Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Glossary
- 1 JUG: Scarborough, Yorkshire, c. 1250–1300
- 2 DRINKING POT: probably English, c. 1545–60
- 3 FLAGON: probably Derbyshire or Staffordshire, c. 1630–60
- 4 BOTTLE: Christian Wilhelm, Southwark, 1628
- 5 DISH: Southwark, 1651
- 6 JUG: probably Harlow, Essex, c. 1630–60
- 7 TWO-HANDLED TYG: probably Henry Ifield, Wrotham, Kent, 1668
- 8 TULIP CHARGER: London, 1661
- 9 ‘NOBODY’: London, 1675
- 10 DISH: Thomas Toft, Staffordshire, c. 1662–85
- 11 POSSET POT AND SALVER: London or Bristol, 1685 and 1686
- 12 CISTERN: London, perhaps Norfolk House, Lambeth, c. 1680–1700
- 13 BOTTLE: John Dwight, Fulham, c. 1689–94
- 14 MUG: David and John Phillip Elers, probably Bradwell Wood, Staffordshire, c. 1691–8
- 15 JUG: Staffordshire c. 1680–1710
- 16 COVERED CUP WITH FOUR HANDLES AND A WHISTLE: probably South Wiltshire, 1718
- 17 DISH: Samuel Malkin, Burslem, c. 1720–30
- 18 SIX CHINOISERIE TILES: Bristol or London, c. 1720–50
- 19 PUNCH BOWL AND COVER: Liverpool, 1724
- 20 HUNTING MUG: probably Vauxhall Pottery, 1730
- 21 TWO-HANDLED LOVING CUP: probably Nottingham or Crich, 1739
- 22 MILK JUG AND TEAPOT: Staffordshire, c. 1725–45 and c. 1740–50
- 23 PEW GROUP: Staffordshire, c. 1740–50
- 24 BEAR JUG OR JAR: Staffordshire, c. 1740–70
- 25 CAMEL AND MONKEY OR SQUIRREL TEAPOTS: Staffordshire, c. 1750–5
- 26 JUG: Staffordshire, c. 1755–65
- 27 DISH: Liverpool, c. 1755–60
- 28 TEABOWL, SAUCER AND COFFEE POT: Staffordshire, c. 1750–65
- 29 COFFEE POT: Staffordshire, 1760
- 30 TEAPOT: probably Josiah Wedgwood, Burslem, c. 1759–66
- 31 TUREEN: Staffordshire, c. 1760–5
- 32 TEAPOT: Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, printed in Liverpool by Guy Green, c. 1775–80
- 33 JUG: Yorkshire, 1780
- 34 CENTREPIECE: probably Leeds Pottery, Yorkshire, c. 1780–1800
- 35 STGEORGE AND THE DRAGON: Staffordshire, c. 1780–1800
- 36 TOBY JUG: c. 1790–1810
- 37 DEMOSTHENES: Enoch Wood, Burslem, c. 1790–1810
- 38 ERASMUS DARWINS PORTLAND VASE COPY: Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, c. 1789–90
- 39 TEAPOT: probably Sowter & Co., Mexborough, Yorkshire, c. 1800–11
- 40 OBELISK: Bristol Pottery, Temple Back, Bristol, 1802
- 41 DINNER PLATE: Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, c. 1806–33
- 42 GARNITURE OF FIVE COVERED VASES: Richard Woolley, Lane End Longton, c. 1810–12
- 43 JUG: probably Staffordshire or Liverpool, c. 1810–20
- 44 DISH: Leeds Pottery, Yorkshire, C. 1815-20
- 45 ‘PERSWAITION’: probably john Walton, Burslem, c. 1815–25
- 46 VASE AND COVER WITH PAGODA FINIAL Charles James Mason & Co., Fenton Stone Works, Lane Delph, Fenton, c. 1826–45
- 47 FLASK IN THE SHAPE OF A GIRL HOLDING A DOVE: James Bourne & Co., Denby or Codnor Park, c. 1835–40
- 48 THE ‘BULRUSH’ WATER JUG: Ridgway & Abington, Hanley, c. 1848–60
- 49 POT-LID: T.J. & J. Mayer, Dale Hall Pottery Longport, Burslem, 1851
- 50 EWER AND BASIN: Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, 1856
- 51 THE PRINCESS ROYAL AND PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA: Staffordshire, 1857
- 52 JUG: John Phillips Hoyle, Bideford, North Devon, 1857
- 53 GIANT TEAPOT: probably Church Gresley or Woodville, Derbyshire, 1882
- 54 FLAGON: Doulton & Co., Lambeth; decorated by George Tinworth, 1874
