorine. I have purchased and seen other
pieces like this. In worse cases I’ve seen
where the glaze is actually flaking off along
these craze lines and the ironstone underneath
is getting soft or powdery.
My understanding of what is happening is:
chlorine is like water. It can be a gas (water
vapor/ chlorine gas), liquid (water/chlorine) or
crystal (ice/chlorine crystal) depending on the
temperature and other conditions. When a
piece of stained ironstone is soaked in chlorine
the chlorine liquid penetrates the cracks in the
glaze and soaks into the pores of the ironstone
underneath. If there is old grease within the
pores it reacts chemically with it and causes it
to unbond with the ironstone and wash out (to
some extent). When the ironstone piece is
removed from the chlorine liquid and allowed
to dry the chlorine tries to move to the gaseous
state. If it can’t escape the pores of the ironstone it then crystallizes there. As is the case
with water and ice, the crystal form of chlorine
takes up more space than the liquid. Thus
tremendous pressure is built up inside the pottery pores as the chlorine crystals grow
(remember that bottle of pop you placed in the
freezer that exploded when it froze?). Where
ever there is an action there is a reaction. In
this case the weakest part has to give and that
is the pottery. The ironstone is broken back
down to clay particles and when that happens
the glaze has nothing to cling to and just pops
off the surface of the pottery piece.
I hope this helps and if someone knows my
understanding of the chemical actions and
physics are wrong they can correct my
hypotheses. Now, what do you do if you have
a piece that looks like the one you describe
OR smells like it was cleaned with chlorine?
At the minimum you should repeatedly soak it
in very hot water (not boiling) for long periods
of time - hoping to convert the chlorine crystals back into liquid so that they can escape the
pores of the ironstone. Chlorine is a very
unstable liquid and the chlorine molecules will
escape to gas quite rapidly if allowed to (that’s
why the bottle of chlorine must be capped at
all times and why it has such a strong odor). I
might also suggest soaking the piece in hydrogen peroxide in the hopes this very strong oxidant will remove the chlorine even faster.
Good Luck.
NEXT ISSUES
Corn & Oats will be our next profile so
please send photos of your pieces. The
Summer issue will also have Convention
coverage.
We are working on galleries of bread
plates, well & tree platters and cake plates
for future issues.
The Christmas issue will have an article
on punch bowls and syllabub cups.
NOTICE
The nominating Committee consisting of Diane Dorman, Polly Gosselin
and Ed Rigoulot, is in the process of
compiling a list of perspective WICA
board members. Suggestions from
our membership would be greatly
appreciated. We are seeking dedicated, enthusiastic, and hard-working
individuals who are willing to devote
time and energy to our great association. Please notify Diane, Polly or Ed
with your recommendations of WICA
members in good standing. (Diane
Dorman (716) 425-4041, Polly
Gosselin, Florida (352) 307-1990 until Mar. 31, or Connecticut (860)
233-2392 after April 6, Ed Rigoulot
(817) 354-4644.)
CALENDAR
April 28-May 2, 1999 Fifth Annual
WICA Convention, Troy, Michigan
July 23, 1999, FBICC National
Convention
presentation
featuring
Geoffrey Godden. (See below)
September 25, 1999, WICA Region 7
will be hosted at the home of Jane and
Wes Diemer in Wilmington, Delaware, 11
AM to 4 PM. (302) 475-7412
October 23, 1999, WICA Region 4 will
be hosted by Bill Durhan in Belvidere, IL.
(815) 547-5128
November 6, 1999, WICA Region 5 will
be hosted by the Gwen and
WarrenPattison in Dallas, Texas. (214)
631-7781
AN INVITATION TO THE WHITE IRONSTONE CHINA ASSOCIATION
TO A GEOFFREY GODDEN DAY
The Flow Blue International Collectors Club is extending a personal invitation to each and every one of you to attend our “Geoffrey
Godden Day” on Friday, July 23, 1999 from 9:30 am - 4:00 pm in
Rochester, NY. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet and
hear our world famous speaker, Geoffrey Godden. Mr Godden is a
fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, holds an Hon. Doctor of Letters
from the University of Keele, is a member of the B.B.C.’s
Roadshow team, and is a Visiting Professor of the University of
South Hampton. We know him best as the author of over thirty standard reference books on ceramics including The Encyclopaedia of
British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, first published in 1964 and still
in print.
