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Has been an almost infinite number of changes in process as well as ownership and organization of theįirms. In Britain, the potteries became more mechanized and organized, and so they remain today although there Starting in the 1700s, in keeping with the overall trends of industrialization Most pieces naturally were simply utilitarian –īowls, pots, plates, etc.
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Had been noted for its potteries for hundreds of years. Head or body), and these were made for daily use more than for display.Ĭow creamers were, of course, only a very small component of the wares produced in Staffordshire, which Horns, tails and ears are quite fragile (except for when they were cleverly smushed down onto the cow’s The need for restoration isn’t surprising, since the That most of these creamers have restorations of some sort, although in most cases they have been carefullyĭone by professionals and are hard to discern.
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I welcome any and all help in improving my attributions. General I have found that the sellers – even ‘Staffordshire’ experts – don’t have much I will give as much information as I have, but in The maker was of little importance to the buyer. Hallmarks and assays are the norm (and generally required by law as well as by the guilds), most of theĮarly pottery creamers don’t have marks or any sort, and since they were basically common household items, Of the 667 in that collection have the maker’s name impressed. Such is the case even with the Keiller collection – I believe that only three Indeed with any ‘figures’ of the period, be they of people or animals - is that not many of them have a My collection pales in comparison to the fabulous Keiller Collection in the Stoke-on-Trent Museum Art Gallery, but I do have a number that I’m quite fond of. Have also added a section dealing with Spill Vases, many of which used the cow creamers as part of their Included a description of these Welsh potteries and their cow creamers down near the end of this page.
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Swansea, South Wales creamers, many of which are quite distinctive. These other centers from those of Staffordshire, unless the seller provides information. I have trouble distinguishing creamers from Potters moved to these areas to establish or run factories. Yorkshire, South Wales and South Scotland - also began producing them, in part because Staffordshire Popular, inspired at least a bit by Schuppe’s silver ones, other pottery centers – notably in Tyneside, However when cow shaped creamers and spill vases became See their web site, for lots of good basic information on the area, the potteries, potters, etc. Stoke-on-Trent is made up of six distinct towns: Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton -Ĭollectively known as "THE POTTERIES". Stoneware, was Stoke-on-Trent and vicinity (which is in Staffordshire, thus the general term). The main English centre for producing pottery cow creamers, starting around 1740 with saltglazed Older molds from creamers shown here), or under ‘Places’, or just lumped in with all the other modern Very recent ones with similar shapes and stylesĪre for the most part covered either under the manufacturer (e.g., Kent, which has adopted some of the The 18th and 19th centuries (with a few early 20c). So) to refer to my small collection of British earthenware (and a few porcelain) cow creamers dating from I am using this term in a very general and admittedly inappropriate way (although I’m not alone in doing