Oval

Elsmore and Forster (Attrib.) - Portland Shape - MG - Relish (note diff decorating treatment)

Elsmore and Forster (Attrib.) - Portland Shape - MG - Relish (note diff decorating treatment)

Item: Relish/pickle
Potter: Elsmore and Forster
Location: Tunstall, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Portland Shape
Treatment:
Motif:
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces:
Footprints/Shapes:
Mark: N/A

Body Style: Delphi II

Biography

This body style was named due to it's similarity to Delphi by Thomas Elsmore.  Unlike Delphi, the finial is not reticulated but solid.  A not commonly found body style.

Naming Source: N/A
Manufacturing Era: 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oval
Potters:
Hughes
Motifs:
Tea Leaf