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WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES
VOL. 20, No. 2
FALL 2013
STEW & CHOWDER TUREENS
SYDENHAM SHAPE REVISITED
Page 2 Vol. 20. 2
INDEX
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4 Stew Tureens
9 Sydenham Revisited
15 More on the Foo Dog
16 Show & Tell
18 Spare Parts
18 Collectors’ Showcase
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Well, we had an interesting end to September. A rain storm with plenty of thunder and lightning dropped 6.2 inches of
water on us in one hour. The rain cloud
stalled right over our heads. We should
mention that we live on the ground floor
of the house and there is no basement.
Normally the drains work beautifully but
this time there was no place for the water
to go and it came bursting in when it hit 5
inches. Thank goodness for a really good
shop vac. We were able to move the water
out once the rain abated. We are still running two dehumidifiers and the air conditioner and think we have avoided any
mold from forming.
So, back to ironstone. We planned to
run a big article on stew tureens but we
didn’t have enough to fill many pages. So
we decided to revisit one of the most popular Shapes that we covered in the second
issue of Notes in 1994. We hope you all
enjoy it.
One thing we are enjoying very much is
our Apple ipad. We had a session at the
Lautenschlager home photographing
items from their extensive Sydenham
Shape collection. We just took the ipad
and used it to photograph everything. The
most surprising thing was shooting the
marks on the backs. It automatically focused without our having to set anything
and the ambient lighting was beautiful.
We were able to easily look at each picture
to make sure it was in focus before going
on to the next item. How many times had
we gone home and looked at our photos
to find some crucial ones were a blurred
mess. And the best of all possible things,
we were able to e-mail the photos we selected for use in Notes. No looking
around for the USB cable and find a space
to connect it from the camera to the computer.
We are not always thrilled with the
speed that technology pushes us along but
this is one time that we are happy to retire
some of our old technology. The camera
will take up space and gather dust and we
will look the other way.
LETTERS
Hello to all,
The 20th Annual Convention of WICA
will be held in Exton,PA. at the Wyndham
Garden Hotel May 1-4 2014. Bob Hohl
will give a program on children's dishes,
Saturday May 3rd.. I will be setting up the
exhibit for this program, and am asking
for help from the WICA members that
have some children's pieces in their collection and would be able to contribute
some items for this display. These can be
in White Ironstone,Tea Leaf,Transfer or
Flow Blue. Please e-mail me with a list of
any pieces you could bring, whether it be
a single piece or a complete set, with the
shape and maker if known. The success of
these exhibits really depend on the membership sharing some of their pieces for all
to see and enjoy
Thank You
Carol Fleischman
candf13@juno.com
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Here’s the scoop on Gloria Weatherby’s
Show & Tell piece. Kent’s was a retailer...located at 199 High Holbrook,
London.
It was used to prevent milk from boiling
over...probably used for making puddings.
Makes sense since the English enjoyed
their puddings.
Can’t figure out if one put the milk in the
sauce pan or put it in the ironstone
pot...Mr. Kent has not returned any of my
emails.
Al Marzorini
Vol. 20. 2 Page 3
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2013 WICA Convention
Survey Highlights
Thank you to everyone who completed
the survey from the 2013 WICA Convention. I have tabulated the data and would
like to share the highlights. This year
there was the option of returning the completed form by email or snail mail.
Statistics often seem very interesting but
dry. We all like to hear the break down,
but determining the actual information
from it can often be interpreted in different ways.
Today with the help of the internet I was
able to find an interesting story relating
one person’s interpretation on statistics.
There was this statistics student who,
when driving his car, would always accelerate hard before coming to any junction,
whiz straight over it, then slow down
again once he’d got over it. One day, he
took a passenger, who was understandably
unnerved by his driving style and asked
him why he went so fast over junctions.
The statistics student replied. “Well, statistically speaking, you are far more likely
to have an accident at a junction, so I just
make sure that I spend less time there.”
With that said, I am happy to report the
following summary of the information
provided from the survey completed for
the annual WICA convention.
