Body Style

Ceres Shape

Naming Source:

Factory Named

Potter

Elsmore and Forster
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Tunstall, Staffordshire

James Wileman
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Fenton Culvert, Fenton, Staffordshire

Arthur J. Wilkinson
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Burslem, Staffordshire

Manufacturing Era(s):

1850s

Treatment:

Copper Lustre, Gold Lustre, Green and Gold, Polychrome with Copper Lustre

Footprints/Shapes:

Oval, Round

Type(s) of Ware:

Bath, Dinnerware

Motif(s):

Lustre Band
Morning Glory

Description:

Elsmore & Forster's very popular wheat style was widely copied by other potters, both British and Amrican. It is an extremely well potted line which is found in many elegant decorations. In addition to the copper lustre enhanced version, there are examples with cobalt, a lighter blue, green and gold lustre, a mustard yellow and even in a Rockingham glaze. 

Registered in 1859.

 

embossing detail

finial