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Jug (Pitcher)
Chetham and Woolley Factory
1803-1810
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Chetham and Woolley Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Longton; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (feldspathic, smear-glazed)
- Feldspathic (smear) glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0013.004
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Colin Wyman
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Object Number
2008.0013.004
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Chetham and Woolley Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Longton; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1803-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular, white sticker with black-printed "WYMAN/COLLECTION/No. [handwritten ink] 346"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "L08./ 1026./ 004" handwritten in pencil
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (feldspathic, smear-glazed)
- Feldspathic (smear) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Painted
- Engine-turned
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
6.102 (H) x 7.638 (L) x 5.63 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.5 (H) x 19.4 (L) x 14.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Wyman, Colin. 2003 The Stoneware of Chetham & Wooley; c. 1795- c. 1820. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 18: 208-247.
• See entire articleBook: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1966 An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain.
• Same subject relief on punch bowl in similar ceramic type: p. 241, no. 425, with impressed mark of merchant J. Mist of 82 Fleet Street, London, c. 1810-15.Book: Henrywood, R. K. 1997 An Illustrated Guide to British Jugs.
• Same subject in relief on pearlware jug also with other scene: pp. 122-3, pl. 350a&b, impressed "HERCULANEUM" (Liverpool), noting both scenes also used by Turner.Article: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2004 A-Hunting We WIll Go! from Vauxhall to Lambeth, 1700-1956. Ceramics in America. 179-245.
• Design source and same subject on salt-glazed brown stoneware: p. 226, fig. 3, engraving attributed to Egbert van (?) Heemskerk, 1772; fig. 4, very similar modeled, master mold for relief, John and Wm. Turner, c. 1810; fig. 2, similar relief from jug.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 1998 English Dry-Bodied Stoneware: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers 1774-1830.
• Information on Chetham & Woolley, pp. 123-125Article: Wyman, Colin. 2008 The Stoneware of Chetham & Woolley: Further Discoveries. Transactions of the English Ceramics Circle. 40.
• See entire articleBook: Northern Ceramic Society. 1982 Stonewares and Stone Chinas of Northern England to 1851.
• Explanation of smear-glazing process: pp. 109-110Article: Rickard, Jonathan & Carpentier, Donald. 2004 "The Little Engine that Could: Adaptation of the Engine-Turning Lathe in the Pottery Industry". Ceramics in America. 78-99.
• Engine-turning, rouletting and history for dipped and other English ceramics: whole article.