Patterns of the Month

Shown is a 4 inch saucer in a sheet pattern or all over pattern. It’s TCC assigned name is Geometry. For members, see pattern #19887 to learn more about this pattern in the TCC database.

Shown is a 9 inch plate titled “The Call Of Samuel” from the series “Scripture Illustrations.” It was made by Knight Elkin & Bridgwood (1829-1840). For more information about this pattern, members can see pattern #17762 in the TCC database.

Shown is an 8.25 inch religious plaque, “Thou God See’st Me.” The text appears to be from psalm 71, “In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.” This is pattern #8726 in the TCC database.

Shown is a 12.5 inch platter made by Ralph Wedgwood & Co. (1790-1798). The pattern is known as Elephant & Howdah, as well as other descriptive names. For more information, see pattern #693 in the TCC database.

Shown is the “Voyagers” pattern on a 4.75 inch plate by an unknown maker.  If you want to know the symbolism of the pattern, see pattern #3973 in the TCC Database.

Shown is a circa 1825 teapot printed with Shells and Flowers. It is pattern #7580 in the TCC database. There are lots of patterns with shells in the TCC database.

Shown is a 9.25 inch plate printed with a collage of musical instruments and flowers. The maker is unknown. It is pattern #11025 in the TCC database.

Seen is a polychrome jar printed with “The Chalees Satoon,” made by John & Jos Mayer (1842-1855). The Chalees Satoon, or Forty Pillars, was a pavilion attached to the palace of the Emperor Akbar in the Fort of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India. This type of jar usually held fish or meat paste. The pattern, #15692 in the TCC database, shows four source prints as well as the other side of the jar.

Shown is a 5.5 inch jug made by John Hall (& Sons) 1814-1832. The pattern is unusual because the name of the pattern and the name of the maker are printed in the pattern. For TCC members, this is patterns #4260 in the TCC database.

Shown is Pashkov House, Moscow printed on an 8.5 inch plate. To learn more about this pattern, see #994 in the TCC database. 

Shown is a Ralph Wedgwood & Co., Burslem (1790-1798) 12.5 inch platter known as Elephant and Howdah. It is #693 in the TCC database.

Shown is a 7.62 inch child's plate with a molded border of connected flowers. The pattern, “Going Alone,” shows a child who is learning to walk. For more information, members can see pattern #16447 in the TCC database. The maker is unknown.

Davenport (1794-1887) toast water jug known as Among the Sheep, ca.1820.  It is pattern #16103 in the TCC Database. It has a lovely wraparound print.

Shown is a Benjamin Adams (1809-1820) 8.75 inch plate printed in the pattern known as Lions, ca. 1820. There is an impressed mark for Benjamin Adams on the back of the plate. The source print was engraved by J. Scott after an original by S. Edwards. For more information, see pattern #2920 in the TCC database.

Shown is a 10.25 inch covered vase with painted rams head handles. The pattern is known as “Cosack (sic) Mode of Attack," as it is copied from the source print “Cosack Mode of Attack, Drawn after Nature and Dedicated to Napoleon the Great.” It satirizes Napoleon’s disastrous campaign in Russia in 1812. For more information, this is pattern #14781 in the TCC Database.

Shown is a 10.5 inch plate made by John & William Ridgway (1813-1830). The pattern name is “Fancy” and the pattern number is “1289.”  For more information, this is pattern #7996 in the TCC Database.

Josiah Wedgwood (1759-2005) 7.75 inch plate known as Chess or Chess Battle, ca. 1830. For TCC members, this is pattern #17020 in the TCC database.

The Duke of York was the uncle of Princess Victoria, who later became Queen Victoria. Here, he is shown as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. The plate is 9.25 inches and has a shell edge. The maker is unknown. For TCC members, it is pattern #19176 in the TCC database.

Shown is an 8.5 inch soup plate in the series known as “The Cowman.” The maker is unknown, but the pattern appears to have been made around 1820.  It is one of four variations of this pattern found in the TCC database. The pattern here is pattern #1956. As a note of interest, the Cowman pattern on drainers was extensively used to decorate some of the walls of the Junagarh Fort in India (see Photo of the Month). 

Shown is a 2 inch pot lid made for the Australian Market. It is pattern #5184 in the TCC database. This printed lid was used by Trouchet until 1928 when the cost of printing became prohibitive. This caused Trouchet to use plain pots with adhesive labels. 

Shown here is a 9.75 inch plate in a pattern known as "Absalom's Pillar" or "Absalom's Tomb". It was made by Josiah Wedgwood (1759-2005) around 1820. The source print is titled "Sepulchre of Absalom" by Luigi Mayer. It was engraved by Thomas Milton around 1804.

This 16.5 inch by 13 inch platter was produced by Copeland & Garrett after 1833. The patterns in this series produced prior to 1833 had the word SPODE on the lower left part of the ribbon; however, that name has been covered over. The same copper plates were used by this successor to Spode.

"Ancient Bath at Cacamo" from the Caramanian Series by Spode is found on a 7.5 inch plate.  It is seen here with its source print, "An Ancient Bath at Cacamo in Caramania" by Luigi Mayer, 1803.  Caramania refers to the ancient name for an area on the southern coast of Turkey. 

"As You Like It," Act V, Scene 4 from "The Drama" series by John Rogers & Son (1815-1842) is found on a 21 inch by 16 inch platter.  It is seen here with its source print,  which is based on an engraving by Jean Pierre Simon (1791), from a painting by the artist William Hamilton,commissioned by John Boydell for his Shakespeare Gallery in London and published by him in 1792.