The day’s program will commence with a slide illustrated lecture
entitled, Ironstone Potters and Potteries of the 19th Century, followed by an extensive question/answer session. After a banquet luncheon, the program will conclude with an annotated exhibition and
discussion with Mr Godden, of rare and unusual ironstone including
Flow Blue Mulberry, White Ironstone and copper decorated/Tea
Leaf ironstone. HERE’S YOUR CHANCE! We are going to gather
the questions in advance to give Mr. Godden time to do any necessary research before he leaves England. For example -- what pieces
came in a set? Why are pewter topped syrups so scarce? Why are
there handled and handleless cups? Please submit your questions
on 3” x 5” cards, postcards or small pieces of paper and include
name and phone number in case we need clarification. Send your
questions as soon as possible to Ellen Hill, 655 10th Ave NE, Apt 5,
St Petersburg, FL 33701.
At the Q & A session, Mr. Godden and the group will also be looking at and discussing rare and unusual pieces of ironstone. You may
bring a piece for this event. The pieces on display will be properly
secured so that they cannot be handled. Pieces can be of the type
“what was this used for?” or “what was this called?” If you have
questions about the logistics of bringing a piece, please call me at
727-896-1079 through April, 603-588-4099 May through October.
Interested WICA members do not have to join the FBICC to attend
the Geoffrey Godden Day on Friday. The cost for the full day
Godden program at the Rochester Convention Center, including the
banquet luncheon, is $45 through June 30th or $55 from July 1st
through July 16th. To join the Flow Blue International Collectors
Club and/or attend the full FBICC Convention at the Hyatt Regency,
Rochester, NY, please call Sorita Wussow (913) 814-8522. All
reservations must be made in advance. Hotel reservations should be
made directly at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. The special rate for
FBICC is $95 per room per night. Call 1-716-546-1234 for reservations.
Ellen Hill, FBICC
Chairperson, Education Committee
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P L A I N W H I T E I R O N S TO N E
(cont. from page 1) table set with beautifully contrasting white ironstone. There is no cloth, and the eating utensils appear to be of plain
metal with bone handles. This bears out the instruction of one Eldress,
Mother Ann Lee, who said “Never put on silver spoons nor table cloths
for me, but let your tables be clean enough to eat from without cloths;
and if you do not know what to do with them, give them to the poor.”
We called Sharon Koomler, Curator of Collections at the Hancock
Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA, to ask about the Shaker’s use of white
ironstone. She told us it was used in all Shaker communities, and after
washing and drying it was customary to reset the table after each meal.
We noticed the crossed knife and fork on each dish, and she said it had
no known significance. We also asked about marks, and she found
these on some pieces: Maddock & Co., Wedgwood & Co., J. & G.
Meakin, A. J. Wilkinson, Hope & Carter, Anthony Shaw & Co., H.
Alcock & Co., and one American firm, Greenwood China, Trenton, NJ.
Plain White has not always been admired. It is interesting to find
American writers of the late 1880s expressing hope that public taste
everywhere might be elevated by expelling such white stoneware from
all tables. (In the opinion of these city taste-makers a Shaker chair was
suitable only for a farmer.) Plain white was often defamed as ‘thresher’s ware’ or ‘ farmer’s china’. To understand this radical change in
style after 1875, we recommend that you read Jean Wetherbee’s analysis beginning on page 137 in her Collector’s Guide.
Clockwise from top left: Brush vase with a drain hole. (Denton coll.) A
bentwood table with a collection of plain toilet items. (Lowe photo & coll.)
A brush vase with no vent holes and marked Maddock & Co. (Dieringer
coll.)
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Above: A plain oval tureen with its original ladle marked James
Edwards, Dalehall. 16-1/2” wide by 13” tall. (Morris coll.)
Clockwise from top left: Brush vase 5 1/2” tall marked J. & E.
Mayer. (Miller coll.) Simple three-piece soap dish, unmarked.
Plain three-piece soap with bar type handle also unmarked.
Cable and Ring soap dish by J. & G. Meakin. This Cable & Bar
Brush vase has no piercing or drain holes. It is marked J. & E.
Mayer and is 5 1/2” tall and 3 1/4” across. Sally Erdman calls it
a spooner or celery holder. (Erdman photo & Coll.)
Above: A congregation of plain ewers and creamers. (Dorman photo and
coll.)
Above: Enlargement of the center
of the top photo. At the left, a
door push-plate. A nice way to
keep fingerprints to a minimum.
In the center, a lovely scalloped
compote filled with real eggs and
at the foot, an ironstone egg.
