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Plates Dishes Jugs Bowls Tureens Teapots |
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Willow Pattern Dish |
Willow Pattern Plate |
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Henry Wileman 1856-1864 |
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Tableware |
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Plates Dishes Jugs Bowls Tureens Teapots |
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Willow Pattern Dish |
Etruscan Pattern Plate |
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James and Charles Wileman 1864-1866 |
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Tableware |
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Plates Dishes Jugs |
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Asiatic Pheasant Pattern Plate
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Flora Pattern Plate |
Ironstone Jug |
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Earthenware Works - James F. Wileman 1866-1892 |
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During the 26 years from 1866 to 1892, when he retired completely and the factory was closed, James F. Wileman produced a great variety of earthenware products. These included tea ware, dinner services, toilet sets, children's ware and jelly moulds. To date, over 80 different named patterns that were used on these wares have been identified by the backstamps. |
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Tableware | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cups,
Saucers, Plates Bowls, Jugs, Teapots Sugar Boxes Meat Dishes Tureens Gravy Boats |
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Albert Pattern Trio |
Chinese Plant Pattern Plate |
Pippin Pattern Teapot |
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Toilet Sets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ewers Soap Dishes Toothbrush Pots Chamber Pots Pails |
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Flower Sprays Pattern Ewer |
Stag Pattern Chamber Pot |
Spring Pattern Soap Dish |
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Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jelly Moulds Mugs Mammoth Cups & Saucers Commemorative Items |
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Queen Victoria Jubilee - Mammoth Cup and Saucer |
Jelly Mould |
Seasons Pattern Mammoth Cup |
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Earthenware Works - Wileman & Co. 1890's - 1910 |
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In 1894 Wileman & Co. by then a Shelley Company, built a new earthenware works with offices, showroom and warehouses adjoining the existing China works. The appointment of Frederick Rhead as Art Director in 1896 had a dramatic influence on the style and variety of earthenware products produced. |
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Arts & Crafts Pottery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The earliest earthenware production to bear the Wileman & Co. backstamp is known as "Art" pottery or "Arts & Crafts" wares. This ware bears the Wileman & Co. "Faience" stamp and has pattern number incised on the bottom/back. These pattern numbers have three ranges, a 10,000 series, which are generally Spanno Lustre wares; an 11,000 series, which usually have Pâte-Sur-Pâte decoration and a 12,000 series, which are mostly a combination of Sgraffito and Drip decoration. The last three digits in the number is the shape number. Known Items of "Arts & Crafts" pottery include Vases, Jardiniéres, Toilet Ware and Wall Plaques. |
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Vase No.10,002 Spano Lustre |
Vase No.10,003 Spano Lustre |
Vase No.10,018 Spano Lustre |
Vase No.10,026 Spano Lustre |
Vase No.11,003 Pate-Sur-Pate |
No.11,016
Chamber Pot Pate-Sur-Pate |
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No. 11,054 Wall Plaque |
Vase No. 11,060 Pate-Sur-Pate |
Vase No. 12,003 Sgraffito+Drip |
Vase No. 12,011 Sgraffito+Drip |
Vase No. 12,027 Sgraffito+Drip |
Vase No. 12,036 Sgraffito+Drip |
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First Series Urbato Ware - 1000 series numbers |
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The First Series "Urbato" ware uses the "Sgraffito" technique of decoration. This entails applying a second layer of coloured slip to the unfired vessel and selectively cutting and scraping this away to reveal the original colour below, and leaving the desired decoration in relief. Often, multiple colours of slip would be applied in different areas. This technique is clearly time consuming and expensive, which probably accounts for why so few examples have come to light. First Series "Urbato" ware has pattern numbers in the 1000 series, the last two digits being the shape number. |
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Vase No.
1014 |
Vase No.
1020 |
Vase No.
1021 |
Vase No.
1022 |
Vase No.
1023 |
Vase No.
