Leeds Pottery 'Long Bridge' Pattern

Leeds Old Pottery 'Long Bridge' pattern Plate c1800

A fine pearlware plate in the early chinoiserie 'Long Bridge' pattern (sometimes called 'Two Man Scroll') by Hartley, Greens and Co. of Leeds. Finely potted with a lovely bluish rippled glaze. For more details see Premier Antiques

Early Blue and White Dinner Plates

Two fine transfer printed plates from the 1820s. Early pieces reflecting the Regency taste for oriental design. For more early plates visit Premier Antiques

Stevenson Ornithological Series 'Peacock' Dinner Plate c1820

Bathwell and Goodfellow 'Basket and Flowers' Dinner Plate c1820

Pearl Ware

Originally made by Wedgwood in the 1770s as an improvement on Creamware, the whiteness of the earthenware body was enhanced with small quantities of cobalt blue being added to the glaze. Where the glaze gathers, such as around foot rims, it shows up clearly as a blue or sometimes greenish tint. Other potters soon found it ideal for blue printed wares. Here is a fine 'chinoiserie' bowl which shows just how good early pearl ware (or pearlware) could be. For more details see Premier Antiques

Pearlware bowl c1800