Eggs were often placed in nests to
encourage hens to lay. At the
right, a desk set tray with attached
holders. One is for sand to dry
ink and the other is an ink well
with quill drip stopper. Mark is
illegible.
Top: A view of some of Harry Lowe’s collection and under it, an
enlargement of the center shelf which contains what Harry calls some
“odd pieces”. The two front pieces on either end are toast racks. The
one with ring handles is marked Bovet Pottery, England. Tucked into
the left corner in front is a ‘pie bird’ which cooks know is placed in the
center of the pie and lets steam escape during baking. The two vertical drop shape pieces topped with rings are what Harry purchased as
drapery pulls but found out later that they are handle pulls for the old
toilets with the wooden overhead water boxes. Next is a vertical toothbrush vase or a drinking cup. Next it is a rather large invalid feeding
cup made by Meakin and in front of it is a match holder with striking
Classic candle holder about 3” tall.
marks. (Gonzales coll.)
surface on the conical part. The shaving tray in the middle has two
attached holders, one for the brush and one for the soap. Next is a
small ladies spittoon made by Eagle Pottery, R. M. & Son. In front of
it is a mustard jar with attached base. A plain child-size handled cup
and in front of it, a soap slab. A nice early Davenport horizontal toothbrush box is behind a meat tenderizer which has a wood handle. Then
a few small incidental pieces. The whole is a really nice collection of
ubiquitous pieces. (Lowe photos and collection)
Below is a small representation of the wonderful photos of plain
objects sent to us over the years by WICA members.
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A small invalid feeder marked J. H. M. with a
Lion & Unicorn. (Miller coll.)
Mortar & Pestle marked Wm. Brunt & Co.
about 5” tall. (Freeman Finch coll.)
Bank in the collection of the East Liverpool
Ohio, Museum of Ceramics. (Dorman photo)
Small colander about 9” across. No marking.
Strainer 6 1/2” (including handle) by 7 1/4”
high. (Lowe photo & coll.)
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PLAIN SQUARE AND RECTANGULAR
Square compote by Johnson Bros. late
Pankhurst & Co. 4 1/2” high by 8 1/2”
square. (Lowe photo & coll.)
Square sugar bowl by John
Maddock & Sons. 6” high.
(LaCombe photo & coll.)
Above: Outstanding square ewer and basin marked
Anthony Shaw. The ewer is 13” tall and named “Square
Daisy” because of the sunburst or flower at the top of the
handle by Peter Pandolfi who found it. (Pandolfi photo)
A pair of almost identical creamers except one
has a collar. They have four “feet” like the compote and the ewer (not visible in that photo),
which seems to be a common design feature to
the square pattern. (Ross photo & coll.)
Plain rectangular dish, 4 3/8” by 6 3/8”
by J. & G. Meakin. One of those ubiquitous dishes that could have been used for
anything. (Lowe photo & coll.)
Two square platters 12” and 14 1/2” wide by
T. & R. Boote. They have a mark: Royal
Premium, Semi Porcelain, England.
(LaCombe photo & coll.)
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Above: Two photos showing square melon
ribbed bowls. The top photo is a mix of various makers and sizes. The bowl below is by
Johnson Bros., England. (LaCombe photos &
coll.)
Above: Two photos of rectangular relish dishes. The top is Fish Hook by Alfred Meakin
which usually is seen with Tea Leaf decoration. 4 3/4” by 8 3/8”. The bottom is an unnamed H. Alcock & Co. relish, 4 7/8” by
7 3/4”. (Lowe photos & coll.)
A celery dish by Greenwood China, Trenton,
NJ, potted in 1872. 4 1/2” by 11 1/2”.
(Lowe photo & coll.)
In the United States, these plain white ironstone pieces are a common
sight in antique malls, shows and even yard sales and, like Shaker
objects, in their quiet simplicity can be overlooked or even unnoticed
Compote marked G. P. Co., about 5” tall.
(Kinne coll.)
among many more decorative objects. But when isolated so that you
can see them with a contemplative eye, the form can be powerful.
Compote marked Coxon & Co., about 5” tall.
Unmarked compote withe a slight scalloped
rim, 5 1/4” tall by 8 3/4” wide.
Right: Cheese stand, is
1 7/8” tall by 12 1/4”
wide, unmarked.
Left: Plain rimmed cake stand marked
only Real Ironstone China, 4 1/2” tall by
11 1/8” wide. These stands probably
originally had clear blown glass domes.
