rockingham pottery
brownish glazed rockingham pottery originated in england, where it was named after the marquis of rockingham, who produced it at his swinton pottery .
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issued by rockingham pottery in 1985 using original moulds made by shorter & sons in 1940 .
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rotherham’s famous rockingham pottery has gone global thanks to a new website launched by rotherham borough council .
antique rockingham pottery spill vase with gilt detail - 8. 5cm high x 6. 5 cm dia
visit our world famous collection of rockingham pottery, and marvel at the skill of our local potters .
the yorkshire potteries collection consists of around 300 items of ceramics produced by the non - rockingham potteries in yorkshire. these items were manufactured at other rotherham based potteries, such as holmes pottery, rawmarsh top pottery and kilnhurst old pottery, as well as at potteries further afield in yorkshire, for example leeds pottery and don pottery, both of which have rockingham connections .
alfred bagguley’s mark after he moved his pottery business from the rockingham site to bank street at mexborough. the rockingham brown glazeware was produced from his secret formula
rice, dennis g. . 1971. rockingham pottery and porcelain. london: p. 83 - 4
rockingham pottery and porcelain by alwyn cox and angela cox: 42 hardcover, first edition. - rooke books pbfa
large rockingham glazed molded pottery jar with cover, ht. 11 3 / 4 in. more ...
harker pottery: a collector' s compendium from rockingham and yellowware to modern - $ 39. 95: schiffer publishing
group of pottery items, including a redware spittoon, rockingham - glazed bowls and molds, a rockingham - glazed book flask, and a spongeware pitcher. more ...
this 19th century pottery dog is in fantastic condition and these are quite rare to find in rockingham pottery. there are no cracks or chips. they were the state of vermont .
( for the most comprehensive publication about the rockingham pottery please refer to “rockingham 1745 - 1842” by alwyn and angela cox, antique collectors club publication, this is highly recommended) .
these were my grandmother' s who bought them at the pottery in bennington vt. • bennington pottery. • custard cup .
in gratitude, the pottery was renamed the rockingham works (after the earl’s much admired uncle) and the griffin crest of the wentworth family was introduced from then on as the pottery’s mark .
how a distinctly english pottery became a uniquely american one is the subject of the new exhibit “‘fancy rockingham’ pottery: the modeller and ceramics in nineteenth century america, ” on view at the university of richmond. some 70 pieces of rockingham pottery – all from private new york area collections – tell the story of relief molded earthenware in america .
mary louise mclaughlin’s centennial experience motivated her to spearhead in 1879 the queen city oh pottery club, america’s first all - women’s pottery organization. her efforts set the stage for rookwood and the blossoming of art pottery in cincinnati. rookwood pottery was founded in 1880 by maria longworth nichols, another centennial convert. no other pottery matched rookwood’s uniquely american style .
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rockingham plate
. item: rockingham plate. maker: rockingham. materials: porcelain. age: early 19c. get images that. make supersized seem small .
a real nice brown splatterwarerockingham / bennington pottery bowl. unmarked but appears to be a piece of rockingham / bennington pottery. in very good condition but does have a hairline (which you can no ...
a real nice brown splatterwarerockingham / bennington pottery bowl. unmarked but appears to be a piece of rockingham / bennington pottery. in very good condition but does have a hairline (which you cannot feel) .
fancy rockingham pottery: the modeller and ceramics in nineteenth century america. diana stradling. university of richmond museum / richmond, va. 2004 .
cox, alwyn. cox, angela. 1983. rockingham pottery and porcelain 1745 - 1842. london: p. 200 - 1, 228
rice, d. g. the illustrated guide to rockingham pottery and porcelain. london: barrie & jenkins, 1971. pl. 71 .
rockingham pottery & porcelain 1745 - 1842 by alwyn cox & angela cox: faber & faber, london 9780571130498 hard cover, first. - parrott books
bennington rockingham - glaze pottery coachman bottle, mottled brown, finely detailed gentleman holding a mug, wearing a cape. impressed type a circular six - line mark with 1849. book literature: barret - bennington pottery and porcelain .
the terms “rockingham” and “bennington” pottery have long been used interchangeably, and although much of the nineteenth century wares made in bennington were rockingham, considerable quantities were produced in potteries scattered around the eastern half of the united states .
group of mostly rockingham - glazed pottery, including an f. b. norton, worcester, massachusetts, floral cobalt - decorated two - gallon jug, six graduated rockingham - glazed bowls and three yellowware more ...
dutch pottery and porcelain. w. pitcairn knowles. scribner’s / new york .
barber, the pottery and porcelain of the united states, pp. 438, 439; diana stradling, jersey city: shaping america’s pottery industry, 1825–1892 .
william and donna gray have been collecting and researching harker pottery for many years .
very old rockingham pottery plate with red griffin mark on back. it has green foliage pattern on cream background with gilt edging. otherwise in good condition .
antique rockingham porcelain cup and saucer
. ​marks: 1383 painted on the base. rockingham griffin backstamp on the saucer. maker: rockingham. item: cup and saucer. ​condition: minor gilding wear ...
