Description:
English lusterware coffeepot with cover, covered overall with pink luster and decorated with black transfer prints, which is marked "Durham" in script in a scrolled cartouche over "DAVENPORT" and "II" in blue on the base. After a partnership with Thomas Wolfe at the Islington China Works in Liverpool, John Davenport (1765-1848) took over John Brindley's Longport factory in 1784 where he produced both pottery and glass until he retired in 1830. The pottery was continued by his sons, Henry and William, but was in poor financial state under William's son, Henry, finally failing in 1887. The firm seems to have been been meticulous in marking its wares. The standard impressed mark consisted of the name Davenport curving above an anchor, with the name in lower case letters up to about 1815, but thereafter in capital letters. After about 1830, numbers were impressed on either side of the anchor to give the date of potting, such as the "4" and "8" for 1848. A wide variety of printed marks were used after 1830, almost invariably including simply the surname Davenport rather than any identifying initials. The place, Longport, also appears in later marks. The style of the printed cartouches as with the patterns, tended to follow current fashion. Both sides of the teapot body have the same image of a man fishing at a river with his wife and child in the foreground, and Durham and Durham Cathedral in the background; a small version of this image is on the coil handle and shaped spout. Durham, which stands on the River Ware, 15 mi. south of Newcastle upon Tyne, is has a university, a castle dating from 1069, and a cathedral built by Bishop Carilef, starting in 1093. There are bands of floral sprays around the recessed domed lid with its flattened acorn finial and venting hole, inside the teapot's round flared collar, teapot shoulder, and flared base. This was in J. B. Morris' collection, #2507. From the Transferware Collectors' Club website: A couple with child are shown fishing in the countryside outside the city of Durham, by the River Wear. The skyline is dominated by the towers of Durham Cathedral, begun in 1093 AD and considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture extant. Durham originated with the Diocese of Lindisfarne, located on Farne Island off the Northumbrian coast. Saint Cuthbert was the 7th century bishop of Lindisfarne, and when Viking raids forced the monks to flee in 875 AD they took his remains with them, finally settling in Durham. The cathedral is also the burial place of the monk and scholar, the Venerable Bede, known as the "Father of English History".
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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