WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES

WHITE IRONSTONE NOTES
VOL. 20, No. 3
WINTER 2013
TEA & COFFEE POTS
BOOTE’S 1851 SHAPE REVISITED
Above is a great example of Boote’s 1851 shape child’s and
adult tea and coffee pots. This photo refers to both articles
in this issue of WIN. That doesn’t occur often.
Information and forms are also included with this issue for
the upcoming 2014 Convention in Exton, Pennsylvania.
Take a look at the great pieces in the Raffle.
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INDEX
WICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dorothy Riley, President
Jane Diemer,Vice President
Carol Fleischman, Secretary
Dave Klein, Treasurer
Jeanne Atkinson
Dennis Contri
Wes Diemer
Bev Dieringer
Joe Eidukaitis
Jim Miller
Rev. John R. Schilling III
Barbara Tegtmeyer
Don Wagner
Legal Advisor: Tom Moreland
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4 Tea & Coffee Pots
12 Boote’s 1851 shape Revisited
15 Mason’s Foo Dog
16 Show & Tell
17 Bridgewood’s Fig New Shape
18 Spare Parts
18 Collectors’ Showcase
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
We wish you all a very happy Holiday
Season.
There are some very serious things
about WICA to bring to your attention.
Like many collector’s clubs, we have been
loosing members in large amounts the last
five or six years. We are down to less than
200 households. In order to qualify for
bulk mail rates we have to have at least
200 addresses. Those of you who signed
up as ‘green’ members and were printing
your newsletters off the Internet, have
been getting hard copies in the mail because we had to use your addresses. Now
we need the majority of our members to
sign up as ‘green’ if possible. We know
there are some of you that don’t have the
ability to print your newsletters and we
will be able to continue sending your copy
through the mail.
We would like to see many new members but that doesn’t seem likely. People
are selling their collections by the dozens
and not happily because the prices are just
not the same as what was paid for pieces
years ago.
If anyone out there has some ideas to
help this situation, we would be happy to
hear them.
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LETTERS
Enjoyed your article on stew/chowder
tureens -- just thought I'd let you know the
differences between White Ironstone and
Flow Blue/Mulberry Ironstone.
1. I have (or have seen) these tureens by
T. Goodfellow, Davenport, Podmore
Walker, P. Holdcroft, T. J. & J. Mayer and
C. Meigh -- I am sure there are lots more.
2. All of the FB or Mul ones have heavy
reinforcement under the finial (as do the
WI ones on pg 6 (of the las issue) --
Gothic by TJ&J Mayer, Davenport and
Mellor Venables).
(George Wells tells me that the heavy reinforcement under the finial is to prevent
the finial from "popping off" in a too-hot
oven.)
3. None of the FB or Mul ones have ladle
holes
We call these pieces Covered Casseroles
or number-of-sides Covered Casseroles
(14, 16, etc)
I am sure that there are examples of
FB/MUL tureens such as these with ladle
holes -- please please find me one!!!!!
Ellen Hill
Cyprus stew tureen by Davenport
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER
I would like wish everyone a Joyful Holiday Season and I hope you have the best
White Ironstone Christmas ever!
I can’t believe it’s winter already and that
summer is gone. I hope everyone found
some wonderful pieces over the summer
and they will bring them to the Show and
Tell at the May convention in Exton, PA.
Since the last newsletter the board members met in Exton, PA for our mid-year
meeting. The minutes will be published
in the Members Only section on our website. We had a very productive board
meeting. We did try using Skype during
the board meeting, but it wasn’t very successful. There were two main concerns
with using Skype. The first one was the
wireless in the hotel wasn’t very good and
we lost Barbara Tegtmeyer a few times.
Barbara was having a similar problem on
her end too. The second concern was for
Barbara to be able to hear people at the
other end of the meeting table. The mi-
Vol. 20. 3 Page 3
crophone in my computer was not able to
pick up the people talking at the other end
of the table. We will discuss these concerns at the next board meeting when all
of the board members are present. The
next board meeting will be the Thursday
prior to the convention at Exton, Pennsylvania.