1084 |
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Drip Ware - 2000 series numbers |
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Only two examples are known with pattern numbers in the 2000 series. These are both vases and are decorated by dipping the ware into a streaky glaze and then dripping some of this on as well. Again the last digits are the shape number. |
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Vase No.2005 Dripware |
Vase No.2020 Dripware |
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Intarsio Ware - 3000 & 7000 series numbers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by Frederick Rhead, "Intarsio" was probably the largest and most popular range of Art Pottery produced by Wileman & Co. To produce the under-glaze decoration a paper transfer of the design outline is first applied to a bisque fired body and then, with under-glaze colours and possibly coloured glazes, paintresses would fill in the outline using the specified colours. One can only admire the skill of the girls and ladies who rarely strayed outside the printed lines. Finally the ware was dipped in an earthenware glaze and fired to produce the glazed surface. The range of Intarsio wares produced included Vases, Tea Caddies, Coffee Pots, Tea Pots, Jugs, Jardiniére and Pedestals, Flowerpots, Bowls, Wall Plaques, Covered Pots, Pen and Ink Well Sets, Model Animals. Toby Jugs, Candle Sticks, Letter Racks, Trinket Sets, Clock Cases, Stick Stands, Tiles, Biscuit Jars, Toilet Sets, Tobacco Jars etc. Intarsio pattern numbers are primarily in the 3000 series with a few 7000 series numbers. Again the last digits began as the shape numbers, but when a shape was re-used with a different pattern this rule was broken. |
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Tea Caddy No. 3011 |
Wall Plaque No. 3020 |
Candle Stick No. 3091 |
Letter Rack No. 3085 |
Clock Case No. 3115 |
Ink Pot & Pen Tray No. 3089/90 |
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Flower Pot No. 3145 |
Biscuit Jar No. 3294 |
Imperial Crown Teapot - No. 3183 |
Blue Cat No. 3321 |
Large Bowl No. 3427 |
Tobacco Jar No. 3337 |
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Second Series Urbato Ware - 4000 series numbers |
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The Second series of Urbato Ware has the same Wileman & Co. backstamp as the First series, but the method of decoration is very different. The bisque fired body would first have been coloured all over the area to be decorated with the specified under-glaze colour. The pattern of decoration would then have been applied, possibly using coloured glazes. Finally the pattern was outlined in white "tube lining", similar to that used by cake decorators and applied through a nozzle. There are examples where the tube lining is coloured to match the body colours, but it is clear that this colour has been applied over the original white. The decorated ware would then have been dipped in an earthenware glaze and fired to produce the glazed surface. It is clear that this process would have been very much less labour intensive than was that of the first series. Known items include Vases, Clock Cases, Coffee Pots, Toilet Sets and Stick Stands Second Series Urbato has 4000 series pattern numbers with the last digits being the shape number when the shape was re-used with a different colour of decoration a suffix A, B C etc was used. |
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Vase No. 4014 B |
Large Jar (ex lid) No. 4022 B |
Vase No. 4021 A |
Coffee Pot (ex lid) No. 4053 A |
Loving Cup No. 4026 B |
Tall Vase No. 4056 |
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Low Vase No. 4044 |
Clock Case No. 4115 |
Part Toilet Set No. 7058 B |
Umbrella Stand No. 4118 |
Jug No. 4505 |
Small Vase No. 4041 |
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Cloisello Ware - 5000 series numbers |
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Wileman & Co. Cloisello Ware is very scarce, only four examples having come to light. It does not appear in any of the pattern books and appears to have been made for exhibition or for special orders. The known examples are re-worked Intarsio items where the original black pattern outline has been carefully gone over in gold, giving the original Intarsio pattern a gold outline. The first digit of the original 3000 series number on the base of the pieces has been changed to a 5, thus the original Intarsio number 3030 is now 5030. In some instances the word "INTARSIO" on the backstamp has been blacked out and "CLOISELLO" printed below it, or somewhere else on the base if there was insufficient room. |
