Lustre Band

This body style is named for the plumage embossed below the pouring spout of the pitchers. The basic lines are typically Gothic with the base similar to the Classic Gothic shape of Edward Walley.

The basic difference, other than the throat embossing, is the lack of a line defining the neck of the vessel. Both Classic Gothic and Full-Panelled Gothic have a double ridge separating the upper and lower portions of the body. Shaw's version, with the elegantly embossed throat, has smooth panels from the top rim to the base.

Pear is recognized by its squatty bulbous body and the pairs of long narrow leaves at the handle terminals. The finial is a perky pear atop the domed lid. Note that there are two styles of bases - one has a shaped base while others are pedestaled.

Niagara Fan is thought to be one of the first body styles decorated with the traditional Tea Leaf motif. The fan designs at the junction of each ridged section resemble Walley's Niagara Shape, thus the name, Niagara Fan.

Note that on Niagara Fan there are four flutes in the design, whereas Niagara Shape has five.  Also, the Shaw decoration extends al the way to the neck on teapots, etc.  The Walley design terminates at a decorative band that surrounds the neck.

Registered in 1856.

This body style was named for it's embossed half-cross "stitches" separated by dots.

Another of the very popular wheat styles, this one is by Powell and Bishop and features double sprays of wheat sheaves with flowers on a bulbous round shape. Registered in 1869.

An embossed spray of flowers and foilage emanating from the handle terminals graces the body of the bulbous, rounded serving pieces.  Smaller sprays are found on the rims of plates and platters. 

Powell and Bishop decorated the Prairie Flowers blanks of their predecessors, Livesley and Powell, with the fanciful copper lustre Pomegranate design. Pitchers have a vertical arrangement of wheat and poppy embossing which characterized this body style.

This body style is identified by lacy embossing and lustre decoration.

True Scallop is characterized by the sided rim and the deep scalloped well of the plate. About 1853.

Prize Bloom is a well named body style. It features blooms not only on the finial but on the spout and the looping handle.

With a profusion of copper lustre adorning the blooms, it is a delightful example of this potter's art.

 Registered about 1853. Only tea sets are currently known in this body style.