A look at the design, market and legacy of Victorian pottery

Friday, February 27, 2015

National Trust Homes of Great Britain, revisited

It's been a couple of years since we last checked on the National Trust Homes of Great Britain Web site. We though it was about time to check back to see if there have been any updates.
Well, indeed there have been! So many new pieces of majolica in National Trust homes have been identified, we thought we'd share some of them with you.

From Tyntesfield, a Victorian Gothic Revival house in Bristol, North Summerset we find these gorgeous Minton jardinières.




From Speke Hall in Merseyside comes this lovely George Jones server and Holdcroft vase




From Greenway, Devon Souh West, the holiday home of author Agatha Cristie, this George Jones terrine



From Mount Stewart, County Down Northern Island, we see this asparagus plate and Minton charger.




From Tatton Park Cheshire, North West we have these Minton jardinières and ewer





From Standen House and Garden, West Sussex, this unusual checkerboard



From Calke Abbey, Derbyshire a pair of George Jones jardinières, a Minton garden seat, a Minton oyster server and a lion footed jardinière






From Snowshill Manor and garden this wonderful Mafra tea ware




To visit some of these wonderful estates and for more information on the National Trust Homes go to their Web site.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Majolica Jardinieres and Cachepots

From Wikipedia: Jardinière is a French word, from the feminine form of "gardener"; A flower box, a receptacle (usually a ceramic pot or urn) or more rarely a stand upon which, or into which, plants may be placed. (The French themselves refer to tabletop versions of such receptacles as cachepots.) Jardinières tend to be highly decorative and are sometimes used as garden accent elements for large plants and for raised culinary and herb gardens.

The history of majolica jardinières and cachepots goes back to the origin of the pottery itself. There are probably more majolica designs for jardinières than any other majolica form. Majolica was ideal for use in solariums and greenhouses. Its use has continued many years after majolica has ceased to be popular for other uses. Even today you can go into Walmart or Home Depot and buy a flower pot in the contemporary equivalent of a majolica ceramic glaze.

Lets take a look at some Victorian examples:
From Minton...

Tole and majolica tile jardiniere attributed to Minton 









From George Jones...

George Jones majolica Stephanotis oval flower pot
George Jones majolica Stephanotis round flower pot

Made by both George Jones and Holdcroft
The Massier brothers...





Wedgwood..

Wedgwood majolica Luther jardiniere
Wedgwood majolica Old English jardiniere

Wedgwood majolica Lowell jardiniere
For Wedgwood by Christopher Dresser

Wedgwood Kate Greenaway jardiniere
Wedgwood Grosvenor jardiniere
Wedgwood majolica Fan jardiniere
Forester, Holdcroft, Dressler and Adams & Co....


Forester
Forester
Forester

Forester
Forester
Holdcroft

Holdcroft

Holdcroft

Holdcroft
Holdcroft
Holdcroft

Holdcroft

Holdcroft

Holdcroft

Holdcroft
Holdcroft

Holdcroft
Holdcroft
Holdcroft

Julius Dressler

Julius Dressler 

Adams & Company
Adams & Bromley
Adams & Bromley

Schiller, Copeland, Lonitz, Deck, Royal Art Pottery, and Brown, Westhead Moore...

Schiller & Son

Copeland
Copeland
Copeland

Copeland

Copeland

Royal Art Pottery New Leaf jardiniere and pedestal
Royal Worcester

Skey Wilnecoate Ware

Lonitz

Théodore Deck

Royal Dux…

Onnaing, Orchies and Sarreguemines...

Onnaing

Onnaing

Onnaing
Onnaing
Onnaing 
Onnaing 
Orchies

Sarreguemines 
Sarreguemines 
Sarreguemines 
Sarreguemines 
Sarreguemines 

... and Griffen Smith & Company.


There are so many more designs that we couldn't possibly post them all. Still, this gives an idea of the width and breadth of the patterns produced as jardinières.


This post has been updated since it was first published.