The following statistics are from 25 completed surveys:
The overall convention received 56% Excellent, 28% Very Good and 16% Good
The Hotel Convention Site:
38% Excellent, 34% Very Good, 15%
Good, 8% Fair and 3% Poor
Convention Registration received:
68% Excellent, 28% Very Good and 4%
Good
Raffle and Silent Auction received:
58% Excellent, 25% Very Good, 8%
Good and 6% Fair
Friday evening activities:
43% Excellent, 25% Very Good, 14%
Good, 6% Fair and 1% Poor
Saturday Programs and Exhibit:
52% Excellent, 24% Very Good, 19%
Good and 1% Fair
Auction including our new Auctioneers
from Cordier:
60% Excellent, 24% Very Good, 7%
Good and 1.5% Fair
Sunday Sale:
65% Excellent, 22% Very Good and 9%
Good
I really appreciate all the comments and
the time everyone spent completing the
survey. If you would like the complete
survey including comments, please let me
know and I will email a copy to you.
Your WICA Board has another great convention planned for 2014. We are celebrating our 20th anniversary and I hope to
see all of you there.
P.S. Please remember to visit our Face
Book page and share photos and finds.
Dorothy
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Page 4 Vol. 20. 2
STEW TUREENS
Cameo Gothic. Left: John Alcock, 10” diam. Right: James Edwards, 12” diam.
Stew & Chowder Tureens
There are ironstone tureens that sit somewhere in design and use between a soup tureen and a covered
vegetable tureen. Collectors have called them stew or chowder tureens. Though they have not been
found included on any list of a dinner service that we have seen they were probably offered as a special piece sold separately. Like the other tureens they have been found in as many as three different
sizes. There is no elevated pedestal as in the soup and sauce tureens and some of them are found
without a ladle hole and are mistaken for a vegetable tureen. The bowls are low in form like the vegetable tureen. None have been found with a matching tray. The form is round and often many sided,
but never oval or sometimes square. The chowder and stew tureens are a simpler form and less theatrical than a soup tureen. Also, chili is perfect in a stew tureen.
Boote’s 1851 shape by T. & R. Boote.
Vol. 20. 2 Page 5
STEW TUREENS
Adriatic Shape by Barrow & Co., registered 1855, round and lower than oval soup
tureen.
Arched Forget-Me-Not by Elsmore &
Forster, 10 1/2” diam. c. 1855.
Boote’s 1851 shape by T. & R. Boote can
be found in three sizes and with or without
ladle holes.
Bordered Hyacinth by Baker & Co., aka
Lily Shape by W. & E. Corn.
Box shape by Bridgewood.
Chinese Shape aka Grenade Shape by
Alcock.
Corn by Morley. Although the shape is
round, it could be a soup tureen.
Divided Gothic by John Alcock.
Corn & Oats by Davenport and J.
Wedgwood.
Fig Cousin by Davenport. Also looks like
a toddy bowl or soup tureen.
Daisy Long Octagon by Davenport.
Fig/Union by Davenport. Has a ladle hole
not shown.
Page 6 Vol. 20. 2
STEW TUREENS
Full Ribbed by J. W. Pankhurst & Co.
Unique in having three raised feet.
Gothic 14-sided.
Leaf Fan aka Squash & Vine by Bridgewood & Clark. There is a ladle hole.
Oriental/Bamboo by J. & G. Meakin.
Virginia Shape by Bridgewood Bates &
Co. which is a different potter.
Gothic by Davenport.
Majestic Shape by T. & R. Boote, c. 1890s.
Paris Shape by John Alcock.
Gothic 14-sided by T. J. & J. Mayer, c.
1847. This piece does have a ladle hole.
Iona Shape by Bishop & Stonier. The
ladle hole is not shown here.
Many Paneled Gothic by Mellor Venables
& Co., c. 1840s.
Portland by Elsmore & Forster.
Vol. 20. 2 Page 7
STEW TUREENS
President Shape by John Edwards.
Sharon Arch by Davenport & Co.
Sydenham Shape by T. & R. Boote, found
with and without ladle hole in different
sizes.