antique rockingham porcelain cup and saucer
. ​marks: 1139 painted on the base. rockingham griffin backstamp on the saucer. maker: rockingham. item: cup and saucer. materials: porcelain. ​conditi ...
production of pottery had commenced in vermont in 1785 when captain john norton needed utilitarian earthenware and stoneware for his distilled products and established the norton pottery. the other major pottery in town was that of his brother - in - law christopher webber fenton, united states pottery company, which made ornamental yellowware with rockingham and the new flint enamel glaze, and other wares based on ones made in england .
regrettably, unlike the nearby swinton (rockingham) pottery, very little historical documentation is available for the don works. the products of the don pottery provide a major field for research and identification both for the ceramic historian and the collector .
antique rockingham porcelain cup and saucer
. ​marks: 844 painted on the base of the cup. rockingham griffin backstamp on the saucer. maker: rockingham. item: cup and saucer. materials: porcelain ...
barret, bennington pottery and porcelain: a guide to identification, pp. 134–35 .
the largest and most important item within the rockingham collection is the rhinoceros vase .
1840' s lge rockingham treacle glazed loving cup fighting dogs 2 frogs sprigging .
rockingham - glazed pottery book - form flask, 19th century, ht. 5 1 / 2, wd. 4, dp. 2 in. more ...
1 the term “rockingham” probably originated because the first of the dark brown glazed wares were produced at a pottery located on the estate of the marquis of rockingham in yorkshire (goldberg 2003: 27). the manufactory was later renamed the rockingham works (claney 2004: 33) and produced a variety of porcelain and other expensive wares .
christopher webber fenton hoped to mimic josiah wedgwood’s nomenclature genius by calling rockingham he made at the norton pottery “ flint enamel. ” local potters called fenton’s nomenclature “humbug. ” others called rockingham “variegated ware, ” “fancy ware, ” or simply “rock. ”
molded, rounded rim, yellow brown streaks, summit pottery, 13 x 10 in .
knowles & harvey - - - plant # 1 old end. e. liverpool pottery works
william bloor - - - east liverpool porcelain works - - u. s. pottery wrks
set of 3 batter mixing bowls from bennington pottery in vermont. all in excellent condition .
this is an original rockingham pottery beverage pitcher. depicting the english fox hunt scene, with the fox handle watching the hounds from above. excellent condition. priced to sell .
a rockingham pottery shoe - form inkwell or botle. with evidence of wear from age and use. break and repair to opening at top with a loss to a piece .
rockingham, in the united states, is a pottery with a brown glaze that resembles tortoiseshell. it was made from 1840 to 1900 by many american potteries. rockingham is also the name of a pottery in england in swinton working from 1745 to 1842. other types of ceramics were also made by the english firm, but the name rockingham was used by collectors for any of the brown glazed pottery made in america. some of rockingham' s most famous pieces had relief - molded designs including hunt scenes. animal sculptures and historical figures were also made. related pieces may be listed in the bennington category .
but most of the tonnage of 19th century rockingham was quite gaudy. therein lay rockingham’s down side. the glaze’s overpowering nature could make anything look “fancy. ” so much so that in 1901, years after rockingham’s craze had run it’s course, james carr sighed while recounting what might have been a common exchange between pottery owner and shop worker :
bennington rockingham spatter ware spaniel dog figurine: unmarked, he... lot 127
rockingham pottery takes its name from the estate of the marquis of rockingham in yorkshire, england, where potters in the mid - to late eighteenth century created household objects with a characteristic lustrous mottled brown glaze. when rockingham appeared in america around the 1820s, it acquired a whole new array of colors and patterns. ceramics scholar and exhibit curator diana stradling says the term “rockingham, ” strictly speaking, describes only brown glazed ceramic objects .
buffalo pottery deldare ware mug and plate, a doulton lambeth mug, and a rockingham - glazed toby jug, ht. to 8 1 / 4 in. more ...
was started in 1745, but it was not until 1826 that it assumed the name rockingham. it continued to operate until 1842. rockingham porcelain, light in weight, was
early american pottery and china. john spargo. the century co. / ny. 1926 .
“‘fancy rockingham’ pottery: the modeller and ceramics in nineteenth century america” remains on view at the university of richmond museums through february 27. for information, 804 - 289 - 8276 or urltoken
gates and ormerod, “the east liverpool, ohio pottery district, ” p. 52; barber, the pottery and porcelain of the united states, p. 200. an 1850 price list of his yellow and rockingham ware is illustrated in liebowitz, yellow ware, p. 43 .
american potters – mostly english émigrés freed from the conventions of their homeland – lost no time in transforming rockingham into a dripped, splattered, sponged, polychrome marvel. pottery from bennington vt to east liverpool oh was slathered with it. within three years of it’s introduction to these shores, rockingham by james bennett of pittsburg pa won the 1845 franklin institute pottery diploma. trenton nj was an epicenter of production, with (émigré) daniel greatbatch as perhaps rockingham’s best practitioner .
