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
_T. Furnival & Sons._--This firm (who occupy two old manufactories,
viz., those formerly belonging to Adams and to Blackwell) has been
established about thirty years, and ranks high as manufacturers of
white granite and vitrified ironstone, and decorated toilet wares,
for the United States and Canadian markets, to which they ship large
quantities of goods, as they do also printed goods to the continental
markets. For the home trade Messrs. Furnival & Sons produce, in
their beautiful “patent ironstone,” dinner and other services of
various qualities in point of decoration. Among their more recent
“specialities” are dinner services, &c, of rich Italian design (made
for Pellatt & Wood), plain white, with a china-like surface and glaze;
the ornamentation, which is indented, is produced from an embossed
mould, the lines being as fine and delicate as if cut in by the graver,
so as to have the appearance of chasing; and the lines being filled
with glaze the surface is still even. Other noted patterns are the
“Dresden Flute” and “Lemon Knob” services. In crested services for the
home markets a large and satisfactory trade is done. Another noticeable
feature is the happy combination in services of transfer printing,
hand painting, enamelling and gilding; some of the services, those
decorated with grasses and insects especially, are of high artistic
order, and show how advantageously the two processes can be combined.
Our engraving shows a group of articles produced at that manufactory,
which are remarkable for their elegant forms and for the simple beauty
of their decorations. Another engraving exhibits a remarkably elegant
flower-pot and stand, with relief figures and other decorations. But
these are not a tithe of the beautiful articles produced by Messrs.
Furnival. Among the more successful of their productions are the “Swan”
and “Nautilus” toilet services, which are of great beauty. The body of
the former ewer is oviform, with bulrush decorations in relief; the
neck, mouth, and handle make a well-formed swan. These are produced in
white, heightened with gold, and enamelled in colours. The “Nautilus”
pattern has the mouth of the ewer formed of a nautilus shell and the
handle of coral, while the decorations are sea-weeds, true to nature,
both in modelling and in colour. The mark of the firm is simply
FURNIVAL impressed in the ware.
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