List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
1. Museum display representing 19th century china dealer’s shop window. The
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Stoke on Trent. (photograph M. Talbot)
2. Dining Room, St. Julian’s House, Tenby c. 1800. Tenby Museum and Art
Gallery
3. A typical middle class Welsh interior c. 1890. Tenby Museum and Art Gallery
4. Llanelly Pottery, Bread Plate, 1914. Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
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5. ‘The Six Mark Teapot’, Punch 30th October 1880
6. Cambrian Costumes by Lady Llanover, No X Welsh Girl in the costume of
part of Gwent. National Library of Wales
7. Miles Birkett Foster, The Crockery Seller
8. Helen Allingham, Off Marketing 1920, The Helen Allingham Society
9. George Fenton, The Mill at Hurst Green, 1858, Royal Photographic Society
10. Devon Cottage, John Thomas Collection, National Library of Wales
11. A collection of transfer printed earthenware made at Llanelly Pottery between
1855 and 1920, Parc Howard, Llanelli. (photograph M. Talbot)
12. Illustrations from Mrs Beeton’s Every Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book
Ward Lock, 1890
13. Staffordshire figure of ‘Shakespeare’ c 1850. Victoria and Albert Museum
14. Staffordshire figures of David Garrick as Richard III, Victoria and Albert
Museum
15. Model of a cow and milkmaid, blue transfer pattern and hand-painted.
Ceramic Collection, Aberystwyth University
16. Earthenware dish with lion motif from the Royal arms. Thomas Toft, 17th
Century. Victoria and Albert Museum
17. Buckley Pottery, moulded dish with slip decoration, Ceramic Collection,
Aberystwyth University
18. Delftware plate, Ceramic Collection, Aberystwyth University
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19. Vases decorated by Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell, Victoria and Albert Museum
(photograph M. Talbot)
20. Stoneware bottle possibly decorated by Vanessa Bell, Poole Pottery. Ceramic
Collection, Aberystwyth University
21. Poole Pottery decorated by James Radley Young and Anne Hatchard. Victoria
and Albert Museum (photograph M. Talbot)
22. Poster for “British Popular Art” exhibition 1951, Museum of London
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23. Cover of Stanley Thorogood’s Manipulation of the Brush, 1900. Victoria and
Albert Museum (photograph K. Talbot)
24. Minton Tile, 1877. Victoria and Albert Museum
25. W.P. Frith, Struggles, from the series ‘Road to Ruin’, Louis Flameng etching.
Museum of London
26. ‘Exhibition of Paintings on China’, advertisement, The Times 25th July 1883
27. ‘To Artists and Amateurs in Pottery’, The Times 13th April 1876
28. Howell and James, 1840s. Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London
29. ‘The Fourth Annual Exhibition of Paintings on China’, catalogue cover page
(photography M. Talbot)
30. ‘Lilies and butterfly’ Plaque decorated by Charlotte Spiers. Victoria and
Albert Museum
31. ‘The Angler Caught’, E. Langstaff. Howell and James, The Fourth Exhibition
of Paintings on China Catalogue 1878 (photograph M. Talbot)
32. “Conventional Heliotrope” Miss H Lees and “Portrait of Miss Gertrude
Willoughby”, Lady Willoughby. The Fourth Exhibition of Paintings on China
Catalogue 1878 (photograph M. Talbot)
33. Example on how to paint a kingfisher, China Painting, Ada and Blanch
Hanbury 1883 (photograph K. Talbot)
34. ‘Lady Eva Greville’, the Countess of Warwick, The Fourth Exhibition of
Paintings on China Catalogue 1878 (photograph M. Talbot)
35. ‘Fruit and Blossom of the Horse Chestnut’ Ada Hanbury The Fourth
Exhibition of Paintings on China Catalogue 1878 (photograph M. Talbot)
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36. List of entries, extract from The Fourth Exhibition of Paintings on China
Catalogue 1878
37. ‘Feeding the Doves’ Ellen Welby The Fourth Exhibition of Paintings on
China Catalogue 1878 (photograph M. Talbot)
