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<p>[QUOTE="kentworld, post: 9934303, member: 35"]Came across this one with google lens: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/166974493693?customid=&toolid=10050" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/166974493693?customid=&toolid=10050" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/166974493693?customid=&toolid=10050</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the dating is right, about 1820 to 1840.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some info via wikipedia: </p><p>Lustreware became popular in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_pottery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_pottery" rel="nofollow">Staffordshire pottery</a> during the 19th century, where it was also used by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood" rel="nofollow">Wedgwood</a>, who introduced pink and white lustreware simulating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_pearl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_pearl" rel="nofollow">mother of pearl</a> effects in dishes and bowls cast in the shapes of shells, and silver lustre, introduced at Wedgwood in 1805. In 1810 Peter Warburton of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Hall_porcelain&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Hall_porcelain&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">New Hall porcelain</a> factory patented a method of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer-printing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer-printing" rel="nofollow">transfer-printing</a> in gold and silver lustre. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_lustreware" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_lustreware" rel="nofollow">Sunderland lustreware</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_East_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_East_England" rel="nofollow">North East</a> is renowned for its mottled pink lustreware, and lustreware was also produced in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds,_Yorkshire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds,_Yorkshire" rel="nofollow">Leeds, Yorkshire</a>, where the technique may have been introduced by Thomas Lakin.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware#cite_note-44" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware#cite_note-44" rel="nofollow">[44]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wedgwood lustreware made in the 1820s spawned the production of mass quantities of copper and silver lustreware<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware#cite_note-45" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware#cite_note-45" rel="nofollow">[45]</a> in England and Wales. Cream pitchers with appliqué-detailed spouts and meticulously applied handles were most common, and often featured stylized decorative bands in dark blue, cream yellow, pink, and, most rare, dark green and purple. Raised, multicoloured patterns depicting pastoral scenes were also created, and sand was sometimes incorporated into the glaze to add texture. Pitchers were produced in a range of sizes from cream pitchers to large milk pitchers, as well as small coffeepots and teapots. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_set" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_set" rel="nofollow">Tea sets</a> came a bit later, usually featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamer_(vessel)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamer_(vessel)" rel="nofollow">creamers</a>, sugar bowls, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl" rel="nofollow">slop bowls</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kentworld, post: 9934303, member: 35"]Came across this one with google lens: [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/166974493693?customid=&toolid=10050[/URL] I think the dating is right, about 1820 to 1840. Here's some info via wikipedia: Lustreware became popular in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_pottery']Staffordshire pottery[/URL] during the 19th century, where it was also used by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood']Wedgwood[/URL], who introduced pink and white lustreware simulating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_pearl']mother of pearl[/URL] effects in dishes and bowls cast in the shapes of shells, and silver lustre, introduced at Wedgwood in 1805. In 1810 Peter Warburton of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Hall_porcelain&action=edit&redlink=1']New Hall porcelain[/URL] factory patented a method of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer-printing']transfer-printing[/URL] in gold and silver lustre. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_lustreware']Sunderland lustreware[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_East_England']North East[/URL] is renowned for its mottled pink lustreware, and lustreware was also produced in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds,_Yorkshire']Leeds, Yorkshire[/URL], where the technique may have been introduced by Thomas Lakin.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware#cite_note-44'][44][/URL] Wedgwood lustreware made in the 1820s spawned the production of mass quantities of copper and silver lustreware[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustreware#cite_note-45'][45][/URL] in England and Wales. Cream pitchers with appliqué-detailed spouts and meticulously applied handles were most common, and often featured stylized decorative bands in dark blue, cream yellow, pink, and, most rare, dark green and purple. Raised, multicoloured patterns depicting pastoral scenes were also created, and sand was sometimes incorporated into the glaze to add texture. Pitchers were produced in a range of sizes from cream pitchers to large milk pitchers, as well as small coffeepots and teapots. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_set']Tea sets[/URL] came a bit later, usually featuring [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamer_(vessel)']creamers[/URL], sugar bowls, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_bowl']slop bowls[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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