Lead-glazed ware
The earliest British lead-glazed potter) was made in the I0th or the 11th century. Recent evacuations Of sites at Winchester and Stamford have revealed crude and sometimes partially glazed cooking pots, pitchers, and bottles. In the 17th century a more idiosyncratic type of British pottery developed, including the bold slipwares 4 Staffordshire and of Wrotham, Kent. A considerable range of different pottery types were covered in lead glaze; red, buff, or white-bodied clays were covered
a clear or coloured lead glaze similar to that of the Chinese sancai tomb pottery made during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the 18th and 19th centuries
Staffordshire emerged as one of the most important ceramics regions of the modern age. All the necessary ingredients for high-quality production were found in
a area: first-rate clays, local supplies of coal to fuel sic kilns, and an extensive waterway system for transporting the finished product.
pitchers, pie plates, salts, tygs (a type of large mug), and dishes. Thickly potted, most wares were boldly decorated with figures, animals, birds, or coats of arms. This latter type remained popular well into the 19th Century, especially on oblong oven dishes. Some fine slipwares have the names of such potters as Thomas Tort (d.1689), Ralph Simpson 1651-1724), and William Taylor (b.c. 1630) prominently displayed in the decoration. Because such documentary wares are very expensive, this type has been faked at least since the latter half of the 19th century.
TORTOISESHELL, AGATE, AND
JACKFIELD WARE
Thomas Whieldon ( 1719-95) is usually associated with the production of tortoiseshell ware, although many potteries in north Staffordshire made similar wares from the mid-18th century. They are distinguished by the use Of translucent coloured glazes, Only partially mixed, or mottled, to produce an effect suggested by their title. Combinations of manganese brown, copper green, and cobalt blue were used on domestic wares or figures. Agate ware differs from tortoiseshell in that,
instead of differently coloured glazes being mixed, it
is made by mixing differently coloured clays to produce an effect similar to hardstones – hence the name. First made c.1740, these salt- or lead-glazed wares were later developed by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95). The term “Jackfield” has been traditionalIy given to a reddish-brown ware covered in a very glossy black glaze. This type of ware was probably first made in Jackfield, Shropshire, from C.1750, and later produced in many potteries in Staffordshire and elsewhere in the second and third quarters of the 18th century. Production was predominantly of hollow-ware decorated with moulding, gilding, or enamelling.
Slipware
• COLOURED) slips dark brown, tan, and white
• Forms dishes, tygs, puzzle jugs, and chargers
• DECORATION trailing, combing, marbling; designs: heraldic devices, figures, animals, birds, coats of arms
Tortoiseshell, agate, and Jackfield wares
• GLAZES tortoiseshell: mottled green, yellow, white, manganese, and blue; Jackfield: black and very shiny
• FORMS mainly teawares
• SPUR MARKS two or three left by supporting pins on the base of plates during firing
• DECORATION applied motifs, crabstock handles
• COLLECTING cow creamers are very popular
Tobyjugs
• COLLECTING extremely popular area of collecting; Prattware types were made after c.1780; the most desirable are those of the so-called “Ralph Wood” type; the most typical and popular figure is the “Tope”

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