Am-Az Patterns

Amazon

Maker: Cumberlidge & Humphreys

Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880-1889

Dimensions: 7 1/8 inches diameter

Amboina

Maker: J. & M. P. Bell & Co.

Place: Glasgow, Scotland

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: 9 1/2 inches diameter

Notes: The name Amboina, or Ambon, is the name of a small island in Indonesia as well as the name of its port city. The island lies on the north side of the Banda Sea. The name was chosen, not for the meaning of the pattern, but for a name in the area to which it was exported. Interestingly enough, the port city of Ambon housed the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company from 1610-1619. 

America

Maker: T. G. & F. Booth

Pottery: Church Bank Works & Highgate Pottery

Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1886

Dimensions: 9 7/8 inches diameter

Andalusia

Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Pottery: Cauldon Place

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1862-1890

Dimensions: 9¾ inches diameter 

Anemone

Maker: Robert Cochran & Co.

Pottery: Verreville & Britannia Potteries

Place: Glasgow, Scotland

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1870-1890

Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches

Anemone

Maker: George Jones & Sons

Pottery: Trent Potteries

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1873-1890

Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Anemone

Maker: George Jones & Sons

Pottery: Trent Potteries

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1873-1890

Dimensions: Unknown

Anemone

Maker: Smith, Ford & Jones

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1891-1895

Dimensions: 9 inches diameter

Anglais (Abbotsford / Ellen's Isle)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: 7 inches diameter

Notes: The central image shows Abbotsford, a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland. It is near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed, and was formerly the residence of historical novelist and poet, Sir Walter Scott. The scene in the small rectangular cartouche is Ellen's Isle.

Anglais (Balmoral Castle)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: 9 1/4 inches diameter

Notes: Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British royal family since 1852, when the estate and its original castle were bought from the Farquason family by the royals Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Anglais (Holyrood Palace)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Notes: Holyrood Palace has served as the principal residence of the kings and queens of Scotland since the 16th century 

Anglais (Hughenden Manor)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches

Notes: The source print for Hughenden Manor is a chromolithograph from Rev. F. O. Morris's, A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1880), vol. 5.

Hughenden Manor is a red-brick Victorian mansion, located near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. In the 19th century, it was the country house of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield.

Anglais (Hunting / Coursing)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter

Anglais (Stratford / Shakespeare's House)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: 9 1/2 inches diameter

Notes: This plate bears a view of Stratford in the larger panel, with the cathedral rising above the River Avon; the smaller panel pictures the house of William Shakespeare.  

Anglais (Warwick Castle / Guy's Cliffe)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches

Notes: Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068.

Guy’s Cliffe has been occupied since Saxon times and derives its name from the legendary Guy of Warwick. Guy is supposed to have retired to a hermitage on this site, this legend led to the founding of a chantry. The chantry was established in 1423 as the Chapel of St Mary Magdelene and the rock-carved stables and storehouses still remain. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII the site passed into private hands. The current, ruined house dates from 1751 and was started by Samuel Greatheed, a West India merchant and Member of Parliament for Coventry 1747-1761.

Anglais (Windsor Castle / Holyrood Palace)

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Notes: The source print for Windsor Castle is a chromolithograph from Rev. F. O. Morris's, A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1880).

The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I, it has been used by the reigning monarch and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe.  

Anglais

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 20 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Animals of the Farm

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Mintons China Works

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1879-1900

Dimensions: 6 x 6 inches

Notes: Designed by William Wise (1842-1921), a fine British painter and etcher who was best known for his portraits and figurative subjects. His delicate and finely modelled etchings and paintings were regularly exhibited at both the Royal Academy and at the Royal Society of British Artists, London.

Apollo

Maker: Pinder, Bourne & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 6 April 1868

Dimensions: 9 1/2 inches diameter

Apple Blossom

Maker: Charles Allerton & Sons

Pottery: Park Works

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1892

Dimensions: 8 inches diameter

Apple Blossom

Maker: John Meir & Son

Pottery: Greengates Pottery

Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: Unknown

Apple Blossom

Maker: Pinder, Bourne & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1862-1882

Dimensions: 19 x 16 inches

Aquarium

Maker: George Jones & Sons

Pottery: Trent Potteries

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1873-1890

Dimensions: 19 x 15 inches

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 11 4/5 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 9 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 9 3/4 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches diameter

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: Unknown

Aquarium

Maker: Mintons

Pottery: Eldon Place

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878

Dimensions: Unknown

Aquatic

Maker: Industrial Pottery

Place: Bo'ness, Scotland

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1892-1894

Dimensions: Unknown

Aquatic

Maker: Powell & Bishop

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1867-1878

Dimensions: 9 1/2 inches diameter, 5 1/2 inches tall

Aquatic

Maker: Powell & Bishop

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1867-1878

Dimensions: 17 x 14 1/2 inches

Aquatic

Maker: Powell & Bishop

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1867-1878

Dimensions: 17 x 14 1/2 inches

Aquatic

Maker: Powell & Bishop

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1867-1878

Dimensions: 7 inches tall

Aquatic

Maker: Powell, Bishop & Stonier

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878-1890

Dimensions: Saucer - 5½ inches diameter, 3½ x 2 inches

Aquatic

Maker: Powell, Bishop & Stonier

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878-1890

Dimensions: 8 x 6 1/4 inches

Aquatic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1882-1886

Dimensions: 6 3/4 inches tall

Arab

Maker: Powell & Bishop

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1877

Dimensions: Bowl 15 3/4 diameter, 5 1/2" tall, Pitcher 12 inches tall, 8 1/2

Arab

Maker: Powell & Bishop

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1877

Dimensions: 7 inches tall

Arabic

Maker: W. H. Grindley & Co.