38. Shallow dish with hand painted orchid decoration by David Dewsberry, Julie
McKeown Royal Doulton, Shire 2004 p 20
39. ‘Irises’, hand-painted framed china plaque painted by Charlotte Lohr, 1890
40. “Conventional Wild Roses”, Edith S. Hall The Fourth Exhibition of Paintings
on China Catalogue 1878 (photograph M. Talbot)
41. ‘Sunflowers’ M.C. Robinson, 1883
42. W.P. Frith A Private View at the Royal Academy 1881, 1883, Royal Academy
43. China plaque painted with portrait of an unknown girl
44. Kate Greenaway, ‘Girls Jumping’, Marigold Garden 1888
45. ‘Young Girl Raking Leaves’ Anne Sealy. Harriman Judd Sale Catalogue,
Sotheby’s New York January 2000
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46. Design A4820. Pattern book A1, Wedgwood Museum Trust
47. Enamelled earthenware mug, ‘Millwall’, Alfred Powell. Victoria and Albert
Museum
48. Design for Dessert Plates by Louise Lessore, The Studio XX 1900
49. Women decorators at the Wedgwood Factory. Wedgwood Museum Trust
50. Design AMH 4865, Handcraft A1 Pattern Book. Wedgwood Museum Trust
51. A collection of pottery attributed to Alfred Powell. (copyright Maureen
Batkin)
52. Small earthenware jug, decorated by Louise Powell, Ceramic Collection,
Aberystwyth University
53. Design AMH 7546 Handcraft A1 Pattern Book. Wedgwood Museum Trust
54. Design AM8179 Handcraft A1 Pattern Book. Wedgwood Museum Trust
55. Jug in white earthenware, decorated by Louise Powell. Ceramic Collection,
Aberystwyth University
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56. Pattern W4145, Wedgwood Museum Trust
57. Pages from Pattern book A1, Wedgwood Museum Trust
58. Dish decorated with pattern A5449. (copyright Maureen Batkin)
59. Cup and Saucer decorated by Alfred Powell (copyright Maureen Batkin)
60. Design AMH4865 Handcraft A1 Pattern Book, Wedgwood Museum Trust
61. Design A5011 Handcraft A1 Pattern Book, Wedgwood Museum Trust
62. Two dishes decorated by Alfred and Louise Powell, Ceramic Collection,
Aberystwyth University
63. ‘Underglaze Painting’, postcard, www.thepotteries.org.
64. Collection of hand decorated ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum
(photograph M. Talbot)
Chapter 5
65. Two Wemyss pigs. Rogers de Rin Collection catalogue (n.d.)
66. ‘Lady Eva’, Wemyss vase, Royal Museum of Scotland
67. Vase by Emile Gallé, ‘Le Coq et la Mouche’, Griselda Hill “Some Foreign
Influences on the Design Style of Kirkcaldy made Wemyss Ware” Scottish
Pottery Historical Review 20 (1999)
68. Large jug with naïve monochrome ‘peacock’ design, Wemyss ware, National
Museum of Scotland, Reserve Collection
69. Mug with cockerel design, Wemyss ware, National Museum of Scotland,
Reserve Collection
70. Wemyss ware loving cup, National Museum of Scotland, Reserve Collection
71. Advertisement for Mortlock’s, The Times, 25th July 1883
72. Advertisement for Wemyss Ware, The Scotsman 23rd December 1901
73. Wemyss ware plate, Royal Museum of Scotland
74. Goss style souvenir ‘puzzle jug’ (photograph M. Talbot – own collection)
75. Doulton Harlem A Scene 5, three men arm in arm
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76. Advertisement for Royal Aller Vale and Watcombe Art Potteries, The Pottery
Gazette, January 1904
77. A range of Aller Vale Art Pottery, Iznik designs, Newton Abbot Museum
(photograph K. Talbot)
78. Tear Bottle, Aller Vale Art Pottery, Newton Abbot Museum (photograph K.
Talbot)
79. Dimpled Vase, Aller Vale Art Pottery, Newton Abbott Museum (photograph
K. Talbot)
80. An advertisement for the Aller Vale Art Pottery, Aller Vale Art Pottery
Exhibition catalogue 1998, Newton Abbot Town and GWR Museum
81. Jug in red buff body with Sgraffito decoration. Ceramic Collection,
Aberystwyth University
82. Early Loving Cup, Aller Vale Art Pottery, ‘Kerswell Daisy’ pattern
83. Small motto ware jug, ‘Scandy’ pattern (photograph M. Talbot – own
collection)
84. Small motto ware bowl, Cottage pattern, (photograph M. Talbot – own
collection)