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Vase No. 5030 |
Vase No. 5042 |
Backstamp No. 5042 |
Lidded Bowl No. 5054 |
Tall Vase No. 5056 |
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Pastello Ware - Number 3548 |
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Wileman & Co. Items with this style of decoration have a unique backstamp bearing the word "Pastello" but, unlike most of the earthenware ranges, they all share the same number 3548, with the shape number shown separately. The decoration is always the same and depicts a cottage with a smoking chimney. |
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Large Jug No. 3548 |
Vase No. 3548 |
Flowerpot No. 3548 |
Miniature Jug No. 3548 |
Small Jug No. 3548 |
Plate No. 3548 |
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Faience Ware - Various Numbers |
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The Faience name was applied to a very wide range of items and types of decoration. Notably there are many different series with the same pattern applied to many different shapes. The pictures below give an indication of the wide variety and also indicate which are examples of ranges. |
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Wall Plaque | Candlestick | Large Moon Flask | Vase | Vase | Display Plate | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shape No.70 Plain version of Intarsio No.3070 |
Shape No.94 Pattern Blue Clematis |
Pattern No.7336 Shape No.23 Pattern Delphic Green |
Pattern No.7332 Shape No.2 Pattern Delphic Sunset |
Series - 'Dickens Subjects' Oliver Twist and The Artful Dodger |
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Sunflower Clock | Vase | American Jugs | Teapot | Tobacco Jar | Dog of Fo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pattern No. 7293 | Pattern No. 8004 Shape No. 4 "Old Chelsea" Pattern |
Pattern No. 7611 Shape No. 51 Monks Fishing Pattern "Tomorrow will be Friday" |
Item No. 3177 "Japan" Pattern |
Hat shape Tobacco Jar with clay pipe handle and Yorkshire Motto |
Item No.3099 Shape No.99 Grotesque Figure "Dog of Fo" |
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Handled Vase | Tall Vase | Handled Bowl | Toilet Set Jug | Vase | Toby Jug - Scotsman | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shape No.20 Pattern "Windmills and Boats" - Boat |
Shape No.15 Pattern "Windmills and Boats" - Windmill |
Pattern No. 7611 Shape No. 507 Shakespeare Subjects "Merry wives of Windsor" |
Pattern No.7329 Shape "Roman Toilets" Pattern "Tapestry" |
Pattern No. 7371 Shape No. 4 Pattern "Hunting Scenes" |
Pattern No. 7623 Shape No. 522 "Scottie Jug" |
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Earthenware Works - Shelley Potteries Ltd. - 1910-1946 |
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In 1910 the trade name was changed to Shelley Potteries Ltd. and a new "Shield" shape backstamp bearing the name Shelley was introduced. For a few years the words "Late Foley" were added above the shield. Walter Slater succeeded Frederick Rhead in 1905, and so the new Shelley Potteries products very much reflected the design changes that this brought about. |
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Intarsio Ware - Second Series- 3000 & 7000 series numbers |
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Although some of the old products were retained, many new shapes and patterns were introduced. New patterns were often applied to earlier shapes but, overall, the "Second Series" looks very different. |
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Bottle Shape Vase No. 3562 (Wileman Shape) |
Large Flat Vase No. 3608 (New Shape) |
Three Handled Vase No. 3626 (Wileman Shape) |
Rotund Vase No. 3627 (New Shape) |
Large Vase No. 3634 (Wileman Shape) |
Large Handled Bowl No. 3636 (Wileman Shape) |
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Clock No. 3674 (Wileman Shape) |
Tall Coffee Pot No. 3678 (New Shape) |
Two Handled Vase No. 3681 (New Shape) |
Tall Square Vase No. 3696 (New Shape) |
Rectangular Vase No. 3698 (New Shape) |
Hexagonal Vase No. 3701 (New Shape) |
