Body Style

Maidenhair Fern

Naming Source:

Club Named

Potter

Arthur J. Wilkinson
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Burslem, Staffordshire

Manufacturing Era(s):

1890s

Treatment:

Copper Lustre, Gold Lustre

Footprints/Shapes:

Oblong, Round, Square

Type(s) of Ware:

Bath, Dinnerware

Motif(s):

Tea Plum

Description:

Holloware pieces in Maidenhair Fern feature embossed fern designs at the handle terminals. The same embossing is found at the strap finials. Although basically a rectangular shape, it is softly rounded. Tea service pieces and pitchers have scalloped rims above a very pronounced neck. They are very high waisted, then taper to a scallopd base. Note that some bath pieces have a roiund footprint.