Copper Lustre with blue pinstripes and cobalt plumes | Tea Leaf Identification Guide and Handbook

Elsmore and Forster - Tulip Shape - LB - Gravy Boat

Item: Gravy Boat
Potter: Elsmore and Forster
Location: Tunstall, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Tulip Shape (Little Scroll)
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Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

Jacob Furnival - Quartered Rose - LB - Creamer

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Item: Creamer
Potter: Jacob Furnival
Location: Colbridge, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Quartered Rose
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Mark: N/A

Clementson - Prairie Shape - LB - Coffeepot/Teapot

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Item: Coffeepot/Teapot
Potter: Joseph Clementson
Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Prairie Shape
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Mark: N/A

Clementson - Prairie Shape - LB - Pitcher

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Item: Pitcher/Jug
Potter: Joseph Clementson
Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Prairie Shape
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Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

Clementson - Prairie Shape - LB - Cup and Saucer

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Item: Cup and Saucer (Handled)
Potter: Joseph Clementson
Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: Prairie Shape
Treatment:
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Finials: N/A
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Mark: N/A

Clementson - New York Shape - LB - Sugar Bowl (cobalt plumes)

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Item: Sugar Bowl
Potter: Joseph Clementson
Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: New York Shape
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Clementson - New York Shape - LB - Gravy Boat

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Item: Gravy Boat
Potter: Joseph Clementson
Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Manufacturing Era(s):
Origins: British
Type of Company: Potter
Collecting Category: Mid-Level
Type of Ware:
Body Style: New York Shape
Treatment:
Motif:
Finials: N/A
Adults/Child's Pieces:
Footprints/Shapes:
Mark: N/A

Body Style: Prairie Shape

Biography

Priaire Shape is embossed with wheat sheaves and poppies. This body style rivaled Elsmore & Forster's Ceres Shape in popularity. Produced for the American export market, the name and the design had instant appeal.

Registered in 1862.

Naming Source: Factory Named
Manufacturing Era: 1860s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Copper Lustre with blue pinstripes and cobalt plumes
Footprints/Shapes: Oval, Round

Potters:
Clementson

Motifs:
Cinquefoil
Coral
Lustre Band
Teaberry

Body Style: New York Shape

Biography

Clementson's New York Shape is characterized by a tapered bulbous body with embossed leaf designs sometimes referred to as phoenix. The distinctive base has a thumbprint design below the low waist.

Registered in 1858.

Naming Source: Factory Named
Manufacturing Era: 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Copper Lustre with blue pinstripes and cobalt plumes, Copper Lustre with copper plumes, Gold Lustre
Footprints/Shapes: Oval, Round

Potters:
Clementson

Motifs:
Coral
Lustre Band
Teaberry

Body Style: Lafayette Shape

Biography

The lavishly embossed Lafayette Shape was a name that would appeal to the average housewife. Strangely, the plates and platters in this body style are plain in conrast to the hollowware pieces.

Naming Source: Factory Named
Manufacturing Era: 1860s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Copper Lustre with blue pinstripes and cobalt plumes
Footprints/Shapes: Oval, Round

Potters:
Clementson

Motifs:
Lustre Band
Scroll