Tea Leaf | Tea Leaf Identification Guide and Handbook

Henry Alcock - Jumbo - TL - Coffeepot/Teapot

Item: Coffeepot/Teapot
Potter: Henry Alcock
Location: Cobridge, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
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Body Style: Jumbo
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Anthony Shaw - Hexagon - TL - Basin

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Item: Basin
Potter: Anthony Shaw
Location: Tunstall and Burslem, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Hexagon
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Finials: N/A
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Alfred Meakin - Scroll - TL - Creamer

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Item: Creamer
Potter: Alfred Meakin
Location: Tunstall, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
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Body Style: Scroll
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Alfred Meakin - Scroll - TL - Shaving Mug

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Item: Mug (Shaving - Various Sizes)
Potter: Alfred Meakin
Location: Tunstall, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: High-end
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Body Style: Scroll
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Finials: N/A
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Anthony Shaw - Hexagon - TL - Ewer

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Item: Ewer
Potter: Anthony Shaw
Location: Tunstall and Burslem, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Hexagon
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Anthony Shaw - Hexagon - TL - Ewer and Basin

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Item: Ewer and Basin
Potter: Anthony Shaw
Location: Tunstall and Burslem, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Common
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Body Style: Hexagon
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Anthony Shaw - Bordered Fuchsia - TL - Cup and Saucer

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Item: Cup and Saucer (Handleless)
Potter: Anthony Shaw
Location: Tunstall and Burslem, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
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Body Style: Bordered Fuchsia
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Anthony Shaw - Bordered Fuchsia - TL - Saucer

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Item: Saucer
Potter: Anthony Shaw
Location: Tunstall and Burslem, England
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
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Body Style: Bordered Fuchsia
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Potter: Copeland Spode

Biography

Spode is not known as a producer of Tea Leaf decorated wares. The dinnerware found with Tea Leaf motifs and marked Copeland-Spode, England, may have been decorated by another firm on Spode blanks. The mark used dates from 1920 to 1957, but was likely produced in 1934. An impressed "34" is also found on examples of Spode Tea Leaf.

Location: Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre

Body Styles:
Unknown

Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Body Style: Simple Square

Biography

This category includes compotes, rectangular platters and side dishes, square nappies and butter pats. They were made by many of the late period potters in a simple form without added embelishment. Thus, they could be used with any of the myraid of dinner services in vogue.

Naming Source: Club Named
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 20th Century
Type of Company: N/A
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Rectangular, Square

Potters:
N/A

Motifs:
Tea Leaf