Description:
Liverpool soft-paste porcelain (bone ash body) teacup and saucer (HD 2011.6.2) decorated in a variant of the "profile bud" pattern in blue. According to Maurice Hillis, scholar of Liverpool porcelain industry (visited HD on March 4, 2003), the teacup and saucer were made by either John Pennington (1733-1786) or Seth Pennington (1744-1827). John Pennington was the oldest of three brothers, which included James Pennington (1728-1804), each of whom operated porcelain factories in Liverpool. John Pennington was in business from c.1770 to his death in 1786 when his wife, Jane Pennington continued the works until 1794. Seth Pennington opened his factory in 1778 by taking over an existing porcelain factory on Shaw's Brow previously operated by Richard Chaffers and Philip Christian. Seth used a composition based on bone ash rather than continuing with the soapstone body used by Chaffers and Christian. He was initially in partnership with John Part from 1778-1799, then John Edmundson from 1799-1803, and John Edwards from 1803 to 1805 when production ceased. The profile bud pattern was also made by several other Liverpool porcelain factories; the blue glaze on this set is typical of Pennington production. Later production has an orange tint in the glazing.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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