Our Facebook page is getting attention. I
would like to offer a special thank you to
everyone who has posted photos of their
pieces and finds on our page. Many of
our ‘likes’ are people that are not club
members; hopefully we will find some
new members. We’ve had a few people
outside of the club inquiring about patterns and one recently on person requesting information on cleaning ironstone. At
the time of writing we are only two likes
short of eighty! Please visit our Facebook
page and ‘like’ us if you haven’t done so
already. At our board meeting, Dennis
Contri, provided information about Pinterest and I haven’t figured it all out yet,
but I’m doing my best to share ironstone
finds from Pinterest to our Facebook
page.
ironstone, the main attraction. Details of
the convention are in this edition. We
hope to see as many club members there
as possible. I would like to extend a special thank you to Jane for all her hard
work in chairing the convention.
Thank you to everyone for completing the
survey and sending it to me. There were
some great ideas and suggestions put forth
and we discussed them at the board meeting.
Dorothy
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And one last thing, we were made aware
by one of our members that the magazine
below contained about nine pages of another member’s collections including their
white ironstone. Unfortunately, by the
time you get this notice, the magazine will
be off the racks. it is dated Dec. 2013.
NEXT ISSuES
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TEA & COFFEE POTS
The cover of this issue has a photo of all the known
pots of T&R Boote’s 1851 shape, including the child’s size.
The three large ones are graduated in two inch increments.
The taller elongated one is 13 inches high. Jean Wetherbee
and other authors have called the elongated pots a coffee pot.
(We have seen two of them with a single quarter size hole on
the inside where the pour spout is attached. One of them is a
Full Panel Gothic eight sided pot, (see page 8.) All of the others, (including the child’s size pots) have a number of small
strainer holes on the inside of the attached pour spout. The
shorter medium size and smaller size pots are probably teapots
and have a larger footprint with a wider, fuller proportion.
They are 9 to 11 inches tall. Oddly the coffee pot and largest
teapot hold the same quantity of liquid (6 cups).
Other potters shapes are often much closer in size. Jean
Wetherbee thought it was odd that some of the other shape
teapots were an inch or less difference in height and that they
couldn’t hold that much more liquid. Doris Lechler (author
of “English Toy china”) described the larger teapot in some
sets as a hot water pot. And in earlier ceramics there are kettle
shape pots that were part of a set made for hot water used for
the second pot of tea. The three large pots on the cover illustrate that some potters did make three sizes. Collectors have
found three sizes of sugars, creamers. But waste bowls are
often found in only two sizes.
In Godden’s book, he copies a pricing list that mentions
simply “a white tea set, 45 pieces”. We wonder what that included. Jean Wetherbee describes a tea set as “including
teapot, creamer, covered sugar, waste bowl and handleless
cups and saucers, 8 or 9 inch plates and sometimes biscuit
trays”. She also describes a coffee set that “included a larger
coffee pot, larger creamer and covered sugar and larger cups
and saucers (usually handle less but occasionally found with
handles)”. Open stock may possibly have been offered to buyers from the 1840’s. Jean Wetherbee reports that ceramic
journals, after 1870 had ads for open stock in ironstone. All
of the different sizes were possibly offered in open stock giving buyers a choice of the pot or pots, creamer, sugar and
waste bowl that served them best.
The drawings on this page are of examples that were
presented by potters for a patent registry of tea and coffee
sets or services, at the Public Records Office in England. The
images are cropped and don’t show all of the data recorded,
but you can see the term Earthenware and registered numbers,
a shape name, the potters names and addresses. The Fluted
Band teapots was referred to as part of a Tea Service, while
in the later Elsmore & Forster Ceres Shape is referred to as a
Tea and Coffee Set. Proof that coffee pots were made and
sold as such. The drawings often included drawings of a
teapot, creamer, covered sugar, handleless cup, waste bowl
and a plate.
The illustrations of tea and coffee pots on the following
pages are in no particular order.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 5
TEA & COFFEE POTS
Wheat by Jacob Furnival. Two sizes of teapots. The tall teapot
may be a coffee pot at 10 1/2” high.
Fluted Band by J. Wedgwood, (also potted with a ring handle).
Both hold 5 3/4 cups of liquid. Teapot is 8 1/2” high.
Paneled Grape by Jacob Furnival has a grape cluster finial and was also made with a ring finial.
Both sets are 10” and 11” tall. No elongated tall version has been found.
