| The making of pottery progressed with the
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| | was ironstone china, said to contain
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| progress of centuries. There are various
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| | ironstone slag in its composition and
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| types of pottery and coated or painted
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| | certainly very strong. The heavy ware,
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| with different types and styles of
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| | almost unbreakable, was both cheap and
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| decorations. We will see here how pottery
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| | showy. It was made in the form of
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| has progressed till today.
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| | domestic pieces with pseudo-oriental
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| Early in the nineteenth century came the
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| | decoration in vivid blues and reds, and
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| introductions of pieces decorated with
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| | many of the big dinner services are still
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| luster, both silver- and copper-colored,
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| | being used. Sets of jugs, with handles in
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| and there was a great variety among the
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| | the shape of dragons, were made also and
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| finished products. Silver luster on a
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| | are not uncommon.
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| canary-yellow ground is the rarest, but
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| | A style of decoration that is
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| silver in conjunction with under-glaze
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| | occasionally seen, particularly on jugs
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| blue, especially if the latter is a
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| | and tankards, is known as mocha, from a
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| sporting subject, is sought after and
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| | resemblance to a type of quartz of that
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| expensive.
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| | name, and has brown moss-like blotches on
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| Whole tea-sets were made at one period,
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| | it. The stains were made with the aid of
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| each piece covered completely with a thin
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| | tobacco-juice and hops, and doubtless
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| film of silver luster, and they were a
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| | gave pleasure to the potters making it.
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| passable imitation of the real thing for
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| | Children were catered for from about 1830
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| those who could not afford to buy the
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| | with small plates printed with moral
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| genuine metal. Copper-lusted pieces have
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| | rhymes and other suitable subjects. Many
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| been made since about 1800 and production
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| | were made in Staffordshire, but some came
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| has been continuous for some 150 years;
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| | from Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
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| which explains why so many 'early
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| | Enoch Wood and John Walton were prominent
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| nineteenth-century' specimens are
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| | among makers of figures, many of them of
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| obtainable.
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| | small size and colored in opaque enamels
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| Although cream ware continued to be made,
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| | with green predominating. Many of
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| white-glazed pottery was developed from
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| | Walton's bear an impressed stamp with the
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| 1780 to compete with porcelain and was
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| | name of the maker. Later pieces,
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| produced in great quantities by many
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| | introduced in about 1850, are the
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| makers. At first it had decoration
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| | well-known Staffordshire chimneypiece
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| printed solely in under glaze blue, but
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| | ornaments in the form of
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| later developments included a wide range
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| | portrait-figures, often unrecognizable
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| of colors. Whole services were made, and
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| | without the name painted on the front of
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| Spode, Wedgwood and Davenport (all of
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| | the base, ranging from politicians to
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| Staffordshire) were among the more
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| | murderers.
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| prominent of the hundreds of names
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| | Besides the other the introduction of
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| associated with it. The earlier
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| | ironstone china in the first half of the
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| blueprinted ware is very well finished
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| | nineteenth century. There were almost
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| and some of the patterns are most
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| | unbreakable and showy potteries. And
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| attractive; a few, including the willow
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| | potteries were also made to suite the
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| pattern, are still being made.
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| | different moods of people in different
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| One of the most popular introductions of
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| | shapes and sizes as well.
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| the first half of the nineteenth century
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