1850s

Body Style: Sydenham Shape

Biography

Sydenham Shape was a factory named shape generally thought to have been registered about 1853 by T & R Boote and Joseph Clementson.  While tea leaf decorated wares are thought to have begun around 1856, the Anthony Shaw mark on an early piece of Sydenham Shape predates this. 

 

This body style on holloware such as sugar bowls and teapots features an elongated leaf folded up from the bottom over vertical panels .  Plates can be found in round and octagonal shapes.

Naming Source: Factory Named
Manufacturing Era: 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oval, Round
Potters:
Boote
Clementson
Shaw
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Body Style: Lotus Bud

Biography

A hard to find body style with what looks like a lotus bud on the handles and finial.  Footprint is a modified oblong shape.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1840s, 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Diamond Shaped
Potters:
Clementson Bros.
Motifs:
Lustre Band
Type of Mark:
Impressed
Livesley and Powell - Fruit Garden - LB - MARK - Plate - High Relief.jpeg

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Type of Mark:
Stamped/Printed
Farrall - Dangling Tulips - LB - MARK on cov veg..jpeg

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