“rockingham” originally described a rich chocolate brown glaze made on the marquis of rockingham’s swinton estate in yorkshire, england beginning in 1757. when the swinton pottery failed in 1842 the glaze went (quite successfully) to potteries in derbyshire. it also went with hordes of emigrating potters to america .
here you will receive this antique pottery spirits bottle in the primitive style. from a local estate .
antique yellow ware milk pitcher with drip brown glaze know as bennington or rockingham pottery. this piece is unsigned. features raised design at shoulder of the pitcher. in very good condition with ...
an old molded pottery pen stand with a central inkwell and four holes for quill pens. images of nature with relief flower decorations on four sides; wonderful rockingham or bennington glaze runs and color variations .
rare harker semi porcelain 12 3 / 8
antique plate platter harker pottery co u. s. a
manufacturers sometimes used the term “rockingham” to describe stonewares, usually pitchers, teapots and flowerpots, dipped in brown manganese (albany) slip (ketchum 1987: 10). rockingham is also sometimes mistakenly called “bennington ware” after the town in vermont that was home to the united states pottery company, which produced rockingham glazed wares (gates and ormerod 1982: 7, ketchum 1994: 222; spargo 1926). since not all rockingham wares were produced in bennington, the use of this term is misleading .
the lion with the flam, impressed stamp that so many associate with don pottery did not appear until 1810. it is observed that the don pottery book had a great similarity to the leeds pottery pattern books that were published in 1783 and 1794 respectively. this is perhaps not unsurprising considering the past relationships of the founders .
bennington rockingham ware was first produced at the norton pottery circa 1845 during the period when it was owned by julius norton (son of the founder, captain john norton) and christopher fenton, his brother - in - law. eventually fenton split from norton (circa 1849) and founded his own firm, the us pottery company, where most of the bennington rockingham ware was produced. the firm dissolved in 1858 .
ok, as a joke this is ridiculous. but it makes perfect sense when studying 19th century rockingham glazed pottery in the united states. every potter today knows – or should know – that making pottery is only half the story. using pots brings them to life. when we trace ownership and function from kiln to cabinet, some interesting patterns come to light – like the connectivity of spittoons in the rockingham market .
made at swinton, yorkshire, in a factory on the estate of the marquess of rockingham. the
all the other three rockingham pattern books are in private hands and so are unavailable to the public .
she said: “rockingham is very special both to porcelain enthusiasts and to the history of rotherham. ”
page from the rockingham pattern book dating from 1826 to 1830 showing tea ware patterns 676 and 677 .
cake mold, american, mid - nineteenth century. rockingham glazed earthenware. d. 10
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plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, rockingham ceramic factory, swinton, ca. 1825 .
the pottery traded on as a large employer also attracting artists and designers from staffordshire. the don pottery was the second largest industrial pottery in yorkshire at this time employing some 600 people. its finished products were exported to russia, the middle east and south america with the canal used as the starting point for the long journeys .
2 bennington / rockingham pottery collectibles, soap dish and mug, yellow with brown glaze: the rectangular soap dish is in one piece and has drain holes. the mug has flared sides and an applied handle .
up for your consideration is an antique pitcher rockingham glaze bennington primitive yellow ware pottery. there are great colors and markings on this pitcher. th ank you. we will do what it takes to ...
five mostly rockingham - glazed stoneware vessels, 19th century, a brown - glazed pottery pitcher with a drinking scene molded in relief, a spittoon, and three pitchers: one with portrait medallions more ...
candlestick, lyman, fenton & co. / united states pottery company, bennington, vermont, 1849–1858. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 9 3 / 8
. flint enamel was added to the glaze .
detail of the “american pottery” mark on the collar band of hound - handle pitcher illustrated in fig. 15 .
about the author & colon; william and donna gray have been collecting and researching harker pottery for many years .
hound - handled pitcher, united states pottery company, bennington, vermont, 1852–1856. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 12 1 / 8
. there are three stilt marks in a triangular pattern on the base .
the overwhelming naturalistic elements of “fancy rockingham” made it a natural for the university of richmond’s lora robins gallery of design from nature, said university of richmond museum director richard waller. “design from nature is in abundance in rockingham, ” he stated. having spent 20 years at the brooklyn museum of art, he was familiar with rockingham and rockingham collectors and believed that it was a perfect fit for the lora robins gallery .
gates and ormerod, “the east liverpool, ohio pottery district, ” p. 79; barber, the pottery and porcelain of the united states, p. 199; barber, marks of american potters, p. 105 .
rhinoceros vase from the rockingham factory, swinton, nr rotherham. © rotherham museums, galleries & heritage service
rockingham porcelain remains highly collectable, the cup, saucers and smaller pieces are generally easier to source, although they are becoming steadily harder to find. however, larger rockingham ornamental pieces are few and far between .
unmarked, but this is a known rockingham design. maker: rockingham, but unmarked .
antique porcelain cup and saucer
. item: cup and saucer. materials: porcelain. age: early 19c .
miniature toby jug in the form of the duchess of plaza - toro from gilbert and sullivan' s the gondoliers. rockingham pottery, 1985, from original moulds made by shorter & sons, 1940, first issued in 1949
since the dark rockingham glaze obscured printed manufacturer’s marks and filled impressed marks, making them difficult to read, rockingham - glazed wares were generally not marked by their manufacturers. the philadelphia firm of j. e. jeffords appeared to have marked more of their rockingham wares than other manufacturers (liebeknecht, personal communication 2012) .