Triple Border by James Edwards, 1854.
Prize Puritan aka Prize Medal by
T. J. & J. Mayer
Cameo Gothic by James Edwards.
Scotia Shape by F Jones & Co., aka Poppy
Shape by J. C. Wileman.
Square by T. & R. Boote. Late 1880s
shape.
Sydenham type, possibly by Red-Cliff, Trent by John Alcock with and without
11 1/2” wide. Very large.
ladle holes. Pea Vine and Cauliflower
(here) or rose bud finials.
Wheat by Robert Cochran, 9 3/4” diam.
The short foot makes it a stew or chowder
tureen.
Wheat & Daisy by Bishop & Stonier.
Page 8 Vol. 20. 2
STEW TUREENS
Wheat & Hops by J. & G Meakin, 12”
diam.
Wheat & Hops by Dean & Co.
Wild Rose Twig 10-sided by James
Edwards also by C. Meigh & Son.
Wrapped or Double Sydenham by John
Maddock. Could be a vegetable tureen
but found with a ladle hole.
Hotel Willard, possibly Morley.
Lily of the Vally by James Edwards,
8” diameter. Janice Stork thinks it
may be a small toddy.
Vol. 20. 2 Page 9
SYDENHAM SHAPE REVISITED
Toilet service.
June 21, 1854
Tea service.
July 18, 1854
In the 1994 White Ironstone Notes (Volume 1 No. 2), we did a profile
of T&R Boote’s Sydenham Shape. We compared it to its sister shape,
Boote’s 1851. In the past 19 years there have been some new discoveries
about both shapes. But here we will focus only on Sydenham, and deal
with 1851 in a later issue.
Sydenham was registered for a patent in 1853 and again in 1854. (see
drawings of diamond reg. marks) A couple of years ago WICA researched the patent registry archives at Kew, England. We found two
pages of the registered Sydenham Shape. One of the ewer and basin and
another of the soup tureen and tray. (See pg. 10).
Sydenham Shape is one of the most popular shapes among collectors.
It must have been exported in large quantities since so much is found
here. The design of all the flat ware has typical shallow low relief embossing. The modeler changed the form dramatically in designing the
tureens, compotes and syllabub bowls. It is unlike any design we know
in ceramics and startlingly different than all previous designs. The form
has been described as an upsweeping tulip. Collectors nick-named them
“Tulip Sydenham”. It has a thicker bodied more voluptuous, curvilinear
form in a much deeper relief than the flat ware or the tea and toilet services. Also a new wavy form rim was added to the tureens which were
potted in both round and oval versions. The difference of the flat and
deeply carved form would have been confusing to collectors if the Bootes
had not marked almost all pieces with the registry and shape name. (See
above)
Consider those Sydenham Shape pieces that have not yet been found
and the few that have since our first profile on the shape. No traditional
large wide, low punch bowl has been found of the kind that rests on a
low foot and needed no lid. A syllabub or toddy bowl has been found.
(See pg. 12) The bowl has an inner rim for a lid and a lid with a ladle
hole. It sits on a high pedestal and is identical in form to the larger of the
Dinner service.
September 3, 1853
September 3, 1854
Found on same dinner service pieces
as top mark. May have been a mistake by the person who created the
stamp. J instead of Y.
two known sizes of open round compotes. (See pg.12) Many punch or
syllabub cups have been found. We find it strange that they are the flatter
thinner walled form like those in the tea set (See pg. 13). They appear
almost “wrong” next to the curvilinear syllabub bowl. (See pg.11 - Klein
hutch - top right shelf) The round soup tureens have been found in two
sizes and vegetable tureens are found in three but the oval vegetables
have been found in five sizes. (See pg. 15) Only one large size of oval
soup tureen is known. Both the round and oval sauce tureens are found
in only one size. No footbath or waste/slop jar has been found. A
Sydenham waste jar was reportedly seen by Jack Anspaugh. He said it
was in the 1980s in a NY City Interior decorators shop window display.