So far we have not seen a plain white
ironstone dome on either cake stands or
cheese stands. (Lowe photos and coll.)
Above: Giant cake stand or cheese platform, 4 5/8” tall by 16 3/8” wide,
Unmarked. There are similar cheese
stands in Audry Dudson’s Cheese Dishes
book.
Above left: Master salt, unmarked, 2 1/4” tall by 3” wide (Ted Brown photo & coll.)
Above middle: unmarked pie bowls, 8 7/8”, 9 3/4”, 10 5/8” by 1 1/4” tall. (Lowe
photo) Right: Milk pans or bowls. Front bowl marked Crescent, Trenton, NJ, 2 1/2”
tall by 8 3/8” wide. (Lowe photo)
Left: A collection of syllabub bowls. The relationship to size is shown
by the syllabub cup in the
foreground.
(Lowe
photo & coll.)
Right: A handless cup, 3”
tall by 3 3/8” wide. The
syllabub cup is 4” tall by
2 3/4” wide. (Dieringer
coll.)
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PLAIN WITH PEWTER AND TIN
Far left: Cheese & cracker bowl, 6 1/2” tall by
10” across, J. M. & Son. (Scrimgeour coll. Ladd
photo) Middle: The pewter lid on this plain syrup
has a unicorn, unmarked. (Morris coll.) Right:
Pudding mold marked “The Queen’s Pudding
Boiler, No. 16” (Devereaux coll.)
Left: 20” platter in a
hot water base made
of copper with silver
plate. It is 15 1/2”
wide by 3 1/4” tall. (T.
Brown photo & coll.)
Right: Lunch box 4”
wide by 9” long.
(Allers coll.)
Above: Plain covered toddy bowl by J. W. Pankhurst
& Co., Hanley. (White photo & coll.)
Above right: Plain Uplift 12” wide vegetable tureen by Hope &
Carter. We consider this to be a quietly elegant pattern.
(LaCombe photo & coll.)
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Right: A milk or butter bowl, 3 1/4” tall by 15 1/2” wide
including spout. Marked only “England”. (Lowe photo &
coll.)
NEW AND UNUSUAL
Left: This plate is not so new or unusual. It is
Fruit Garden by J. F. Several potters made
these overall embossed patterns. Right: A
reproduction of the Davenport version is
made by Burgess & Leigh, marked Burleigh,
Staffordshire, England. We are happy to see
these reproductions are so clearly marked as
such.
Left: Mystery piece. A footed
bowl 5-1/4” high by 8-3/4”
wide. It has a mark with a diamond but it is illegible. The
holes let liquid drain into the
body of the piece but there are
no holes on the side or in the
base to let liquid escape. Harry
Lowe says it isn’t as badly
stained as it appears in his picture. Does anyone have any
ideas on what this compote was
used for? (Lowe photo and
coll.)
Below: This bed pan came with a card inside that declared:
“It has been said that the first President of the U.S.A.
did at one time use this bed pan. (George Washington)
You say it’s too small?
Oh no, it was when he was a child.
The only proof we have of the above statement is that
it is old enough to have been used in the time of
Washington’s childhood.”
The drawing at the right is from The Wedgwood 1880 Illustrated Catalogue
of Shapes. It is possible that this same shape was made a hundred years earlier. We know that There are many antique beds that have the claim made
that ‘George Washington slept here’. We can only wonder what George
would have thought about having a bed pan attached to his name?!! (Lowe
photo & coll.)
Below:
Enclosed is a photo of a mystery piece (to me).
During the long snow storms the first weeks of
January, I began researching my collection. It
was white everywhere indoors here also. I went
thru two Wetherbee books and all the newsletters
several times and am unsure of maker or pattern
of this piece. Love the newsletter and photos.
Would appreciate any help. (Back of photo notes
mark w/shield & crown, Stone China and initials,
J.R.)
Marguerite A Smith, Warren, MI
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Our guess is that the J.R. mark on your tureen
is John Ridgway. A mark just like that is in
Godden’s Encyclopaedia of British Pottery &
Porcelain Marks, page 534, Godden’s #3257-8.
The long lines ending in swirls used on this piece
are similar to motifs on Ridgway’s early six-sided
tureens. Even the handles and finial are made of
arrangements of swirls. It was probably potted in
the mid-1840s. How about “Ridgway’s Swirls”
for a name?