Walled Octagon by Jacob Furnival, 10” and 11” tall.
Scrolled Bubble by J. W. Pankhurst. Left one is 10 1/4” high
and has a ring finial. The right one is 11 1/2” high.
Page 6 Vol. 20. 3
TEA & COFFEE POTS
Memnon Shape by John Meir & Son. Tall Coffee pot is 12 1/4” high.
Teapots are 11” and 9 3/4”. Note, coffee pot has narrow, elongated
neck and smaller foot.
Boote’s 1851 shape including the child’s size. The elongated
one is 13” high.
Napier Shape by Bridgwood & Son. Possibly two teapots at 9 1/2”
and 10” high.
Vertical Panel Gothic by Mellor, Venables & Co. The
lid on the 10” high pot is a marriage. The child’s has
the right lid and is 6 1/2” high.
Diamond Shape aka Eagle Diamond Thumbprint by Gelson Bros, 9 3/4”
and 10 1/2” high. Jean Wetherbee called the tall one a coffee pot.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 7
TEA & COFFEE POTS
Framed Leaf teapot by Pankhurst, with a child’s-size 5 5/8”
high one. Note, the child’s one has no leaves.
Scotia by Jones 12” and 10” high.
Morning Glory by Elsmore & Forster, 11” and 10” high.
Fig/Union Shape by Wedgwood, also Davenport. No tall, narrowneck shape has been found. Child’s size is 5 1/2” high. The large
pots are 9” and 10” high.
Basketweave with Band by Alfred Meakin.
Laurel Wreath by Elsmore & Forster 12” 10” high.
An 8” high one is also known.
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TEA & COFFEE POTS
Ceres Shape by Elsmore & Forster, 11” & 9” high. No
tall, narrow coffee pot version has been found.
Ceres child's teapots are shown with a 9" teapot. The difference
in size comes through clearly, the neck of the smaller one (5") on
the right side is really narrower than the 5 1/4" one on the left.
Wheat & Clover, 11 1/2” and 9 1/2” high.
Classic Gothic by Wedgwood and at least 16 other
potters, 11” and 9 1/2” high.
Full Paneled Gothic by James Edwards, coffee pot and
pinch neck teapot, 11” and 8” high. Same registry date
on both pots.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 9
TEA & COFFEE POTS
Lily of the Valley with Thumbprint by Jacob Furnival, 10” and 11” high.
Virginia Shape by Braugham & Mayer, 11 1/2” and 10” high.
Grand Loop, two versions by Jacob Furnival. Left split pod finials and
right, lily finials. Left 11” and 9 3/4”. Right 10 1/4” and 9 1/4”.
Sydenham Shape by T. & R. Boote. These teapots hold 7 and
5 cups of liquid.
Split Handle by J. & G. Meakin, 9” and 10” high.
Ivy Wreath Shape by John Meir & Son. Tall one is 11 1/2” and
the other is 10” high.
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TEA & COFFEE POTS
Bulbous Octagon (aka Paneled Gothic) by J. W. Pankhurst.
Two sizes of teapots.
Primary Gothic tall coffee pot with two child-size
Primary Single Line shape pots. Tall one found
with J. Wedgwood mark.
Victor Shape by F. Jones, 11 1/2” high
coffee pot.
Shaw’s Pear by Anthony Shaw. Two teapots, smaller one has a
grape vine transfer pattern.
Primary Gothic coffee T. J. & .J Mayer.
Huron Shape by W. Adams, 10 1/2”
possible coffee pot.
Berlin Swirl by Mayer & Elliot,
11 1/2” high coffee pot.
Prairie Flowers Shape by Livesley,
Powell & Co.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 11
TEA & COFFEE POTS
DeSoto Shape by Thomas Hughes, we do not have the measurements but the pot on the right is likely a coffee pot.
Portland Elsmore & Forster, 11 1/2” tall.
Primary Gothic, T. J. & J. Mayer
Paneled Berry with Leaves, J. & G. Meakin.
12 1/2” high.
J.F. Gothic coffee pot & teapot.
Bordered Hyacinth, Baker & Co.
Bordered Fuchsia, A. Shaw.
