Body Style

Portland Shape

Naming Source:

Factory Named

Potter

Elsmore and Forster
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Tunstall, Staffordshire

Manufacturing Era(s):

1850s

Treatment:

Copper Lustre

Footprints/Shapes:

Oval, Round

Type(s) of Ware:

Bath, Dinnerware

Motif(s):

Botanical
Lustre Band
Morning Glory
Pinwheel
Reverse Teaberry

Description:

This panelled round style boasts distinctive trumpet flower finials. Portland Shape was potted over a period of thirty years. It is found decorated with marvelous copper lustre Morning Glory motifs or equally beautiful green and copper Reverse Teaberry designs. Some tea services have been found with Pomegranate finials. 

 

Note that children's sets were not made in Portland Shape but were made in Columbia Shape.