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SPARE PARTS
Listings of Parts Wanted or Parts
for Sale are FREE. You may list
up to five items in each issue space
permitting.
PARTS WANTED
CORN & OATS vegetable lid 7-3/4” x 101/2” inside measurement, ST. LOUIS SHAPE
soup tureen lid, 7-3/8” x 10-1/4”, PRESIDENT SHAPE 8-1/2” round soup tureen lid,
SEVRES SHAPE soup tureen lid 6-5/16” x 97/16”.
Barbara Weinz, (207) 443-2349, call collect.
------------------------------------------------------SYDENHAM sauce tureen lid and undertray,
CABLE AND RING soup tureen lid 6-1/2” x
9-1/8”.
Barbara Burnett, (609) 882-1718
------------------------------------------------------WHEAT & CLOVER by Turner & Tomkinson
saucers, need 5, UNION SHAPE by T&R
Boote 11-1/4” vegetable bottom, HAVRE
SHAPE by James Edwards 11-1/4” vegetable
lid. Call before 1:00 PM.
Lori Appleyard, (610) 967-9001
------------------------------------------------------CERES Shape, Wheat & Cable by Turner,
Goddard & Co. pitcher.
Pegeen Kline, (610) 562-2980
------------------------------------------------------HEBE SHAPE by Alcock soup tureen lid,
CERES by E. & F. creamer, LILY OF THE
VALLEY by Anthony Shaw basin.
Ray Secrist, (717) 235-5874
------------------------------------------------------EAGLE & THUMBPRINT soup tureen
undertray, PRESIDENT soup tureen round or
oval cover, BOOTE’s 1851 tea pot cover,
gravy tureen cover, mini sugar bowl cover,
LAUREL WREATH sugar bowl cover,
SYDENHAM oval gravy tureen base.
Ed Rigoulot, (817) 354-4644
------------------------------------------------------FIG/UNION sugar bowl lid, BOOTE’S 1851
basin, PRESIDENT SHAPE potty lid,
PRAIRIE SHAPE potty lid.
Jim & Mara Kerr, (518) 296-8052
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BOOTE’S 1851 soup tureen lid or undertray,
SCALLOP DEC/CAMBRIDGE sugar lid,
FIG/UNION teapot lid, PRIZE BLOOM by T.
J. & J. Mayer soup tureen lid, PRESIDENT
SHAPE master waste jar lid, UNION SHAPE
by T. & R. Boote sugar lid.
Ernie Dieringer, (203) 938-3740
------------------------------------------------------WHEAT by W. & E. Corn oval soup tureen
lid, inside measurements 10 1/2 “ by 7 1/2”.
WHEAT pattern ladle for soup tureen,
WHEAT & CLOVER ladle for soup tureen
Ted Brown, (410) 563-2221,
Email: [email protected]
PARTS FOR SALE
WHEAT & CLOVER undertray for sauce
tureen, LAUREL WREATH sugar bowl
lid and relish dish. Call before 1:00 PM
for prices.
Lori Appleyard, (610) 967-9001
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COLLECTORS’ SHOWCASE
10
A really fine octagonal vegetable tureen by Mellor, Venables & Co.,
registered Sept. 21, 1850. It is 8 1/2” tall by 12 1/4” wide. (Lowe
photo and coll.) Three years ago, Jane Bleck sent us pictures of her
soup tureen and covered vegetable. She was unable to find this shape
in any books and decided to call it (laughingly) Darth Vader Because
the lid looks like a helmet. It is marked Mellor, Venables & Co. and her
vegetable tureen has the same impressed name but also has a printed
mark: Venables & Baines. Jean Wetherbee has this shape listed in her
known registered shapes section as Many Panelled Gothic. Right: A
top view of the vegetable tureen’s beautiful finial and tab handles.
A GALLERY OF LARGE PITCHERS III
Pedestaled Gothic (octagon),
Joseph Harding, Burslem c.
1850. (Adams photo & coll.)
Washington Shape by John Meir &
Co. Nov. 3, 1863.
President by John Edwards. 11”
tall, 1855. (Anspaugh coll.)
Dragon Jug by Mason. (Allers
coll.)
Square Open Flower by James
Edwards Dec. 16, 1848.
(Morris coll.)
Lily Shape by W. & E. Corn and
Bordered Hyacinth by W. Baker
& Co. after 1864.
Prairie Shape by J. Clementson,
Reg. Nov. 15, 1861.
Bell Flower by John Edwards
(after 1853).