Page 12 Vol. 20. 3
BOOTE’S 1851 REVISITED
In Vol.1 #2 of The WIN we did a profile on T&R Boote’s 1851 shape. There have been some
new objects found since then and we are showing them here in Boote’s 1851 Shape Revisited. First there is the master relish and set of smaller ones that have been called a dessert
set. Also there are two ladles with the same shell motif as Boote’s 1851 relishes. They also
have elongated 1851 type ogee motifs extending down from the handle end. One has pointed
petal shapes and the other has rounded petals. One has an octagon ladle bowl and the other
a round bowl. It has been speculated that the one with the pointed ogee and octagon ladle
bowl could be a Boote’s 1851 ladle. But so far we have not found one with a Boote mark.
They have been found with a T. Goodfellow and another with a Brougham and Mayer impressed registry mark and is identified as Virginia shape. Oddly it is the one with the octagon
ladle bowl and has no similarity to Virginia shapes tureens. Until those shell motif ladles
showed up we had accepted the generic shaped one below as the Boote 1851 shape. None of
those have been found marked by Boote. If you have any of these ladles with a mark please
send us photos or the information for our archives. In the past few years, seven different
sized pitchers have been found - six of which are shown here. Also the syrup pitcher and the
covered hot beverage server are major discoveries, along with the wonderful cake plate.
It is so strange that Boote potted three sizes of Sydenham mugs and not a single 1851 shape
mug has been found. We are sure that a mug or even the elusive footbath will pop up when
we least expect it. But we have been saying that for over thirty years.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 13
BOOTE’S 1851 REVISITED
Left: Above, Boote’s 1851 cake or cookie plate and
below it, the Boote’s Sydenham plate. The only difference between them is the device between the
shields on the Sydenham plate.
Below: Two sizes of child’s size cups and at right an adult size
handled tea or coffee cup.
A cup plate with a child’s handless cup and saucer and
an adult handled tea cup and deep saucer for cooling
hot tea.
Hot beverage server.
Pewter lidded syrup server.
Page 14 Vol. 20. 3
BOOTE’S 1851 REVISITED
Above left: A large stew tureen with a ladle hole and a generic 1851 ladle.
Above right: Two stew tureens. The smaller one has no ladle hole or ladle.
All have spiraled handles with the shell motif.
Below: Newly discovered in both 1851 shape and Sydenham Shape are
compotes with inner rims for lids with ladle holes. We don’t know what
they were called but they are higher pedestalled than the punch or toddy
bowl shown at right.
Below: Views of the inside of the
lidded compotes with rims compared
to the inside of open compotes without rims.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 15
MASON’S FOO DOG
Pictured is a large Mason’s soup tureen with a foo dog finial. It was made for the Ruddock’s Hotel in New Orleans,
LA and was probably shipped there by the Kissam Company of New York City. There is a bit of current history and
quite a lot of New Orleans’ history surrounding the tureen. Jane Diemer bought it several years ago from a CT dealer,
Michael Wineberg, who is the editor of the TCC newsletter. He bought it at a CT auction and was under bidder on a
Mason’s Ruddock’s Hotel ewer at another auction. His guess was that a Yankee soldier carried the ceramics from LA to
CT – sounds too far fetched to me! Michael and I were curious about the name “Ruddock”. I called several large libraries
in LA and nothing was forthcoming.
Fast forward to February 20, 2013 when a Mr. Raymond Bordelon, who collects ceramics with a New Orleans provenance very kindly supplied me with the following information on Mr. Robert Ruddock, probably owner of the hotel in
which the pictured tureen was used. It must have been used hard because there is quite a bit of damage, something I do
not mind a bit. I quote him: “Hello, Jane Diemer. I will try to give you a time line and hope it makes sense. The man
we are speaking of is Robert Ruddock, and all of his actions take place during a difficult time, the Panic of 1837, which
began in April of that year. There was a brief rebound from January 1838 until October 1839, then a second panic that
lasted four more years till 1843. This, as you will see, I think, sets the stage for Mr. Ruddock’s actions. He first appears
in New Orleans’ records at the Exchange Coffee House on 1/23/1837 buying a slave named “Kitty”, then on 2/1/1837
buying another slave “Hannah”, still again on 2/13/1837 buying one more slave “Mary”. On 3/31/1837 he purchases
two lots of ground on Tonti Street. The panic of the economy begins in April 1837. By August 1837 he is trying to
extend his payment terms on “Hannah”. By 11/2/1837 he sells slave “Mary”. On 2/2/1838 Mr. Ruddock takes out a license bond with the City of New Orleans to operate a hotel at 147 Chartres Street called the Orleans Hotel; the hotel is
listed in the city directory of 1838 as a neat edifice recently repaired, erected about 1798 and presently kept by M. R.
