Ralph & James Clews Staffordshire Blue Transferware Bowl, Family Dog in a Cradle

A blue on white, stoneware Staffordshire ‘Coronation’ pattern, well and tree platter by Ralph & James Clews, 1814–1834, Cobridge, Staffordshire, England. 19th Century. A well-and-tr...

A large oval Leeds style platter, a Pearlware or Creamware body with a deep blue edge called Feather or Shell. A nice combed verso showing the impressed Warranted Crown mark of Ral...

A black on white transfer printed floral platter in the Flosculous pattern, William Ridgway & Co., Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire England, circa 1830-1854. A gently scalloped black-printed platter in an unusual borderless pattern. Alternating floral sprays extend outward — from a three part scroll motif in the center — up the well and onto the rim of the plate. The term ‘flosculous’ means having flowerets or composite-flowered. This stylized pattern feels very modern. 19 in. L x 15.25 in. W x 1.75 in H A printed urn...

A set of eight transfer printed plates, the Cologne pattern, Ralph Stevenson & Son, Coleridge, Staffordshire England, circa 1810-1835. A soft pink on white, the scalloped rimmed p...

A set of four British Romantic themed transfer printed dinner plates in the pattern known as ‘Windsor Castle.’ Made by Ralph Stevenson & Son, Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, circa ...

A stoneware sepia brown transfer printed platter, “Minerva” made by Podmore Walker & Co., Tunstall, Staffordshire, England, circa 1834-1859. In Mytho...

Landing of General Lafayette Staffordshire Plate by James and Ralph Clews, circa 1830. This deep blue Staffordshire plate is made of white earthenwar...

Landing of General Lafayette Staffordshire Platter by James and Ralph Clews circa 1830. This deep blue Staffordshire platter is made of white earthen...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Lovely and refined English oval ceramic tray; elegant and rich blue decorations have been executed on the white background using the transferware method; the mark on the back tells us exactly that the object was produced by the Clementson Brothers LTD Company between 1901 and 1913 at the Phoenix factory in Shelton, the company made a wide range of objects with this decoration called "Delf" ( see mark no.909 p.150 of "Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Mark"). Transferware, which was very fashionable in the Victorian period, refers to glazed and decorated pottery with a specific treatment that they produced in Staffordshire, England; they used copper plates on which the design was engraved, the plate was then inked and the design transferred to a special fabric that was later placed on the pottery (plates, trays, tureens, etc.) which was glazed and fired; the first to use this printing process were John Sadler and Guy Green of Liverpool in 1756. If we look at the pottery made by this method we will notice that the designs are not perfect and often the ink is smudged: this is their characteristic. A hand-painted plate service could afford few English families, with this method even middle-class families could have a decorated plate service. The Clementson Firm was founded in 1839 by Joseph Clementson, who retired from the business in 1867, leaving the factory to his four sons and son...

Clews Lead-glazed Earthenware Plates with Russian Eagles, James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Eight Plates, 1830 The se...

A rare and utterly charming English Staffordshire blue and white glazed ceramic dog whistle. Showing the pooch standing alert with tail up and ears pricked...

Antique Victorian Staffordshire figure of a greyhound dog. Wonderful Brown and White figure of a greyhound standing on a oval base with Green leaves.