1870s | Tea Leaf Identification Guide and Handbook

Richard Alcock - Cable Shape - TL - Soup Ladle

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
Treatment:
Motif:
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces:
Footprints/Shapes:

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
Treatment:
Motif:
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
Treatment:
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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
Treatment:
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J & G Meakin - Plain Round - TL - Bone Dish

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Item: Bone dish
Potter: J & G Meakin
Location: Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Plain Round
Treatment:
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Finials: N/A
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J & G Meakin - Plain Round - TB - Nappy - 5 in.

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Item: Nappy/Sauce Dish
Potter: J & G Meakin
Location: Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Plain Round
Treatment:
Motif:
Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

Alfred Meakin - Plain Round - TL - Sauce Dish 5 inch rimmed - 2

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Item: Nappy/Sauce Dish
Potter: Alfred Meakin
Location: Tunstall, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Plain Round
Treatment:
Motif:
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces:
Footprints/Shapes:
Mark: N/A