Ruddock, airy and convenient in construction, having a square court in the center like a Spanish patio. One hundred persons can be accommodated here for breakfast and dinner; two hundred can sit down with comfort. Then on 2/24/1838
he sells “Hannah” and “Kitty” . Keep in mind by January 1838 one half million Americans experience job loss. Unfortunately by 10/11/1838 the paper lists Mr. Ruddock, formerly of the Orleans Hotel, now opening the bar of the Conti
Street Hotel, and on the 25th will open the Conti Street Hotel for boarders. On 6/24/1839 he loses his property purchased
in 1837 to a sheriff’s sale. By 10/30/1840 the Conti Street Hotel has a new owner. On 4/24/1838 Ruddock buys a slave
“Edward”. By 6/25/1840 Ruddock purchases two lots of ground in the Treme area. Then on 10/25/1840 he is opening
a restaurant at 92 Camp Street; he is listed there only until 1/26/1841. Lastly he is listed as superintendent of the Mandeville Hotel across the lake from New Orleans from 6/2/1841 until 11/20/1841. As of 8/15/1842 there are unclaimed
letters from him in the post office, and his last property purchased is sold at sheriff sale on 11/12/1842.”
Jane Diemer
Sources: public library records, old city directories, genealogy bank, news paper articles, various archives
Page 16 Vol. 20. 3
SHOW & TELL
The newly discovered ewer at right is a combination of
Divided Gothic by Alcock (shown ar left) with Framed
Leaf on lower panels. Meigh did a couple of rounded
forms with Framed Leaf panels. (We have examples on
pg. 137 of our Illustrated Guide)
Burleigh Ware ironstone, Staffordshire,
England. This jug is another example of
modern ironstone that might fool the
new collector.
Vol. 20. 3 Page 17
BRIDGWOOD’S FIG - A NEW SHAPE
Bridgwood’s Fig
Bridgwood & Son were potting at Longton from
1854 to 1890+. We are calling the shape Bridgwood's Fig aka Fig by Bridgwood & Son.
Only three other shapes in white ironstone were
potted by them. - Napier Shape - Scrolled Border
(a plate) - and a late Square Box shape.
Page 18 Vol. 20. 3
SPARE PARTS
WANTED
Sauce Tray-Paneled Grape J.F.
Berry Cluster J.F.
Quartered Rose J.F.
Atlantic "B" oval
Teapot lids-Ceres
Memnon
Grand Loop
Carol Fleischman, 815 723 0904 or
email candfl3@juno.com
---------------------------------------------Does anyone have a 5" liner for a butter
that you would like to sell me? I am
also looking for Sydenham honey
dishes because I had only three and
broke one.
Bertica Vasseur, 603-899-2886 or
email elmwoodct@aol.com
---------------------------------------------Wanted: the bottom to Ceres soap box.
My daughter’s husband broke hers.
Would also like the bottom to a Ceres
brush box, don’t ask.
Would also like the bottom to a
Diamond,
aka
Eagle
Diamond
Thumbprint potty (not a disaster). Will
happily pay or trade.
Bev Dieringer, 203 938 3740 or email
dieringer1@aol.com
---------------------------------------------This is the perfect place to advertise
for that piece of ironstone for which you
have been searching for years. Take advantage of it. Just send me an email or
a letter with your wants, and, alternately, you can advertise ironstone that
you would like to sell.
COLLECTORS’ SHOWCASE
Boyd and Brenda Payne were at
a recent auction and won this little
treasure. A White Oak & Acorn soap
dish. We have not found very many
pieces of this particular shape so it is
nice to add it to the archives.
RAFFLE
WICA 2014 RAFFLE 6 CHANCES FOR $5.00
TWO PAGES OF TICKETS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS MAILING
YOU CAN PRINT MORE TICKETS ON LINE AT
www.whiteironstonechina.com AND SEND
YOUR PAYMENT AND ALL TICKETS TO:
DAVID KLEIN, 1513 PERRY ST., DAVENPORT, IA 52803
Bordered Hyacinth brush box by W. Baker & Co. 8 1/2” long.