It was not for sale. Others have been reported but they always turn out
to be Boote’s 1851 shape which is well known and in a few collections.
A cookie plate or cake plate is known. It holds an eight inch diameter
cake beautifully. (See pg.13) There is no child’s tea set (teapot, sugar,
creamer or waste bowl) though the Lautenschlager’s have owned the
child’s teacups and saucers for years. (See pgs. 11 & 13) There is no
pewter lidded syrup pitcher. Also no table-size covered hot beverage
server though a small 4 inch tall one is known with a drainer, but no lid.
(See pg. 12) No egg cups, though there are three sizes of sugar bowls,
creamers and waste bowls, so far only two sizes of teapots are known.
But T&R Boote made an 1851 shape 11 in. tall coffee pot with a narrow
elongated neck. We assume the third size Sydenham could have been a
tall coffee pot. No well & tree platter has been seen. Graduated sizes of
seven Sydenham shape oval and octagon platters are known, and graduated stacks of six or seven bakers or serving dishes have been found in
round, oval and octagon shapes. A butter dish is known (See pg.13) but
only a dish without a cover of the pancake or muffin server has been
found. Three sizes of ewers are known but only two sizes basins have
been found.
Page 10 Vol. 20. 2
The writing on top of the Kew recording of Sydenham Shape is:
Toilet Wares T. & R. Boote of the Waterloo Pottery Burslem
Manufacturers. Proprietors. No. 96085
See page 14 for photo of real ewer and basin.
Above: Kew patent registry drawing of the soup tureen
and accurate rendering of tray and tray itself.
Above round and decagon plates came in
6 sizes (See pg. 13)
Vol. 20. 2 Page 11
Left: A stack of 6-sized oval platters from 10” long to 20”
long. It is possible that there is a 22” platter.
Below left: A stack of 7 octagon platters from 9” to 20”.
Right: Two sizes of soup tureen and a sauce tureen in the
middle.
Here are two collections of Sydenham Shape. Interestingly, both collections are housed in handmade hutches.
Above is the Klein collection which is still building and at the right is the Lautenschlager collection which has
been collected for over twenty years.
Page 12 Vol. 20. 2
Left top: Oval vegetable tureen
which comes in at least 5 sizes.
Left below: Round stew tureen.
Right: Syllabub or toddy bowl.
There is an inner rim the lid
rests on and a ladle hole
Below middle: Top view of
compotes and toddy bowl
showing the differences.
Below bottom: Two sizes of
round compotes.
This ladle has come with many pieces of
Sydenham so we assume it is correct.
Gravy boat with rare matching tray.
Traditional leaf shape pickle or
relish dish.
Toast Water pitcher 4” high.
Vol. 20. 2 Page 13
Above left: Covered butter dish and bottom of a pancake server showing a rim for a drainer.
Above right: 2 different butter dishes. One with a flat
brim like the one for the large pancake dish. The other
has a double groove and deeper brim.
Above: 5 graduated round deep dishes, 6 graduated decagon flat
plates (large dinner, small dinner, luncheon, desert plate, bread &
butter, and cup plate.) 6 graduated deep dishes (honey dish, berry
dish, cereal, small soup, medium soup, and large soup.)
Below left: Large decagon serving bowl which can be found in 5
graduated sizes, and also in round shape.
Above: Rare cookie or cake plate
Below right: Octagon baker known in 5 sizes.
Page 14 Vol. 20. 2
Above and below: Octagon and round forms of the soap dishes.
Below: The matching versions of the brush boxes shown with the soap boxes.
Personalized mugs were used in barber shops.
It was ideal for Victorian hygiene that each
man had his own shaving mug.
Potties have been found in two sizes. Since 3 mugs
and 3 ewers are known, we suspect there are 3 sizes
of toilet services.
Ewer and basin. Compare it to the drawing for the
patent on page 10.
Rare vertical brush vase with
drainer and undertray.
Vol. 20. 2 Page 15
4-piece oval soup tureeen and pair of sauce tureens. Note the branch-type handles and acorn finials. Also note the pedestals of two are a different design than
the one on the left.
