Oblong | Tea Leaf Identification Guide and Handbook

Alfred Meakin - Fishhook - TL - Relish

Item: Relish/pickle
Potter: Alfred Meakin
Location: Tunstall, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Fishhook
Treatment:
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Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

John Edwards - Peerless Shape - TL - Gravy

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Item: Gravy Boat
Potter: John Edwards
Location: Fenton, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Peerless Shape (Feather)
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Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

Body Style: Sunflower

Biography

The finials look like a large, circular sunflower with an asymmetrical loop on either side. This body style can be found in plain white and with moss rose decals. The decorator is sometimes listed (Picot and Bryan at the London Decorating Works).

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oblong

Potters:
Meakin

Motifs:
Moss Rose

Mellor Taylor - Lion's Head - TL - Coffeepot -Teapot

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Item: Coffeepot/Teapot
Potter: Mellor, Taylor
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Lion's Head
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Mark: N/A

Mellor Taylor - Lion's Head - TL - Soap - 3 piece

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Item: Soap Dish (Covered)
Potter: Mellor, Taylor
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Lion's Head
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Mark: N/A

Mellor Taylor - Lion's Head - TL - Soup Tureen - 3 piece

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Item: Soup Tureen
Potter: Mellor, Taylor
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Lion's Head
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Mark: N/A

John Edwards - Victory Shape - MR - Soup Tureen

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Item: Soup Tureen
Potter: John Edwards
Location: Fenton, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Victory Shape (Dolphin)
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Mark: N/A

John Edwards - Victory Shape - TL - 3 Piece Soap Dish.jpeg

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Item: Soap Dish (Covered)
Potter: John Edwards
Location: Fenton, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Victory Shape (Dolphin)
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Mark: N/A

Dresden Pottery Works - Unknown - TP - Sugar Bowl

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Item: Sugar Bowl
Potter: Dresden Pottery Works
Location: East Liverpool, Ohio
Manufacturing Era(s): N/A
Origins: American
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Unknown
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Burgess - Embroidered Chelsea - TL - Butter

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Item: Butter Dish
Potter: Henry Burgess
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Embroidered Chelsea
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