Small Boote’s 1851 stew tureen. 8 1/2” diameter by 7” high
to top of finial. No chips or cracks.
A Ceres toddy bowl by Turner, Goddard & Co. 9 3/4” diameter by
6” high. There is one shallow 1/4” chip on the rim, otherwise perfect.
A Ceres Coffee pot by Elsmore & Forster, 11” high. Perfect
except for one small chip under the inside rim of the lid.
WICA CONVENTION 2014
Wyndham Garden Exton Valley Forge Hotel
815 North Pottstown Pike
Exton, PA 19341
610-363-1100
Thursday – May 1, 2014 - Sunday – May 4, 2014
Convention Group Rate Per Night & Comp. Breakfast - $109
The Wyndham Garden Hotel is a full service hotel conveniently located less than two miles from the Downingtown Exit 312 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. There are free parking adjacent to the Hotel, elevators, internet access, rooms for special needs persons, restaurant, bar-lounge, fitness center, indoor pool and a
morning newspaper. Please make your WICA hotel reservations by April 9, 2014 by calling 610-363-1100
and mention that you as a WICA member are entitled to the special rate of $109 per night, which includes a
breakfast.
Things To Do Near the Wyndham Garden
You may wish to get to the Hotel early or remain after the Sunday sale in order to enjoy nearby attractions,
among them the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford; exhibiting American art in a 19th century grist
mill, the museum is known for unparalleled works by three Wyeth generations. Valley Forge National Historic
Park, the site of the 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army is an estimated fifteen miles
from the Hotel. The Chadds Ford Winery is nearby as is the famous home shopping company, QVC Studio.
Longwood Gardens with its famous four acre conservatory and extensive outside gardens is not to be missed,
and some of the best Sunday antiquing around is north on the PA Turnpike at Adamstown.
Friday Trip To Winterthur Museum – Delaware – Glass & China Storage; Garden Tram Ride
If you want to do something your friends most likely have not experienced, join us for a carpooled ride to
Winterthur Museum, approximately twenty miles from the Wyndham Garden, in order to view china and
glass items not seen by the public. I have practically lived at Winterthur over the years, and I have not yet
had the pleasure of viewing its china and glass storage areas. An expert guide will talk about the rare, valuable
ceramic and glass items collected over decades by Mr. Henry “Harry” duPont, owner and creator of Winterthur Estate and Museum. WICA members who in the past have shied away from a lot of museum-walking
can easily do this one, as the “tour” to my knowledge goes only to two rooms, which are easily accessible by
walker and wheel chair. WICA is also invited to board garden trams for a twenty minute narrated tour fea-
turing highlights of the estate gardens; stops include Azalea Woods, Magnolia Bend and Enchanted Woods.
A relaxing lunch can be purchased in the cafeteria located in the Visitors’ Center. My daughter Anne and I
took the Winterthur Yuletide tour last November and enjoyed tasty salads and lovely woodland views there.
Anne particularly loved the fantastic book store as well. Instead of a costly bus, this year we will car pool
and travel cavalcade style from the Wyndham Garden to Winterthur in nearby Delaware. Cost per individual
for the day is $30, which does not include lunch.
Friday, the first day of the convention, is arranged a bit differently this year: instead of offering a “packaged”
dinner in the evening, we recommend your having dinner on your own at the Wyndham Garden restaurant
and then at 6:30 PM joining the WICA gang in the Malvern Room for a dessert reception, Big Band dance,
group photo (after all it is our 20th!) and cash bar. Yes, I said dance! I am not exactly saying win the jitterbug
contest and get an ironstone soup tureen, but you are expected to join in the fun! Then remain “revved” and
shop at the popular flea market and tops and bottoms event. Boyd Payne chairs and he can be reached at 336227-7377 or bpaynejr@triad.rr.com.