don pottery has been a specialised field of collecting for the doncaster museum and art gallery since its establishment in 1909. the collection represents both the greens and barker periods and is the largest collection of don pottery in any public museum .
further information about bennington rockingham wares may be found in bennington pottery and porcelain by richard carter barret. for many years the curator of the bennington museum, barret is generally considerd to be the foremost authority on the this topic .
group of assorted pottery items, five rockingham - glazed, two redware dishes, a delft bowl, and a large staffordshire blue and white transfer - decorated platter. the collection of dr. howard p. more ...
one popular line that fenton produced, rockingham, was not his invention, glaze - finished pottery produced in england and elsewhere in the united states. fenton added his own designs and unusual mottling techniques to rockingham, producing pieces with a streaked and spattered brown glaze that combined with the yellow body clay to make a tortoise - shell effect .
gates and ormerod, “the east liverpool, ohio pottery district, ” p. 300; barber, the pottery and porcelain of the united states, p. 199; barber, marks of american potters, pp. 160, 161, 201. an 1864–1865 price list of the vodrey pottery works of his rockingham and varigated ware and yellow ware is illustrated in joan liebowitz, yellow ware (west chester: pa. : schiffer, 1993), p. 45 .
the brown glaze was often used on a type of pear - shaped teapot called the “rockingham teapot” after the last marchioness of rockingham who died in 1804. she had ordered up to eighteen of the teapots at one time .
pitcher, american, mid - nineteenth century. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 11 1 / 8
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four pieces of rockingham - glazed pottery, a lyman fenton & co. coachman flask, and unmark coachman flask, a hunt jug, and a bough pot, ht. to 10 1 / 4 in. more ...
four pottery items, a rockingham - glazed cow creamer, and three redware items: a pitcher, a dish, and a jar, ht. to 5 1 / 2, wd. to 7 in. more ...
english potter joseph bennett came in 1834 from derbyshire to america where by 1839 he established his own pottery in east liverpool, ohio. he was joined in 1841 by his brothers edwin, william and daniel. the next year james relocated the pottery to pittsburgh and edwin moved to baltimore and established his own pottery there. his brother william followed him in 1847 and the pottery was known as bennett & brothers. the “rebekah at the well” teapot was one of their best - known products .
but the most varied and unsually most valuable bennington pottery is that produced in the short span by charles webber fenton, who married into the norton family and then started his own us pottery company in 1847. while his in - laws concentrated on stoneware, fenton began intense experimentation in new types of pottery and porcelain, none of which have been exactly duplicated since .
of all ceramic types made in the us during the 19th century, rockingham best held it’s ground against the flood of british factory work, infatuation with chinese porcelain, attempts at copying english styles, etc. rockingham, with scratch blue stoneware as a close second, is the most truly iconic american pottery style of that, or any, era .
there was probably no clearer, nor more ironic, example of this situation than the trajectory of the rockingham glaze .
the site, by the council’s museums, galleries and heritage section, is dedicated entirely to the rockingham pattern book .
rockingham - glazed earthenware hunt jug, 19th century, ht. 10 1 / 2 in. more ...
john brameld and son william set about developing the pottery. the premises were enlarged with a large paintshop and flintmill being erected .
bennington pottery vermont batter bowl. great for pancake making! black & grey spatter. marked on bottom bennington potters 1880 vermont .
possibly rockingham? . 19th century floral pot / vase 11. 5x6cm. for sale is a possibly rockingham? . 19th century floral pot / vase. it features a hand painted floral panel upon a fish scale blue ground ...
all of our ceramic collection is the swinton, brameld and rockingham pottery, collectively referred to as the rockingham collection. rotherham holds the best public collection of rockingham pottery anywhere in the world. since the first item was given to the museum in 1908, many more items have been acquired by gift, purchase and bequest. the collection demonstrates an excellent range of wares including a full dinner service, and examples of tea and dessert wares, many of which match designs in the rockingham pattern book. the pattern book is the second of four volumes produced to illustrate the designs used in the production of porcelain at the swinton pottery site. it was acquired by heritage services in 2007, with the aid of a heritage lottery fund grant. the original is held by archives and local studies, and there is a facsimile copy for customers to view in the ceramics gallery .
this is an antique bennington rockingham glaze yellow ware small bowl. the yellow with brown glazing gives the appearance of tortoiseshell .
this means that the new website will be of particular interest to various groups of people as well as the rockingham collectors .
this is an antique bennington rockingham glaze yellow ware large bowl. the yellow with brown glazing gives the appearance of tortoiseshell .
rockingham went from a small country pottery to a royal porcelain manufacturer before going bankrupt but its legacy is some of the most highly - collectable porcelain in the country, of which some 1, 200 pieces can be found in the borough council’s own collection .
thirty - one pieces of rockingham - glazed pottery, 19th / 20th century, including three pitchers: one with relief - molded fruit, one with lid, and one with foliate - molded band to rim; six finger bowls, more ...