- 55 TILE PICTURE: William De Morgan & Co., Sands End Pottery, Fulham, c. 1888–97
- 56 OWL: Martin Brothers, Southall, modelled by Robert Wallace Martin, September, 1903
- 57 HOP JUG: Belle Vue Pottery, Rye, Sussex, 1899
- 58 VASE: designed by William Moorcroft for James Macintyre & Co., Washington Works, Burslem, and made there or at Cobridge c. 1911–13
- 59 DISH: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Etruria; decorated by Alfred Powell, c. 1908
- 60 JUG: Royal Doulton, Burslem, c. 1930–40
- 61 DINNER PLATE: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Barlaston, 1955
- 62 PAGODA-LIDDED BOWL: Bernard Leach, StIves, Cornwall, c. 1960–5
- 63 VASE: Hans Coper, c. 1966–70
- 64 DEEP-SIDED BOWL ON A HIGH FOOT: Alan Caiger-Smith, Aldermaston Pottery, 1981
29 - COFFEE POT: Staffordshire, 1760
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Glossary
- 1 JUG: Scarborough, Yorkshire, c. 1250–1300
- 2 DRINKING POT: probably English, c. 1545–60
- 3 FLAGON: probably Derbyshire or Staffordshire, c. 1630–60
- 4 BOTTLE: Christian Wilhelm, Southwark, 1628
- 5 DISH: Southwark, 1651
- 6 JUG: probably Harlow, Essex, c. 1630–60
- 7 TWO-HANDLED TYG: probably Henry Ifield, Wrotham, Kent, 1668
- 8 TULIP CHARGER: London, 1661
- 9 ‘NOBODY’: London, 1675
- 10 DISH: Thomas Toft, Staffordshire, c. 1662–85
- 11 POSSET POT AND SALVER: London or Bristol, 1685 and 1686
- 12 CISTERN: London, perhaps Norfolk House, Lambeth, c. 1680–1700
- 13 BOTTLE: John Dwight, Fulham, c. 1689–94
- 14 MUG: David and John Phillip Elers, probably Bradwell Wood, Staffordshire, c. 1691–8
- 15 JUG: Staffordshire c. 1680–1710
- 16 COVERED CUP WITH FOUR HANDLES AND A WHISTLE: probably South Wiltshire, 1718
- 17 DISH: Samuel Malkin, Burslem, c. 1720–30
- 18 SIX CHINOISERIE TILES: Bristol or London, c. 1720–50
- 19 PUNCH BOWL AND COVER: Liverpool, 1724
- 20 HUNTING MUG: probably Vauxhall Pottery, 1730
- 21 TWO-HANDLED LOVING CUP: probably Nottingham or Crich, 1739
- 22 MILK JUG AND TEAPOT: Staffordshire, c. 1725–45 and c. 1740–50
- 23 PEW GROUP: Staffordshire, c. 1740–50
- 24 BEAR JUG OR JAR: Staffordshire, c. 1740–70
- 25 CAMEL AND MONKEY OR SQUIRREL TEAPOTS: Staffordshire, c. 1750–5
- 26 JUG: Staffordshire, c. 1755–65
- 27 DISH: Liverpool, c. 1755–60
- 28 TEABOWL, SAUCER AND COFFEE POT: Staffordshire, c. 1750–65
- 29 COFFEE POT: Staffordshire, 1760
- 30 TEAPOT: probably Josiah Wedgwood, Burslem, c. 1759–66
- 31 TUREEN: Staffordshire, c. 1760–5
- 32 TEAPOT: Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, printed in Liverpool by Guy Green, c. 1775–80
- 33 JUG: Yorkshire, 1780
- 34 CENTREPIECE: probably Leeds Pottery, Yorkshire, c. 1780–1800
- 35 STGEORGE AND THE DRAGON: Staffordshire, c. 1780–1800
- 36 TOBY JUG: c. 1790–1810
- 37 DEMOSTHENES: Enoch Wood, Burslem, c. 1790–1810
- 38 ERASMUS DARWINS PORTLAND VASE COPY: Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, c. 1789–90
- 39 TEAPOT: probably Sowter & Co., Mexborough, Yorkshire, c. 1800–11
- 40 OBELISK: Bristol Pottery, Temple Back, Bristol, 1802
- 41 DINNER PLATE: Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, c. 1806–33
- 42 GARNITURE OF FIVE COVERED VASES: Richard Woolley, Lane End Longton, c. 1810–12
- 43 JUG: probably Staffordshire or Liverpool, c. 1810–20
