1870s | Tea Leaf Identification Guide and Handbook

Livesley and Davis - Banded Round - TB - Ewer (1)

Item: Ewer
Potter: Livesley and Davis
Location: Eastwood, Hanley
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: N/A
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Banded Round
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Finials: N/A
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Mellor Taylor - Plain Round - TL - Shaving Mug (1)

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Item: Mug (Shaving - Scuttle)
Potter: Mellor, Taylor
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Plain Round
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Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

Anthony Shaw - Cable Shape - TL - Vegetable Tureen

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Item: Vegetable tureen (covered - various sizes)
Potter: Anthony Shaw
Location: Tunstall and Burslem, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Cable Shape
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Mark: N/A

Richard Alcock - Cable Shape - TL - Soup Ladle

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Item: Ladle (soup)
Potter: Richard Alcock
Location: Central Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: High-end
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Cable Shape
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Finials: N/A
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Type of Mark:

Impressed

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Potter: Richard Alcock

Biography

Richard Alcock began manufacturing at the Central Pottery in 1870. He apparently enlarged and improved these works. He made white (and tea leaf) ironstone exclusively.

In 1881, he was listed as an earthenware manufacturer employing some 150 employees. He lived at Hollies House, Wolstanton.

Upon bis death in 1881, the Central Pottery was taken over by Wilkinson and Hulme.

Location: Central Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre

Body Styles:
Cable Shape

Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Type of Mark:

Stamped/Printed

Knowles, Taylor, Knowles - Tacoma - Tea Leaf - Creamer MARK

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Knowles, Taylor, Knowles - Tacoma - TL - Creamer

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Item: Creamer
Potter: Knowles, Taylor, Knowles
Location: East Liverpool, Ohio
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: American
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Tacoma
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Finials: N/A
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Mellor Taylor - Simple Square - TL - Platter - Platter with Double lines painted

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Item: Platter (various sizes)
Potter: Mellor, Taylor
Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Simple Square
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Finials: N/A
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Clementson - Beaded Band - TB - Posset with lid

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Item: Bowl (punch/posset)
Potter: Clementson Bros.
Location: Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: High-end
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Beaded Band
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