there has been a long tradition of manufacturing pottery in south yorkshire and particularly at swinton. early pottery finds in the area go back to prehistoric times. the local tribes found rich local clays were ideal for making pots for storage, cooking, eating and drinking .
bennington pottery, blue agate, round dish. stamped on back 1661 ya, bennington, vermont. great cond, see pics .
pitcher, attributed to the american pottery co. , jersey city, new jersey, ca. 1845. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 9 1 / 4
. this molded pitcher is decorated with an elaborate design featuring gothic architecture and eight apostles. this example is unmarked although a similar pitcher with the american pottery co. mark is in the clement collection, brooklyn museum of art .
colors: bennington pottery rockingham glaze
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style mottled browns and yellow ware colors. old ernest and julio gallo cork used .
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rockingham ware in american culture, 1830 - 1930. jane perkins claney. university press of new england / hanover. 2004 .
in addition, rockingham collectors will also have the option of searching a wide range of categories to identify specific features or patterns .
but there were many others; newcomb pottery in new orleans founded specifically to instruct young women; mary chase stratton’s pewabic pottery in detroit; linna irelan’s art pottery in san francisco, ca, which exclusively used native californian clays. these and many more set the stage for adelaide alsop robineau’s porcelain work beginning in 1904 and culminating in her magisterial scarab vase. the stage was set for america’s arts and crafts revolution .
bennington ware was the product of two factories working in bennington, vermont. around 1847 - 1858 more fancy pottery was made, starting with the parian ware. in 1858 the pottery closed due to financial reasons making the production of parian ware only last 6 - 12 years .
in the 1990’s successful lobbying by local heritage enthusiasts paid off in swinton. the whole rockingham pottery site along with the surviving waterloo kiln was added to the scheduled stock of ancient monuments. also the locally named three cornered wood which has boundaries at warren vale road and blackamoor road was scheduled. the wood was a former clay pit which had extensive re - filling with pottery waste once the clay was exhausted .
barret, bennington pottery and porcelain: a guide to identification, p. 320, pl. 417, p. 321, pl. 418. john bell also copied this mug (see comstock, the pottery of the shenandoah valley region, p. 130, fig. 4. 143). coxon continued to make this mug with slight variations when he was at the swan hill pottery, ca. 1858–1860 .
the history of the reknowned rockingham pottery factory starts with the making of pottery, tiles and bricks at swinton on a small scale in the 1750’s. the owner joseph flint rented land off the landowner, thomas watson - wentworth, 1 st marquis of rockingham. circa 1755 flint as operator was replaced by edward butler and his wife, elizabeth. they continued manufacture until 1765 when william malpass then took over the pottery from the butlers. with plans for expansion in, 1768 he went into partnership with a william fenney. fenney had previously been a glassmaker in catcliffe but who was bankrupted some eight years earlier in 1759. some 20 men and 40 boys were employed by them .
readings: the pottery and porcelain of the united states. edwin atlee barber. g. p. putnam’s sons / new york. 1909 .
stephen theis made designs for the united states pottery at bennington, the pottery that was the source of much rockingham ware. the company also produced parian ware and several examples of theis’s designs are on view. a pitcher in the “sunflower and tulip” pattern and one in the “pond lily” design were both made in bennington. his “psyche and cupid” pitcher was made in philadelphia, as was an 1870 serving bowl on view .
perhaps the best known product of the swinton pottery was the rich brown glaze that came to be known as “rockingham glaze” or “rockingham ware”. this was first introduced in the 1770’s. the bramelds made extensive use of it on products after 1806. it was such a success that other factories began to copy the style. it was developed and made with a secret recipe developed by ex staffordshire potter alfred bagguley .
of questionable taste but always well made and finished. a manganese - brown glaze called “rockingham glaze” was used on the stoneware. from
it will allow people right across the world the unprecedented opportunity to view the entire rockingham pattern book at the click of a mouse .
what both reveal is that the, term
bennington
can be applied to a vast array of pottery and porcelain made in the town, including salt - glazed stoneware, redware, granite ware, flint enamel, scroddled ware, rockingham, parian, and others. what they all have in common is that they were made by only two pottery companies, one of which was in business for a scant 10 years .
rockingham is highly - fired earthenware or stoneware, generally with a buff to yellow paste and a brown mottled and streaked glaze, often characterized by patches of the vessel’s body showing through. rockingham is generally not felt to be a specific ware type; rather simply a type of glaze applied to yellow, buff or (rarely) white - bodied ceramics. rockingham is typically characterized by relief molded decoration .
so, where did the spittoon fit in? everywhere. it was the single commonest rockingham form (for obvious reasons) throughout rockingham’s entire production history. spittoons were simply everywhere. tea parlors, public houses, homes, courthouses, trains, lady’s bathrooms. everywhere .