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Cloisello Ware - Daisy Pattern 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Although a number of different patterns are stamped "Cloisello", the most well known is deep blue with small white flowers all over. First registered in 1913 it was originally called "Daisies" but was quickly changed and stamped "Cloisello" Ware. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cheese Dish | Decanter -
The Duke of Wellington |
Jug | Rectangular Vase With Cranes |
Soap Bowl | Meyer Jug | ||||||||||||||||||||
Flamboyant Ware - 1910 |
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These wares bear the word "Flamboyant" below the Shelley shield. As the name suggests, the wares are coloured a fiery red and have a pattern of poppies in black with gold coloured leaves. |
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Clock Pattern 7659 Shape 331 |
Vase Pattern 7659 Shape 379 |
Round Vase Pattern 7659 Shape 413 |
Large Clock Pattern 7659 Shape 455 |
Vase Pattern 7659 Shape 468 |
Vase Pattern 7659 Shape 543 |
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Various Series |
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A number of different series were produced, depicting various themes including Deer Stalking, Falconry, Festival of Empire, Fox Hunting, Golf and Shakespeare. The images are from original artwork. |
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Series 7667 Deer Stalking |
Series 7682 Falconry |
Series 7713 Pageant Scenes Festival of Empire |
Series 7684 Fox Hunting |
Series 7665 Shakespeare |
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Walter Slater Lustre Ware - 1910-1925 |
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During his period with Shelley, Walter Slater was responsible for the introduction of many new and innovative designs, but will be remembered mostly for his beautiful Lustre Ware. Lustre ware is highly prized even today, especially some of the earlier pieces, which have no pattern number but are signed by Walter Slater. See also Shelley Study - Walter Slater Lustreware |
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Commemorative Bowl - Signed | Lustreware Bowl Butterflies |
Lustreware Bowl Floral |
Lustreware Bowl Galleons |
Lustreware Bowl Imperial Dragon |
Lustreware Bowl Swans |
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Lustreware Vase Butterflies |
Ginger Jar Dragonfly |
Lustreware Vase Fish |
Lustreware Vase Fairies |
Powder Bowl Cranes |
Lustreware Vase Poppies | ||||||||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous Patterns - 1916-1940 |
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In the latter years, Shelley produced a wide variety of patterns of decoration. Shown below is a representative sample of the patterns registered between 1916 and 1931, with some patterns in production until 1940. |
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Pattern No. 8178 Violette |
Pattern No. 8334 Butterfly on Black |
Pattern No. 8365 Butterfly on Yellow |
Pattern No. 8462 Jazz Circles |
Pattern No. 8545 New Fruit Border |
Pattern No. 8589 Cranes on Tangerine |
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Pattern No. 8590 Cranes on Scarlet |
Pattern No. 8637 Vine and Grapes on Scarlet |
Pattern No. 8639 Abstract Pattern |
Pattern No. 8655 Kingfisher on Scarlet |
Pattern No. 8655 Kingfisher on Black |
Pattern No. 8658 Pomegranate Lustre |
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Pattern No. 8677 Japanese Fruit Lustre |
Pattern No. 8682 Japanese Lake Scene |
Pattern No. 8718 Moresque |
Pattern No. 8719 Flora |
Pattern No. 8724 Persian |
Pattern No. 8727
Tulips |
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Harmony Art Ware 1932-1940 |
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Harmony Ware was introduced by Shelley in 1932. It evolved through a series of styles under the guidance of Eric Slater. There were many different patterns on various items, a few of which are shown below. |
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Harmony Ware Blue Vase |
Harmony Ware Green Vase |
Harmony Ware Orange Vase |
Harmony Ware Pink Vase |
Harmony Ware Purple Vase |
Harmony Ware Turquoise Vase |
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Harmony Ware Biscuit Jar |
Harmony Ware Butter Dish |
Harmony Ware Cake Stand |
Harmony Ware Condiment Set |
Harmony Ware Preserve Jar |
Harmony Ware Lemon Juicer |