Tea Leaf

Daisy 'n' Chain is a slighly bulbous square style featuring rosettes at the handle corners and in the arch finial. The chain decorations are found at the handle terminals and under the finial arch.

Wilkinson's round body style is embellished with stylized hawthorn leaves at the handle and finial terminals. Because of the three-toed lustre treatment on the leaves, some collectors nicknamed this style "Claw."

This is a square body style utilizing the same blank as the Daisy body style but with a bullet-shaped finial and a fan-shaped design at handle terminals.

This late square style has intricate basketweaving embossed in the lower third of holloware bodies. Basketweave has become one of the most collectible of the late Shaw products.

Registered in 1887.

The addition of pink lustre makes this basic fig-leaved blank a very elaborate and showy body style. Note that the pink lustre detail even extends to the lids of children's pieces. Fig Cousin is one of the most prized of Tea Leaf body styles.

An elegantly paneled style with leaf embossing at the handle terminals and surrounding the rosebud finial. Chinese Shape is found decorated with Tea Leaf or Teaberry motifs; even with gold lustre motifs on lighter weight bodies. Some examples by Anthony Shaw actually are in lustre band only and may be either panelled or smooth.  Red Cliff copied the lines and the distinctive Shaw tea leaf in their mid-20th century reproduction line.

One of the most popular and available bulbous body styles, it is said to have been potted to commemorate the laying of the Trans-Atlantic cable.

A square style with handles and finials resembling bamboo stalks, this was one of the most widely produced body styles. Holloware pieces were available in straight-sided style as well as a slightly bulbous version. Bath set pieces such as ewers and master waste jars are often round and bulbous.

Registered in 1873.

Golden Scroll is a basic square shape with rounded ends. It features embossed scrolling at the lower corners. In some pieces, this scrolling is emphasized with gold lustre outlines.

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.