Prairie Shape

Naming Source:

Factory Named

Potter

Joseph Clementson
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Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire

Manufacturing Era(s):

1860s

Treatment:

Copper Lustre, Copper Lustre with blue pinstripes and cobalt plumes

Footprints/Shapes:

Oval, Round

Type(s) of Ware:

Bath, Dinnerware

Motif(s):

Cinquefoil
Coral
Lustre Band
Teaberry

Description:

Priaire Shape is embossed with wheat sheaves and poppies. This body style rivaled Elsmore & Forster's Ceres Shape in popularity. Produced for the American export market, the name and the design had instant appeal.

Registered in 1862.

Body Style