Moss Rose

Potter: Dresden Pottery Works

Biography

According to Pottery Industries in East Liverpool Area 1910-1919 this American pottery was in business between 1912-1914 and then again between 1925-1927.  In their early years they may have operated unter Brunt, Bloor, Martin & Co and the Potters Co-Operative Co.  

 

Location: East Liverpool, Ohio
Origins: American
Manufacturing Era: 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Body Styles:
Chelsea
Motifs:
Moss Rose

Potter: Coxon & Co.

Biography

According to Marks of American Potters, Barber, 1904, Coxon & Co. was founded in 1863 by Charles Coxon and J. F. Thompson.  Mr. Coxon, a modeler for Edwin and William Bennett, died in 1868 however the pottery continued to be operated by his widow and four sons after his death.  Around 1884 the works were sold to Alpaugh & Magowan and renamed Empire Pottery.

Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Origins: American
Manufacturing Era: 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Body Styles:
Unknown
Motifs:
Moss Rose

Potter: W P Company

Biography N/A
Location: N/A
Origins: N/A
Manufacturing Era: N/A
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: N/A
Body Styles:
Plain Round
Unknown
Motifs:
Moss Rose

Body Style: Ribbed Collar

Biography

The body style is identified by the ribbing around its neck. Pieces have a round waist, modified bracket handles and ribbed neck embossing.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round

Body Style: Plain Collar

Biography

This is a body style featuring a smooth collar without any ribbing or embossing and sporting either no distinct spout or a non-flaring spout formed as part of the collar and not reaching upwards above the collar rim.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: N/A
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round

Body Style: Shield

Biography

A late Shaw body style on a semi-porcelain blank, which is creamy in color. It is characterized by the outline of a shield created by the vertical ridges. The backstamp is in brown ink. Registered in 1889.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oval
Potters:
Boote
Shaw

Body Style: Fiddlehead

Biography

This body style name was derived from the embossing on the top of the finial and on the top edge of the handles that resembles a fiddle head. Additional embossing resembling fiddlehead fern leaves appears on the curve of the handle and at the handle terminals.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Motifs:
Moss Rose

Body Style: Universal - Alfred Meakin

Biography

This body style is used to describe the identical ladles that Alfred Meakin used with different body styles, including: Bamboo, Brocade, Fishhook and Scroll.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Other
Potters:
Meakin

Body Style: American Coronet

Biography

The body style is identified by the fancy crown-like finial. The medallion in the middle of the finial also appears in the middle of the handles. Holloware pieces have large bracket handles.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round
Potters:
Mayer
Motifs:
Moss Rose

Body Style: Iowa

Biography

This body style was identified by a printed mark.

A smooth body with tapered base and vertically ribbed neck. The piece has large ear-shaped handles.

Naming Source: Factory Named
Manufacturing Era: 1880s, 1890s, 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath
Treatments: Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Round