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collection of Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Pattern Source Source Description: The print ultimately derives from this engraving which is the oldest known illustration of a Newcomen engine, made by Henry Beighton in 1717 and it shows his engine at Oxclose Colliery, Tyne & Wear. From the collection of the Science Museum, London. Additional Image: Showing the front of the jug with the painted inscription "James & Sarah Harp 1826" |
Shape Type: Miscellaneous Pattern Type: Miscellaneous Date: 1826 Dimensions:
Maker: Unknown Description: Red earthenware jug, the interior with white slip coating, the exterior with wide blue slip band around the body and copper luster neck, handle and foot. Printed on each side in purple with the title "Sucess to the COAL TRADE" and a view of a Newcomen atmospheric engine. Thomas Newcomen erected the world's first successful steam engine near Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, in 1712. I BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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