85. Devon Cottage, John Thomas Collection, National Library of Wales
86. Watcombe motto ware jug, ‘Saundersfoot’, yacht pattern (photograph M.
Talbot – own collection)
87. Watcombe motto ware jug, ‘Saundersfoot’, motto “Be aisy with tha craim”
(photograph M. Talbot – own collection)
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88. Collection of hand-painted tableware, Llanelly Pottery, Carmarthen Museum,
Abergwili
89. Blue Plaque commemorating the Llanelly Pottery, Elli Centre, Llanelli
(photograph M. Talbot)
90. Hand-decorated plate, William Adams & Co.
91. Hand-painted side dish, Llanelly Pottery. Hughes and Pugh, Llanelly Pottery,
1990
92. Mrs Muriel Williams with hand-painted plaque. Hughes and Pugh, Llanelly
Pottery 1990
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93. Paintresses at the Llanelly Pottery (circa 1890) photograph.
www.rwgevans.com/family/
94. A range of ‘cockerel plates’ and other hand-painted ware, Llanelly Pottery.
Parc Howard, Llanelli (photograph K. Talbot)
95. ‘St Peter’s Chruch’, Llanelly plaque painted by Samuel Shufflebotham.
Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
96. Sailing boat design, Llanelly Pottery, Parc Howard, Llanelli (photograph K.
Talbot)
97. Cottage design, Llanelly Pottery, Parc Howard, Llanelli (photograph K.
Talbot)
98. Chicken and Hen design, Llanelly Pottery, Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
99. Cockerel design, Wemyss ware mug. National Museum of Scotland, Reserve
Collection
100.
Crown Dorset, ‘Harlem’ design. Private Collection
101.
Llanelly Harlem design “Ceramics in Wales”, Brecknock Museum
and Art Gallery 2007 (photograph K. Talbot)
102. Cockerel design, Llanelly Pottery, Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
103. Cockerel design, Poutney’s Pottery, Bristol. John Carson, Bristol Pottery
1784-1972 Authors on Line 2008
104. Cockerel design, Crown Dorset beaker c. 1906
105. Cockerel design, H.B. Henriot pottery, Musée de Faience, Quimper, France
(photograph M. Talbot)
106. Cockerel design, Wemyss ware, National Museum of Scotland Reserve
Collection
107. Cockerel design, Scotts of Stow mail order catalogue, 2009
108. ‘Our Local Cartoon’, The South Wales Press, 12th February 1912
109. A sample of ware from Poutney’s Pottery, Bristol Sarah Levitt, Poutneys,
the Bristol Pottery at Fishponds 1905-1969, Redcliffe 1990
110. Guest and Dewsberry invoice, 17th June 1908, Private collection
111. Cover of Llanelly Pottery, Dilys Jenkins, 1968
112. Llanelly Pottery, photograph. Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
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113. Collection of cockerel plates, Frontispiece, Hughes and Pugh, Llanelly
Pottery 1990
114. Llanelly Pottery, Bread Plate, 1914. Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
115. Situations Vacant advertisement, Llanelly Mercury 2nd January 1912
116. ‘Llanelly Pottery’, Catalogue for the Welsh Industries Fair Cardiff 1914,
National Library of Wales
117. Welsh Industries Association, Official Handbook, Welsh Fancy Fair, Cardiff
1914. National Library of Wales
118. Welsh Industries Association badge (photograph M. Talbot – own
collection)
119. Llanelly Pottery marks, Dilys Jenkins, Llanelly Pottery 1968
120. Teacup with ‘Welsh Ladies’ motif. Staffordshire. Ceramic Collection,
Aberystwyth University
121. A collection of Doulton ‘Series ware’, Rural England. Private Collection
USA, (photograph M. Vincentelli)
122. ‘Mari Jones’ plate, Llanelly Pottery, Carmarthen Museum, Abergwili
123. Pugh Brothers Llanelli, publicity leaflet
124. ‘Ceiliog Llanelly’ Glyn Coch Designs. (photograph M. Talbot – own
collection)
125. ‘Ceiliog Llanelly’, Glyn Coch Designs, publicity leaflet
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126. Spiers family shop, www.headington.org.uk/owen/mayors/18361962/spiers-richard-1853
127. Medieval knight. , China Painting, Ada and Blanch Hanbury 1883 National
Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (photograph K. Talbot)
128. Painting on China. The Times 15th February 1878
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Hill, Griselda. "Some Foreign Influences on the Design Style of Kirkcaldy Made
'Wemyss Ware'." Scottish Pottery Historical Review 20 (1999).
Levitt, Sarah. Poutneys, the Bristol Pottery at Fishponds 1905-1969. Bristol:
Redcliffe, 1990.
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