- 44 DISH: Leeds Pottery, Yorkshire, C. 1815-20
- 45 ‘PERSWAITION’: probably john Walton, Burslem, c. 1815–25
- 46 VASE AND COVER WITH PAGODA FINIAL Charles James Mason & Co., Fenton Stone Works, Lane Delph, Fenton, c. 1826–45
- 47 FLASK IN THE SHAPE OF A GIRL HOLDING A DOVE: James Bourne & Co., Denby or Codnor Park, c. 1835–40
- 48 THE ‘BULRUSH’ WATER JUG: Ridgway & Abington, Hanley, c. 1848–60
- 49 POT-LID: T.J. & J. Mayer, Dale Hall Pottery Longport, Burslem, 1851
- 50 EWER AND BASIN: Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, 1856
- 51 THE PRINCESS ROYAL AND PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA: Staffordshire, 1857
- 52 JUG: John Phillips Hoyle, Bideford, North Devon, 1857
- 53 GIANT TEAPOT: probably Church Gresley or Woodville, Derbyshire, 1882
- 54 FLAGON: Doulton & Co., Lambeth; decorated by George Tinworth, 1874
- 55 TILE PICTURE: William De Morgan & Co., Sands End Pottery, Fulham, c. 1888–97
- 56 OWL: Martin Brothers, Southall, modelled by Robert Wallace Martin, September, 1903
- 57 HOP JUG: Belle Vue Pottery, Rye, Sussex, 1899
- 58 VASE: designed by William Moorcroft for James Macintyre & Co., Washington Works, Burslem, and made there or at Cobridge c. 1911–13
- 59 DISH: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Etruria; decorated by Alfred Powell, c. 1908
- 60 JUG: Royal Doulton, Burslem, c. 1930–40
- 61 DINNER PLATE: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Barlaston, 1955
- 62 PAGODA-LIDDED BOWL: Bernard Leach, StIves, Cornwall, c. 1960–5
- 63 VASE: Hans Coper, c. 1966–70
- 64 DEEP-SIDED BOWL ON A HIGH FOOT: Alan Caiger-Smith, Aldermaston Pottery, 1981
Summary
Red dry-bodied stoneware with moulded handle and spout and sprigged floral ornament. The base is incised ‘Joseph Edge 1760’. Height 21.3 cm. C.466–1928.
After the Elers brothers left Staffordshire red stoneware does not seem to have been made until the 1740s or 1750s, after which it remained popular for tea and coffee ware until the 1770s. In the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries it appeared in neo-classical guise, as rosso antico, the name given to it by Wedgwood in 1776.
The tapering, straight-sided body of this coffee pot is similar to silver pots of the 1720s and 1730s but it is combined with a markedly rococo handle and spout. The asymmetrically placed sprays of blossom were made in plaster of Paris moulds and after removal were applied to the surface using slip to make them adhere. Joseph Edge, whose name is incised on the base, is almost certainly the Joseph Edge, earth potter, who married Mary Newton at Stoke-on-Trent on 8 September 1759. He has not been identified as a pottery owner and was probably a workman.
Many Staffordshire potters made red stoneware between about 1745 and 1780, but only a few names can be firmly associated with it on the basis of marks or other evidence. They include Josiah Wedgwood, William Greatbatch, Richard Myatt, Thomas Barker and a member of the Astbury family. Progress in linking the widely scattered examples to these and other makers will only come about through matching their features with excavated material and the painstaking scrutiny of local records.
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