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Maker(s):	Knottingley Pottery (Ralph Wedgwood)
Culture:	English (1792-1804)
Title:	teacup
Date Made:	1796-1800
Type:	Food Service
Materials:	ceramic: lead-glazed, white earthenware (china glaze, pearlware), transfer printed in underglaze cobalt blue
Place Made:	England; Yorkshire: Ferrybridge
Measurements:	Overall: 1 7/8 in x 3 in; 4.8 cm x 7.6 cm
Accession Number:	HD 2020.27.8
Credit Line:	Gift of Barbara Cummings
Museum Collection:	Historic Deerfield

Description:
Teacup, Knottingley Pottery (Ralph Wedgwood), (1796-1800), Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, England, c. 1796-1800. The factory was founded in 1792, and in 1796 Ralph Wedgwood, a cousin of Josiah Wedgwood, joined the firm: he retired from the partnership about 1800. The factory was called Knottingley Pottery until 1804, when the name was changed to Ferrybridge Pottery. Lead-glazed pearlware, u-shaped cup with applied footrim, transfer printed in underglaze cobalt blue. Impressed on base: “WEDGWOOD 3" Chinoiserie style, bridge pattern with small huts. Pattern identified as "Long Bridge." Ralph Wedgwood's Ferrybridge pattern book is in the collection of the V&A/Wedgwood Archives in Barlaston; according to Loren Zeller, the pattern book does show this pattern. Collector's paper label on base: “Huxley-Robinson Collection/ 6/86.5” Pat Halfpenny writes that this mark is associated with Ralph Wedgwood's production in Ferrybridge - see "Useful Thomas and Ralph Wedgwood - Beginning a New Appreciation," English Ceramic Circle Trans. 31 (2020), p. 75, fig. 24

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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