because the bennington potteries were the first to copy the english rockingham process, and produced the highest quality wares, there is a tendency to label all brown or spatter - glazed pottery as “bennington. ” this is incorrect and only pottery made in bennington, vermont should be so indentified. the similar products of other potteries should be identified as “american rockingham”. at bennington, at least until 1856, the wares were exceptionally fine in finish because a double glaze technique was used. a glossy underglaze was applied to the clay piece. after an initial firing, the brown rockingham glaze was spattered on and the piece was fired again. the result was a final glaze effect of extraordinary depth and brilliance .
samuel barker of the mexborough old pottery purchased the don pottery works in july 1839. he resided in ‘mexborough house’ situated where the post office now sits on mexborough high street. he was an extensive property and business owner. the mexborough old pottery was also situated on the south yorkshire canal, less than a mile north east of the don pottery. the site is used today by the liddle supermarket. it was established circa 1800 and was acquired in 1809 by the barker family. samuel barker ran the two potteries together until 1848. thereafter the mexborough works was converted into an iron foundry and pottery making was confined to the don works. samuel barker’s three sons joined the firm in 1857 and the firm then traded as “samuel barker & son”. the barker family worked the pottery until 1882 and then let the works out to john adamson, jon williamson, edward smith and charles scorah. this partnership continued trading as “samuel barker & son” until 1893 when the pottery closed and the stock was once again sold to pay the rent .
books and journals cox, a, cox, a, rockingham pottery and porcelain 1745 - 1842, (1983), 1 - 254 cox, a, cox, a,' transactions of the english ceramic circle' in recent excavations at the swinton pottery: white slatglazed ston, , vol. 11, 3, (1983), 232 - 254 cox, a, cox, a,' journal of the northern ceramic society' in the closure of rockingham works. pt 1 new documents relating to, , vol. 12, (1995), 93 - 150 cox, a, lockett, t,' the connoisseur' in the rockingham pottery, 1745 - 1842, a preliminary excavation, , vol. march, (1970), 171 - 176 cox, a, cox, a,' transactions of the english ceramic circle' in recent excavations at the swinton pottery: the leeds connection, , vol. 11, 1, (1981), 50 - 69
the don pottery buildings were partly demolished in the 1880’s and 1890’s and houses and streets erected on part of the site (new station road) .
a rockingham teapot with the
rebekah at the well
design, lid stays on the teapot with a small notch on the lid .
octagonal paneled pitcher, attributed to bennett & brothers, east liverpool, ohio, or pittsburgh, pennsylvania, ca. 1844. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 7 3 / 8
. powdered flint was added to the rockingham glaze to produce the streaks of green and blue. a similar pitcher with a different rockingham glaze is in the collection of the east liverpool museum of ceramics, east liverpool, ohio .
the romans appeared in the area shortly after invasion circa ad54. they built more complex pottery items like amphora’s, mosaiques, oil lamps, dining pots and sets. danum (doncaster) and the fort at templeborough both evidenced extensive roman pottery manufacture. there were potteries operating in both rawmarsh and conisbrough in the 1500’s. by 1750, the demand for pottery products was growing, decoration of pieces improved and ornamental and utilitarian pottery both had a market. the boom of the industrial revolution and the building of canal networks through swinton in the 18th century meant that manufactured pottery could be transported easily to the larger cities and towns to sell to the masses. at swinton there was to be found an abundance of coal along with yellow, red and white clays, meaning raw materials were on hand locally. the abundance of these was the main reasons for the establishment of commercial pottery manufacture at swinton .
for the most part, however, american rockingham appeared in a range of designs that were particular to these shores. “fancy rockingham” objects reflect the fascination with naturalism that was sweeping the young republic. modelers took heed and incorporated flowers, trees, corn, marine life and animals in their pottery designs. much awed by images of niagara falls, modelers introduced fanciful “cascade” or “waterfall” pitchers, several examples of which are on view .
other cases display a dazzling array of flint enamel, a type of glazed pottery that is truly fenton' s own. using powdered oxides to produce vivid shades of green, blue, and brown and then sprinkling them over a wet, clear glaze, fenton invented this type of pottery in 1849 .
the rockingham pottery / by arthur a. eaglestone and terence a. lockett by eaglestone, arthur a. (arthur archibald) (1892 -) municipal museum and art gallery (rotherham): cliffton park, rotherham: municipal museum and art gallery first edition. - mw books ltd .
colors: bennington pottery rockingham glaze
slip
style mottled browns and yellow ware colors. old ernest and julio gallo cork used .
spotless
clean. size: 6
donut shape with 2 - 1 / 4
center donut hole and 1
whiskey spout extension and cork .
rockingham glazed vessels were inexpensive, mass - produced wares of the mid - nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, manufactured in both england and north america (claney 2004: xiii). the original use of the term rockingham can be traced back to the late eighteenth century in england. around 1770, the swinton pottery developed a rich brown glaze for white earthenware that quickly became popular and eventually came to be known as “rockingham” glaze (cox and cox 1983: 108). ftn1 these expensive teaware vessels, often decorated with gold gilding (as shown in the photo on the right) or polychrome enamels in chinoiserie or floral motifs, bear little resemblance to the later rockingham wares that are the subject of this essay .
