The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
The main productions of the works are as follows:--
In bottles, which are the staple production, almost every variety are
manufactured in large quantities both in the patented vitreous stone,
and white glazed, varieties of ink-bottles of every shape and size
are made by thousands weekly, as are also ale, porter, ginger-beer,
blacking, fruit, and every other kind of bottles. Spirit and other
liquor bottles, with handles, up to a very large size, are also made.
Feet-warmers, carriage-warmers, and medical appliances, with or without
patent screw stoppers; spittoons, tobacco-jars, churns, mortars
and pestles, pipkins, bird fountains, inkstands, feeding-bottles,
candlesticks, pork-pie moulds, and every variety of domestic
vessels, are made. Druggists’ shop-jars, snuff-jars, spirit-barrels,
pudding-moulds, &c., many of them highly ornamented, are also made. The
filters are of excellent construction, and good form, and are made to
purify from 5 to 30 gallons per day each.
“Hunting Jugs”--a name by which a certain class of jugs with raised
ornaments consisting of hunting subjects, sometimes a stag, at others
a fox, chased by horsemen and dogs; and with other relief subjects of
trees, bee-hives, windmills, and men seated smoking or drinking, &c.,
are called--are made here to a great extent, and of the hardest and
most durable quality, and with an excellent glaze. Some of these are
made with greyhound handles of very clever and effective design, of the
class shown on Fig. 98. Upright jugs, or canettes, of the same general
character, are also made, as are also plain jugs. Jars, too, are a
staple branch of the Denby manufacture, and for preserves, pickles,
jellies, marmalades, &c., are considered to be of the best quality.
They are made of the most approved shapes, and of every variety of
size, covered and uncovered; one great advantage of this make being
the great width of the mouth, ensuring cleanliness, and preventing the
waste that occurs with an overhanging shoulder. The same remark holds
good with regard to the stew-pots.
In terra-cotta, which is of a remarkably light and fine quality, and
of a warm buff colour, many elegant articles are made. These are
flower vases of various designs, lotus vases, garden and other vases,
wine-coolers, water-bottles, ewers with snake handles, flower-stands,
Stilton-cheese stands and trays, fern stands, fonts, Indian scent jars,
butter coolers, mignionette boxes, and many other articles of artistic
excellence.
The marks used by the Denby Pottery are as follows:--
[Illustration:
VITREOUS STONE BOTTLE
BOURNE & SON
PATENTEES,
DENBY POTTERY
NEAR DERBY.
BELPER & DENBY
BOURNES,
POTTERY
DERBYSHIRE.
J. BOURNE & SON.
PATENTEES
DENBY POTTERIES
NEAR DERBY.
J. BOURNE & SON.
PATENTEE S
DENBY POTTERY
NEAR DERBY.
Figs. 110 to 113.]
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