Body Style

Grape Octagon

Naming Source:

Club Named

Potter

Broughham and Mayer
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Sandyford, Tunstall, Staffordshire

Joseph Clementson
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Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire

Elsmore and Forster
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Tunstall, Staffordshire

John Farrall
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Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire

Jacob Furnival
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Colbridge, Staffordshire

Thomas Hughes
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Burslem and Longport, Staffordshire

Livesley and Powell
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Hanley, Staffordshire

Edward Walley
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Cobridge, Staffordshire

Manufacturing Era(s):

1840s, 1850s

Treatment:

Copper Lustre

Footprints/Shapes:

Octagon (8-Sided), Round

Type(s) of Ware:

Bath, Dinnerware

Motif(s):

Lustre Band
Pinwheel
Pomegranate
Pre-Tea Leaf
Teaberry
Thistle & Berry

Description:

One of the most popular of the early body styles, Grape Octagon has fluted octagonal panels and grape embossing at handle terminals and finials. Pitchers and teapots have distinctive B-shaped handles.  

one view of handle

another view of the handle