diana stradling, jersey city: shaping america’s pottery industry, 1825–1892; barber, the pottery and porcelain of the united states, pp. 21, 438–40; lura woodside watkins, “henderson of jersey city and his pitchers, ” antiques 50, no. 6 (december 1946): 390, 391 .
pottery, one of the oldest and most widespread of the decorative arts, consisting of objects made of clay and hardened with heat. the objects made are commonly useful ones, such as vessels for holding liquids or plates or bowls from which food can be served. clay, the basic material of pottery, has…
the don pottery was built in 1801 on the bank of the south yorkshire canal of rowms lane close to its boundary with mexborough. the pottery founder was john green who had been the managing partner of the leeds and swinton potteries who briefly took over the swinton pottery. he remained there until 1800, when he unfortunatly became bankrupt. he was actually one of the most important and influential personalities of yorkshire ceramics. he had previously resided in hunslet but moved back to wath .
detail of the mark on the base of the yellow ware pitcher illustrated in fig. 22. it is impressed “swan hill / pottery / south amboy. ”
john brameld decided on action and appealed for help to the wentworth landlord, earl fitzwilliam (marquis of rockingham). as a result of this, the earl provided a huge loan of £2000 to allow john brameld to buy himself out of the partnership and take over the running of the pottery. the 2 nd earl fitzwilliam (1748 - 1833) owned the huge wentworth estate whose land stretched into swinton. he had inherited his estates from his uncle, charles watson - wentworth, the 2 nd marquis of rockingham and former prime minister who died in 1782. the pottery then continued under the name of brameld .
eleven ceramic tableware items, including a yellowware jar and food mold, four rockingham - glazed bowls, and three spongeware pitchers. more ...
the largest bowl has two hairline cracks and one rim chip. beautiful old pottery bowls for use or display. all with age - appropriate crazing in the finish .
2 a number of patterns produced in rockingham glazed wares were also made in smear glazed stonewares. see diagnostic artifacts in maryland essay on relief molded stonewares .
thirteen mostly english ceramic items, including two yellowware bowls, a rockingham - glazed toby jug, and a pair of pearlware shakers. more ...
rockingham glazed vessels were produced by many north american manufacturers, including firms in canada, the east liverpool pottery district of ohio, illinois, kentucky and in trenton and jersey city, new jersey (goldberg 2003; liebeknecht 2000; white and liebeknecht 2002; genheimer 1987; mansberger and mounce 1990). one of the best known manufacturers of rockingham glazed wares was edwin bennett of baltimore, in production under several different firm names between circa 1848 and 1936 (kille 2011) .
several american rockingham hound - handled jugs on view were made at henderson’s in jersey city, at e & w bennett in baltimore and at potteries in cincinnati and east liverpool, ohio. a later example on view was made around 1848 or 1849 at the united states pottery company in bennington, vt. the modeler was greatbatch .
hound - handle pitcher, american pottery company, jersey city, new jersey, 1840–1850. rockingham glazed stoneware. h. 8 1 / 2
. this molded pitcher has a reddish brown glaze outside and a putty colored glaze inside. a vine with leaves, tendrils, and grape clusters is on its neck and shoulder .
utilitarian earthenware was the major product produced at the don pottery as occurred with the bramelds a drift into porcelain production started in 1810 - 12. although the early pieces of pottery were rarely marked, shards have helped identify the products. the earliest marked pieces were the “orange jumper” jugs issued to commemorate the election of 1807. in this election the local landowner viscount milton, of the wentworth estate took part, standing as a whig candidate. these jugs have the motif ‘don pottery’ painted in red on their bases .
pretty rockingham cup and saucer in pale green and gold with floral decoration. in excellent condition - dated between 1830 and 1840 - please email me with any questions
the general ceramics collection includes pieces used locally and those used as reference samples for non - local factories to demonstrate the similarity to rockingham or other yorkshire potteries .
despite the ultimate failure of the bramelds and the rockingham works, many of their products survive to this day. they are much sought after by collectors worldwide .
common marks from wares decorated by isaac baguley and his son alfred. the earlier mark used from 1842 to 1865 includes a griffin similar to the rockingham mark .
…first products made there were rockingham and yellow - glazed ware. in the decade following the american civil war, william bloor, isaac w. knowles, and others introduced the production of whiteware. by the last decade of the 19th century, production had grown until it was the largest pottery - producing area in the world. …
because the mottled sufaces were created in the imprecise way of dipping a paddle into a vat of glaze and then spattering it on the pottery, no two pieces of rockingham are exactly alike. the museum' s cases of toby jugs, kitchen items, and animal figures reveal each item to have a speckled pattern of its own .
hound - handle pitcher, east liverpool, ohio, ca. 1965. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 9 3 / 4
. the upper portion and hound are covered with an off - white glaze. the impressed mark reads: “reproduction harker rockingham / mfg 1848 / u. s. a. 1965. ”
book flasks were popular. the circa 1876 one pictured is attributed to jeffords pottery in philadelphia, and is executed in a desirable cobalt blue glaze on a cream color body .