Pottery: Newfield Pottery

Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1890

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Arcadia

Maker: J. & M. P Bell & Co.

Place: Glasgow, Scotland

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1888

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches diameter

Arcadia

Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 23 August 1880

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Arcadia

Maker: Dunn, Bennett & Co.

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1891-1921

Dimensions: Unknown

Argosy

Maker: Dunn, Bennett & Co.

Pottery: Hill Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1886

Dimensions: Unknown

Argyle

Maker: Robert Cochran & Co.

Pottery: Britannia Pottery

Place: Glasgow, Scotland

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: Unknown

Argyle

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 11 1/2 inches diameter

Argyle

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 12 inches tall

Argyle

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 6 7/8 inches tall

Argyle-Yeddo

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 12 inches tall

Argyle

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 12 inches tall

Argyle

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 7 inches tall

Argyle

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 8 9/10 x 6 inches

Argyle-Chinese Scroll

Maker: Edge, Malkin & Co.

Pottery: Newport & Middleport Potteries

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 29 September 1879

Dimensions: 7 inches tall

Arizona

Maker: Doulton & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: 1883

Dimensions: 16 5/8 x 14 x 5 1/2 inches

Arlington

Maker: T. & R. Boote

Pottery: Waterloo Pottery

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1893

Dimensions: 8 x 4 7/8 inches

Arran

Maker: Keeling & Co.

Pottery: Dale Hall Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1886-1890

Dimensions: Unknown

Arundel

Maker: Doulton & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1882-1891

Dimensions: 9 inches diameter

Arundel

Maker: Ralph Hammersley & Son

Pottery: Black Works

Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1885-1890

Dimensions: 8 3/10 inches diameter

Ashburne

Maker: W. T. Copeland & Sons

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1860-1880

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Assam

Maker: Ridgways

Pottery: Bedford Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1885-1890

Dimensions: 8 3/4L x 5 1/2W x 3 1/4H inches

Assouma

Maker: Doulton & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880-1890

Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches

Assouma

Maker: Doulton & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880-1890

Dimensions: 8 inches diameter

Assouma

Maker: Doulton & Co.

Pottery: Nile Street Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880-1890

Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Aster

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Aster Border

Maker: Forester & Hulme

Pottery: Sutherland Pottery

Place: Fenton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1887-1890

Dimensions: 8 x 6 inches

Aston

Maker: William Alsager Adderley & Co.

Pottery: Daisy Bank Pottery

Place: Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1876-1885

Dimensions: 7 inches diameter

Athole

Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1862-1890

Dimensions: 8 inches diameter

Atlanta

Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1880

Dimensions: Unknown

Atlanta

Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1880

Dimensions: Basin - 15 inches diameter, Pitcher - 12 inches tall

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: 8 inches diameter

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: 13L x 7 1/2W x 8 1/2H inches

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: Unknown

Atlantic

Maker: Whittaker, Edge & Co.

Pottery: Hallfield Pottery

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 4 October 1883

Dimensions: 8 inches diameter

Australian Flora

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: 9 7/10 inches diameter

Notes: The three sprays of Australian wildflowers represented are: Christmas bells, Sturt's desert pea with maidenhair fern, and lobelia with wiry bauera. The coloring is not consistent with nature.

Australian Flora

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: Unknown

Australian Flora

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1880

Dimensions: Unknown

Autumn

Maker: Powell, Bishop & Stonier

Pottery: Stafford Street Works & Church Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1886

Dimensions: 7½ inches diameter 

Autumn

Maker: Ridgways

Pottery: Trent Potteries

Place: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1879-1890

Dimensions: 7 inches tall

Autumn Leaves

Maker: George Jones & Sons

Pottery: Trent Potteries

Place: Stoke, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1873-1890

Dimensions: Unknown

Avis

Maker: E. J. Ridgway & Son

Pottery: Church Works & Bedford Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 17 April 1872

Dimensions: Unknown

Avon

Maker: Henry Alcock & Co.

Pottery: Elder Pottery

Place: Cobridge, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 5 November 1883, Produced c. 1891-1910

Dimensions: Unknown

Avona

Maker: Holmes, Stonier & Hollinshead

Pottery: Upper Hanley Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 15 January 1881

Dimensions: 5 inches diameter

Ayam-Jantan

Maker: J. & M. P. Bell & Co.

Place:Glasgow, Scotland

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 1891

Dimensions: 8 1/2 inches diameter

Notes: This is one of the export ware patterns with a non-English descriptive title that was sent to South East Asia in the late 19th century.

Azalea

Maker: Clementson Bros.

Pottery: Phoenix Works & Bell Works

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1891-1916

Dimensions: Cup - 3W x 4 1/4L inches, Bowl - 5 1/2W x 2H inches

Azalea

Maker: Dunn, Bennett & Co.

Pottery: Boothen Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1878-1886

Dimensions: 12 inches tall

Azalea

Maker: John Edwards & Co.

Place: Fenton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1891-1900

Dimensions: 10 1/2L inches

Azalea

Maker: F. J. Emery

Pottery: Churchyard Works & Bleak Hill Works

Place: Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1891-1894

Dimensions: 16 inches diameter

Azalea

Maker: James Kent Ltd.

Pottery: Old Foley Pottery

Place: Fenton/Longton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1913-1920

Dimensions: Bowl - 12 x 9 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches; Pitcher - 7 1/4 inches tall

Azalea

Maker: Wedgwood & Co.

Pottery: Unicorn Pottery & Pinnox Works

Place: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1860-1890

Dimensions: Unknown