The base on this oval tureen is the
more common design.
There are 3 sizes of sugar bowl. They measure 7” - 7 1/2” and
7 3/4” to the top of the finial.
This oval compote is 11 1/4” wide at the top.
5 graduated sizes of oval vegetable tureens from small 8 3/4” to large 11 1/4” long.
Page 16 Vol. 20. 2
SHOW & TELL
Jim Kerr noticed this pitcher on eBay and
told us he had never seen this pattern. The
maker is Bridgewood and Clarke,
Jim, We named it Grape Vine With Clusters.
We have a 7 inch tall one and a 9.50 in tall
one in the archives. The 7 incher is not
marked. The 9.50 incher is marked Wedgwood & Co. The one you sent is marked
Bridgwood & Clarke. Kowalsky's book
shows no connection between them.
Ernie
Ernie, do you remember looking at this 2 piece item at convention. Boyd Payne
had it. Well we bought it and when I got it home I looked in my JF cabinet and
found the 2 pc. sauce I had purchased last year, not knowing if it was a marriage
or not, I now feel the sauce is right. Both have the same finials and similar handle
details. What would you call the finial-melon or gourd? Isn't it fun to continue to
find unknown pieces!!!
Carol (Fleischman)
We think it’s a fig finial and we should call it Fig shape.
Vol. 20. 2 Page 17
SHOW & TELL
Ernie!! I think I have sent you a pic of the Pap feeder marked JHM, we now have a bread plate with the same mark.
I remember you thinking of doing something on the later potters. I found this info in Godden's Guide to Ironstone Stone & Granite Wares:
J. H. Middleton, Longton c.1899-1911
Joseph Henry Middleton had been a partner in Messrs Joseph Henry Middleton & Hudson c.1877-1888 in High
Street, Longton, and at the Bagnell Street Works. In approximately 1889 he took over the Bagnell Street Works and
traded there under his own name. This works was later renamed the Delphine Pottery.
While Middleton and the succeeding firm of J. R. Middleton & Co. c.1912-41 is mainly known for bone china, marketed under the Delphine trade name, some Ironstone wares bear "J. H. M. initial marks which could well relate to the
early period of J. R. Middleton potting under his own name.
The Royal Arms device and the description "Royal Ironstone China" appear with these initials.
Carol (Fleischman)
This (gravy boat) came marked Girard Shape. The mark is
very faint but is for sure the round Ridgway mark with Girard
shape in the center of the circle
It doesn't relate to anything else in Girard shape except the
panels on the soup and sauce tureens have that heart shape instead of the shield on all of the other pieces. see pg 149 in the
Illus. Guide.
Rick Nielsen
You are right Rick but we think it actually is Girard Shape.
In looking through the Illustrated Guide this morning I came across the pattern Quartered Scrolls by
Ridgway. This is the pattern of the gravy boat I
brought to Show and Tell at the convention this
year. On page 15 of the last issue of WIN it is just
identified as “a Scrolled Medallion type design
circa 1860. We were not able to identify the pattern or potter.” Well now we can identify it!
Something new every day.
Jim Kerr
Page 18 Vol. 20. 2
SPARE PARTS
Needed: Ceres by E&F coffee and tea
pot lids.
Jane Diemer –pahbubba@comcast.net
or 302-475-7412.
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This part of the page is intentionally
empty because we only received one
request.
We hope our members understand that
you can request whole pieces not just
parts of ironstone. If you are missing
a pitcher to your tea set, there might be
a member that has two and would be
interested in selling one. Or if you
want a punch bowl this might be the
best place to find one.
Look through your collection and see
what you might be missing.
COLLECTORS’ SHOWCASE
Kathy & Tom Lautenschlager brought this
ironstone flower pot to our attention while
we were photographing some of their
Sydenham Shape pieces for the article in this
issue of Notes.
The hand-cut reticulation around the top of
the pot is delightful and shows the age of the
pot although there are no marks to identify
it. It is 7 inches tall and has no flaws. Must
have been pushed to the back of a cupboard
and forgotten about for many years.