Bordered Gooseberry 12” high by Tulip aka Little Scroll by Elsmore
Wedgwood & Co. (Dieringer & Forster, 1856. (Dieringer coll.)
coll.)
Early Paneled Octagon, unmarked. Pedestaled Gothic Decagon by
James Edwards. (Allers coll.)
(Allers coll.)
This is the third Gallery of Pitchers and is designed so that you can
insert it with the others. The original Gallery of Pitchers is in Vol. 3
# 3 (Winter ‘97). Additional pages of 24 were included in Vol. 4 # 4
(Spring ‘98). We now have 108 pitchers. If you have large pitch-
ers/ewers not shown in the three Galleries, please send us photos.
When we have 24 more shapes we’ll make another page. Back issues
of the Newsletter are available to new members for $6. each.
Fern by J. & G. Meakin. (Dorman
photo & coll.)
Trent Shape by Alcock, 13 1/2”tall.
Reg. June 7, 1855. (Dieringer
coll.)
Atlantic “B” by T. & R. Boote, 12”
tall, Reg. Apr. 22, 1858. (See
Atlantic in Vol 3 # 3 pg. 6) (Oliver
coll.)
Bow Knot by J. & G. Meakin.
Britannia by Anthony Shaw. Reg.
Dec. 7, 1878.
Starflower by J. W. Pankhurst
c. 1860s.
Wheat & Rose by Alfred Meakin,
after 1875. (Dorman Photo & coll.)
This 1890s Meakin shape has
been named Poppy by Diane
Dorman. (Dorman photo &
coll.)
Seine Shape by John Edwards,
12” tall.
Lily of the Valley with
Thumbprint by Jacob Furnival
& Co.
Unknown shape, late Victorian, by Ribbed Flowers.
Johnson Bros. 10 1/2” tall. (Lowe coll.)
photo & coll., also LaCombe coll.)
(Dalenberg
THIRD ANNUAL WHITE IRONSTONE RAFFLE
Chairperson: Ray Secrist
WHITE IRONSTONE RAFFLE TICKETS
AND PRIZES
Whether you attend the convention or not, this is
your opportunity to win one of the following three
beautiful pieces of white ironstone:
1st PRIZE: NEW YORK SHAPE
FOOTED COMPOTE
by J. Clementson, Registered 1858
2nd prize: CERES SHAPE CIDER MUG
by Elsmore and Forster, Registered 1859
3rd PRIZE: PRESIDENT SHAPE
HORIZONTAL TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER
by J. Edwards, Registered 1856
with some lucky WICA members or associates.
The proceeds go to the Education Committee for
projects such as the Dish Book and other research
projects.
THE WHITE IRONSTONE RAFFLE
During the Convention banquet, Ray Secrist will
emcee the drawing of the three winners for these
wonderful pieces of white ironstone. Remember, you
don’t have to attend the Convention to win.
About Ray Secrist
RR #4, Box 4802, Glen Rock, PA 17327
Phone: 717-235-5874
Charter member
Job/Profession outside of WICA: Ray is an indeIncluded with this edition of “White Ironstone pendent distributor of hardwood flooring and panelNotes” are six raffle tickets and stubs. Each ticket ing. This occupation came about from his appreciais $1; six may be purchased for $5. This raffle is also tion of wood as a residential “finishing” material.
open to your family and friends. If you or someone White Ironstone Collection includes cake stands by
you know would care to purchase the tickets, please J.F., syrup pitchers, daily bread plates, and coffee
complete each stub with the appropriate name, pots and teapots.
address, and the telephone number. Send only the Other Collections focus primarily on various forms
filled out stubs and the cost of the tickets by mail to of Victorian glassware, with specific emphasis on
WICA, c/o Ray Secrist, RR #4, Box 4802, Glen Amberina.
Rock, PA 17327, by May 1st.
Other comments: Ray and his wife, Eileen, reside in
Additional tickets may be purchased through the a late 18th century Pennsylvania stone farmstead
mail by contacting Ray. Stop by the White Ironstone where they raised their three children. Maintaining
Raffle Table during the convention anytime Friday the property, including its extensive flower gardens,
evening or Saturday to purchase additional tickets occupies the bulk of their leisure time.
and to view the lovely pieces which will find homes
AUCTION PREVIEW
A few of the exceptional
pieces of white ironstone
that will be in the
Convention Auction.
There is still time to
consign pieces. Please
fill out the Auction
Consignment Form
inculded in this mailing.