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This pattern is known as "Moses in the Bulrushes.” It is found on a 6.25 inch saucer by an unknown maker. For members only, this is pattern #6947 in the database.
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This Masonic jug by an unknown maker shows two men wearing top hats and Masonic aprons. The crown they are holding shows a GR, which probably signifies that the jug was made around the time of the…
The pattern, Outdoor Amusements #01, is shown on an 18.5 inch high garden seat. The maker is unknown. Outdoor Amusements #02 is also in the database, as the top or seat features a…
Shown is a pattern in the Animals Category/Birds in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. The pattern, known as Parrot, was made by Copeland & Garrett (1833-1847).
Shown is an English advertising pot lid, 2.75 inches in diameter. The advertising promises a lot of things! The text reads: "Marisanta / A Curative Salve / Draws and Heals / Cuts, Scalds, Burns,…
Shown is a dinner plate of unknown size made by Pountney & Allies (1816-1835), ca, 1835. The center shows advertising for the Free Masons Tavern & City Coffee House on Bridge Street along…
Shown is a 19th century English pot lid advertising “Wm Clayton & Cos Bears Grease.” Bears Grease was used as a hair pomade.
“Genuine Bears Grease” 2.8 inch pot lid. John Gosnell & Co. was the importer. Bear’s grease was used as a pomade for men’s hair. When the supply of bears decreased, pomade was made from cow's…
Shown is a 10.5 inch plate that advertises the jeweler William Pyke, ca. 1891-1905. The company’s specialties are enumerated in the text on the plate: “William Pyke 42,44 Market Street 227 Grange Rd…
Seen here is a 2.5 inch polychrome advertising pot lid made by John & Jos Mayer (1842-1855), ca. 1851. It advertises "Superior Chocolate Paste" made by J.S. Fry & Sons. The company made the…
Shown here is an 11.81 inch by 9.45 inch polychrome platter advertising Mineral Waters, Brewed Ginger Beer & Hop Ale. The center image is based on "The Blind Fiddler" painted by the artist Sir…
This 7.25 inch plate with a molded alphabet border advertises a shoe store in Wingate, which is located in County Durham in England.
This advertising plate from the 1890s is transfer-printed on a 3 inch plate with the Standard Willow Border. It was intended as a give-away.
This pattern dates from the late 19th century. The contents for dental products, food, hair products, shaving cream, soaps and medicinal ointments were commonly sold in a pottery pot with a…
The toothpaste would have been tomato colored, and not tomato flavored. The lid dates from 1897. Packaging for dental products, food, hair products, shaving cream, soaps and medicinal ointments were…
Seen is the “Alaska” pattern by Ralph Hammersley (& Son), 1859-1905. It is an Aesthetic pattern in the Japanesque style that was popular at the end of the 19th century. The name, “Alaska,” seems…
Seen here is a 10.37 inch plate from the “Gainsboro” series of twenty-four different botanical patterns. It was made by Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. (1862-1904). The marks tell us that the…
Seen is pattern no. 63 in the series known as the Kennard Birds and Fish Series. The mark includes the name of the artist, Edward Kennard (1842-1910), as well as the manufacturer, T.C. Brown-Westhead…
Shown is a 9.5 inch plate made by Pinder, Bourne & Co. (1862-1882). The Registry diamond indicates a date of May 29, 1879. The striking blue transfer vase and the Chrysanthemums are the only…
Seen here is a 9.75 inch plate printed in black and red in the Ayam-Jantan pattern made by J & M P Bell & Co. (1842-1928) in Glasgow Scotland. The Rd. Number, 17429, is circa 1891. The…
Seen here is a 10.5 inch plate printed in the "Congo" pattern by Forester & Hulme (1887-1892). It is common for an Aesthetic pattern to have a place name as the title, although the birds and…
This Aesthetic pattern 7.5 inch plate was made by James Broadhurst & Sons Ltd. (1847-1984). The pattern was registered March 16, 1883. Members only: for more information about this pattern and…
This pattern, which was made by Ridgways (1879-1916), is transfer-printed on a 7.38 inch plate. The RD number shows that this pattern was made in 1884. The pattern is very similar to the…
"Anglais" which is the French word for "English," was made by William Alsager Adderley (1876-1905).
This pattern, which is found on a 16 inch by 12.5 inch platter, is part of a series of famous…
Found on a 17.5 inch by 14 inch platter, this pattern is part of a series that depicts different birds in the center and the corners of the border. It was made by John Dimmock & Co. (c. 1862-…
"Devonshire" pattern on earthenware in underglaze brown by Ridgways, Staffordshire, circa 1880. This plate is an example of Aesthetic Movement transferware.
Plate, 9.75 inches. Made by William Baker & Co. (1839-1932), this pattern is typical of the Aesthetic Movement (1868-1901); it is asymetrical with a small reserve and large surrounding border-…
Shown is a 10 inch plate printed in green and red in the “Washington” pattern by Enoch Wood & Sons (1818-1846). It is one of three patterns from this series in the TCC database.
Shown is a 9.75 inch creamware plate by an unknown maker, ca. 1796. The TCC database says: "A stock print of a brigantine flying the American flag is framed in a circling vine of grapes and grape…