Body Style

Lafayette 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:

Dinnerware

Motif(s):

Lustre Band
Scroll

Description:

The lavishly embossed Lafayette Shape was a name that would appeal to the average housewife. Strangely, the plates and platters in this body style are plain in conrast to the hollowware pieces. 

Lafayette - Handle decoration

Lafayette - Finial

Lafayette - spout