Description:
English Staffordshire soup plate decorated with a transfer print of a large vase of flowers in the well and a floral rim border in light and dark blue and white, and impressed "Riley" and printed "Riley's Semi China" on the back. John (d. c.1823) and Richard (d.1828) Riley began potting at the Nile Street Works, Burslem, around 1802 until they rebuilt and moved to the Hill Works in 1814, where the works remained open until about 1828 when Richard died. They produced a large quantity of good quality printed wares, and were probably the first to used the term "semi-china" to describe their type of earthenware. English potters were making tablewares in order to capture the American market; Staffordshire potters such as Riley, Davenport, Clews, and Wedgwood, were exporting these "Anglo-American" wares, often using historical subjects, including people, views, and events. Most were made from 1800-1850, with the largest production after the war of 1812. According to the Transferware Collectors Database: The pattern, Flower Arrangement #01 is named and illustrated on p. 20, pl. 15 in Pomfret1988. This firm made good quality printed wares, mostly in dinner services decorated in single patterns (CoyshHenrywood1982 p.302). Three large blossoms in a rather ornate fluted vase dominate the center of this piece while muted flowers and leaves fill in the background space. Four identical pairs of blossoms and intermittent leaves wreath the center scene. The pattern seen here is very closely related to the one on the platter on p. 154 in Snyder; however the style of the vase or urn differs. This cannot be considered a single pattern because there are slight variations found in the arrangement of the flowers as well as the type of vase."
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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