Saturday, May 3, is a full day with the annual business meeting, Bob Hohl’s fantastic power point presentation
on ironstone children’s sets – white, flow blue, tea leaf and transferred pattern sets. Carol Fleischman has
arranged a beautiful exhibit of these wares. Patty Hurt and Rick Nielsen again chair the amusing, educational
Show, Tell, Ask. If you would like to be involved you may reach Patty at ajhurtjr@sbcglobal.net and/or Rick
at RN1132@earthlink.net. We know that the afternoon “wow” will be the Olga and Tom Moreland presentation. They do not seem to want to clue me in, but rumor has it that a videographer, manor house, cupboards,
porches, nooks and crannies and ironstone are involved. I will just have to wait! Saturday ends with a bang
with the exciting white ironstone auction captained again by David Cordier and Ellen Miller, Harrisburg auctioneers; they very competently and charmingly auctioned last year in Baltimore for us. Please contact Jim
Kerr with your auction consignments at 518-296-8052 or jmkerr@midtel.net. Winners of the raffle (Roland
Bergner – bretney3@verizon.net) and the silent auction (Jim Miller – annmiller010@comcast.net) will be announced, as well as the winner of the Wetherbee award, which salutes a hard-working WICA member.
Sunday’s highlight, of course, is the show and sale run by Rick Nielsen; please contact him at RN1132@earthlink.net with your auction donations and/or consignments. Do we need to expound on Sunday? We all know
– some of us for the twentieth time – (we began in Denver, PA in 1994) how extraordinary this gigantic assemblage of white ironstone is – both for viewing and for buying.
I hope you will all accept my heartfelt thanks for working with me on committees and at WICA conventions
in the past. Don’t call. Don’t write! Don’t send flowers! DO COME TO SEE ME AT THE 20TH WICA
CONVENTION!!
Jane M. Diemer
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CONVENTION REGISTRATION FORM
20th ANNuAL WICA CONVENTION – May 1-4, 2014
Instructions: Please complete this form to register for the 20th annual WICA convention and related activities and/or to purchase
raffle tickets. Remit this form and your check made out to WICA, Inc. by April 7, 2014 to WICA National Convention; 1513 Perry
St., Davenport, IA 52803. Use the reverse side for additional registrants. Contact Dave Klein with questions at 563-449-4908 or
whoisbugs@hotmail.com. Check the appropriate box below.
Convention and event registration with raffle purchase.
PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY
Name as on name badge
Street Address
City/State/Zip Code
Phone # Home/Cell
Email Address
Saturday Banquet
REGISTRANT 1
Chicken Colonial with Stuffing
or
Penne with Alfredo Sauce
Purchase raffle tickets only.
REGISTRANT 2
Chicken Colonial with Stufing
or
Penne with Alfredo Sauce
Please circle the appropriate responses.
Is this your first WICA convention?
Yes No
Will you participate in Show, Tell & Ask - Friday, May 2? Send form & photos to Rick Nielsen.
Will you consign/donate items to the auction - May 4? Send form & photos to Jim Kerr.
Will you purchase items from the auction for resale? If so, to avoid paying tax, you must provide WICA
with your resale license number and its issuing state.
Please circle the nights you will stay at the Wyndham Garden Hotel.
Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun.
Fee Calculator
WICA Raffle Tickets
(Return tickets with this form.)
Individual Tickets – $1
Six Ticket Sheet – $5
Cost = Total $
Convention registration includes all on site activities including 1 dessert reception, 1 lunch, 1 banquet
Please note any dietary restrictions.
Yes--------- No ---------Meals for children or non-member spouses.
Admission to guided tour of ceramics/glass at Winterthur Museum. Car pools to be arranged. (Lunch not included.)
Flea Market and Spare Ironstone Parts – Friday, May 2. Table rental.
WICA Show & Sale – Sunday, May 4. Table rental.
$105
TOTAL AMOuNT DuE
$----------
(Make check payable to WICA, Inc.)
$85
$30
$18
$25
Host Facility: Wyndham Garden Exton Valley Forge Hotel; 815 North Pottstown Pike; Exton, PA 19341.
Reservations must be made prior to April 9, 2014 Monday – Friday 8AM to 5PM @ 610-363-1100. Please
remember to mention WICA to get the convention group rate of $109 plus tax per night. This figure includes
a free breakfast each morning. The Wyndham Garden can accommodate all your needs and has free parking
adjacent to the Hotel. You may recall our WICA convention some years ago when this facility was the Inn at
Chester Springs.