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
[Illustration: Figs. 503 and 504.]
Medals have been awarded at the Exhibitions of London, 1851, 1862,
Paris 1855, Lyons 1872, and Vienna 1873; at the latter, two medals,
one for excellence of earthenware and china and the other for
sanitary goods, were awarded. The firm were large contributors to the
Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876; some of their exhibits are shown in
Figs. 484 to 499.
* * * * *
_Trent Pottery._--These works, in Joiner Square, were built by Messrs.
Stanway, Horne, and Adams, the present proprietors, in 1859, and
they have been carried on without change since that time. The works
were established for the production of ornamental goods in parian,
and useful goods of an improved design in stoneware and ordinary
earthenware, and these have continued to extend themselves year by
year. The great speciality is their cheap ornamental parian, in which
jugs of various kinds, vases, figures, groups, busts, and a large
number of other articles are made; of these they are large makers,
not less than 460,000 pieces of these alone being made and disposed
of during one year. Notably, among the designs for jugs and cream
ewers, are the Indian corn, pine-apple, shell, and dolphin patterns;
the first of these is of peculiar elegance. Vases and other chimney
ornaments are produced of excellent design and of various sizes. Of
late years, classical statuettes, groups, busts, &c., in Parian, have
been made, and are a prominent feature of the works; they are well and
cleverly modelled, and the quality of the body is remarkably good. A
group of “Commerce,” seated, is one of the most effective. The great
and laudable aim of the “Trent Works” has been the production of good
average designs in Parian at a cheap rate, so as to place them within
the reach of all; in this they have eminently succeeded. Stone ware,
lustre ware, and terra cotta, are also produced, and of late the
manufacture of pearl china has been added. The markets supplied are the
home, United States, the Continent, etc. No mark is used.
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