1880s

Fluted corners on an otherwise plain surface characterize this beautiful body style. Fancy finials and handles provide added embellishment to an otherwise simple form. When comparing the different manufacturers you will notice the following:

Alfred Meakin - Has a skewered finial and oval, round or oblong footprints. Butter pats do not have any noticeable ridging but are scalloped and can be confused with Simple Pear although the latter is always marked Alfred Meakin LTD.

Embossed bands on holloware pieces resemble blanket hemstitching or piecrust rims, features sure to have appealed to the Victorian housewife.

This is a simple body style featuring "C" shaped handles and a distinctive rim with a recessed line running just under the rim. Pieces flare out a bit at the top of holloware pieces and then taper down to the lightly smaller base.

A body style by Wick China Company, Erie features medium ribbing emanating from the upper body of serving pieces down to the base. The pitcher has a low flared spout and a "C" shaped handle.

The Aurora body style by Wick China Company is often marked with a circular mark that says Aurora China and has a "T" a "W" and a "C" overlayed in the middle. This body style has an oval footprint and flares out slightly from the neck of serving pieces to a mid-level waist, then tapers down to the scalloped base. It has verticle lines that divide the front and back into three sections. Heavy embossed scrolls accent these indented lines as well as the rims.

Developed by Wallace and Chetwynd, Gently Panelled has lines that divide the body of its serving pieces into four lobes. The front and back lobes protrude further out than do the side panels. The bracket handles sport beeding along each handle side, and the steepled finial is quite impressive. The Tea Leaf motif is more like two leaves and a bud and very streamlined.

American Favorite has a domed lid, stepped finial and oval shaped base with uplift handles. The stepped finial and lug uplifted handles have an impressed flower shape embossed on them.  

Golden drape is a bulbous body style that features a smaller base and a flared neck on pitchers. The handles are of a "C-scrolled" design.

This body style features twisted rope handles, a hexagonal spheroid shape with a recessed base, and the lids are plateau with horizontal flattened arch finials. 

This square body style is found in two versions: one is slightly bulbous while the other is quite flared. Both styles are characterized by leonine facial features in a medallion at handle corners and in the arch finial.