Underglaze
Printing in a single color on earthenware and stoneware 1780-1820
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Additional Image:
View of the loving cup revealing the printed pattern on the handle.
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous
Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes
Date: c. 1794-1808 Dimensions: - Height: 8.00 in (20.32 cm)
Maker: Church Gresley Pottery
Description:
A rare, large pearlware loving cup printed on both sides underglaze in blue with the Long Bridge pattern. A portion of the border pattern is printed on the handles. The border pattern consisting of geometric shapes and symbols is printed on both the exterior and interior of the rim. Gresley Pottery used C GREASLEY as one of it's marks. Very few examples of wares...
Description:
A rare, large pearlware loving cup printed on both sides underglaze in blue with the Long Bridge pattern. A portion of the border pattern is printed on the handles. The border pattern consisting of geometric shapes and symbols is printed on both the exterior and interior of the rim. Gresley Pottery used C GREASLEY as one of it's marks. Very few examples of wares with an impressed C GREASLEY mark are known. Reference; Edwards, Diana, and Hampson, Rodney. English Dry-bodied Stoneware: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, 1774 to 1830. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1998, page 134 under Gresley - Church.
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