Patterns of the Month

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. 

Here is a 10.38 inch plate in the "Asiatic Plants" series by William Ridgway (1830-1834). Each size shows a slightly different center surrounded by a lace-like border. It was a popular pattern that is found on dinner and dessert wares printed in many colors and color combinations.

Seen here is 10.38 inch plate with a view of the Gate of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar. It was made by Job & John Jackson (1831-1835). The series was printed in many colors and made by different manufacturers. The source print was engraved by Thomas and William Daniell in 1795.

Seen here is a 10 inch plate from the "Belzoni" series made by Enoch Wood & Sons (1818-1846). It is part of a series that shows a different scene on almost every size and shape. The pattern owes its name to Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1823), an Italian adventurer and entertainer who settled in England.

Shown here is an 8 inch plate printed in what is know as the Blown Rose pattern by G.M. & C.J. Mason (1813-1826). The pattern is the same on all of the items in the dinner service. It was also produced with pink, green and orange clobbering.

"Brunswick Star" printed in underglaze brown by an unknown maker circa 1835.
The pattern is also printed in purple (and perhaps in other colors)

Shown on a 10.5 inch plate, this pattern by Enoch Wood & Sons (1818-1846) is known as Butterfly Border. Each size shows a different center printed in three colors. The color combinations also vary.

Seen here is a 7.75 inch plate in the "Caledonian" pattern by Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co (1836-1842). It is printed in brown and has green enamel paint added. The pattern name is based on the Roman name given to Northern Scotland—Caledonia.

Shown here is a 20 inch by 16 inch well and tree platter in the "Chinese Marine" series. It was made by Minton (1793-1872) in black, brown and blue. The scene is " A Front View of the Hall of Audience at the Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen," which was engraved by W. Lowry after the work of the artist William Alexander.

Shown here is a 7.12 inch plate printed in the Coronation pattern by Ralph & James Clews (1814-1834).  It depicts a lovely still-life of English goldfinch, vase, fruit and flowers on a table. The fruit, flowers and vase vary on each size and shape.

The pattern is part of a large multiple pattern dinner service known as Indian Sporting. Plate, 9.75 inches.