pottery was initially manufactured by joseph flint near swinton in yorkshire on land rented from the marquis of rockingham in 1745. however the business passed to an edward butler who in turn sold it to william malpass in 1765. he went into collaboration with the glass manufacturer william fenney and together, they started to make high quality whiteware and cream enameled wares from good quality clays imported from cornwall and kent. the company thrived, becoming bingley, wood & co and it was then taken over by the leeds pottery in 1787. however the leeds pottery interest in the company waned, and by 1806 the company was under the direction of the father and son team john and william brameld. they continued making good creamware pottery marked with an impressed brameld mark and also more durable stoneware and pearlware pottery. the latter was decorated with transfer prints and became quite popular. unfortunately the bramelds were not financially aware and the company fell into difficult times, running up debts of about £220, 000. however, they secured loans from earl fitzwilliam, heir to the marquis of rockingham. this funding allowed them to start making fine white soft paste porcelain formed from a combination of bone ash, cornish stone and china clay .
maker: rockingham .
rockinham saucer
. item: saucer. materials: porcelain. age: early / mid 19c. marks: griffin mark on base .
presentation pitcher, probably south amboy, new jersey, 1860–1870. rockingham glazed earthenware. h. 10
. this pitcher may have been made by john l. rue and company, the swan hill pottery, or a later firm copying their work. it has an elaborate filigree - like design around a circular medallion with a bearded man’s head. on the front, in white letters, is the name “mrs john webb. ” the inside has a white glaze and a molded rockingham glazed frog on the bottom .
really nice mixing bowl with a wonderful rockingham glaze with a touch of green oxide added to give it that special glaze touch. each side is paneled, nice form .
rockingham plate
. item: plate. age: early 19c. marks: impressed and printed mark on base. get images that. make supersized seem small .
large rockingham - glazed two - handled ceramic cup, 19th century, ht. 8 1 / 4, wd. 13 1 / 2 in. more ...
this is an antique bennington rockingham glaze yellow ware small bowl. the yellow with brown glazing gives the appearance of tortoiseshell. - bottom marked
168 c 30
.
utilitarian objects were rendered with the principle of “dulce et utile. ” a handsome covered chamber pot from the fenton pottery in bennington was made with a flint enamel glaze with striking patches of orange and blue over olive green on a cream body. a couple of book flasks on view were made in dazzling colors. an unmarked example that is attributed to the fenton pottery in bennington has a remarkable flint enamel orange and olive green glaze on a cream body. the other, attributed to jeffords pottery in philadelphia, is done in a cobalt blue glaze .
rockingham plate
. item: plate. marks: griffin mark on base. pattern 780. age: early 19c. get images that. make supersized seem small .
their advertising sheet states it was made by the harker china company / the oldest pottery in america / established 1840 as an “authentic reproduction of the first harker rockingham hound handled 2 qt. jug, produced in 1948. ” they also created a hound - handle mug similarly glazed and a “rebekah - at - the - well” teapot with an overall dark brown glaze .
arthur a. eaglestone and t. a. lockett, the rockingham pottery, new revised ed. (rutland, vt. , and tokyo, japan: charles e. tuttle company, inc. , 1973), pp. 89, 90; frederick litchfield, pottery and porcelain: a guide to collectors (new york: m. barrows and company, inc. , 1951), p. 217; lura woodside watkins, early new england potters and their wares (1950; reprint, hamden, conn. : archon books, 1968), pp. 7, 212; richard carter barret, bennington pottery and porcelain: a guide to identification (new york: crown publishers, 1958), pp. 18, 19 .
clement, notes on american ceramics, p. 18; new jersey state museum, the pottery and porcelain of new jersey, 1688–1900, p. 46; early arts of new jersey, the potters art, c. 1680–c. 1900 (trenton, n. j. : new jersey state museum, 1956), p. 30; new jersey pottery to 1840 (trenton, n. j. : new jersey state museum, 1972). barber, marks of american potters, pp. 75–77. barber was unaware at this time of the salamander works at woodbridge. new jersey state museum, t he pottery and porcelain of new jersey, 1688–1900, p. 47, no. 138, and new jersey pottery to 1840, fig. 119 .
rockingham plate
. item: dish or stand. make supersized seem small. marks: impressed mark on base. age: early 19c. place of origin: england .
the new site features all 366 pages of the pattern book, with its beautiful hand - painted designs that were copied by the craftsmen and painters at the rockingham factory in swinton.
the rockingham pottery was a 19th-century manufacturer of porcelain of international repute , supplying fine wares and ornamental pieces to royalty and the aristocracy in britain and overseas , as well as manufacturing porcelain and earthenware items for ordinary use . it is best known for its finely decorated and , to modern tastes , somewhat gaudy rococo style of porcelain ; indeed its name has almost come to classify such a style and as such pieces by other factories are regularly and incorrectly attributed to rockingham . a famous piece is the ( 50 kg ) ornate item known as the rhinoceros vase ( of which two are known ) made to demonstrate the skill of producing such a large and complex item as a single piece of fired porcelain . 
the rockingham pottery was a 19th-century manufacturer of porcelain of international repute, supplying fine wares and ornamental pieces to royalty and the aristocracy in britain and overseas, as well as manufacturing porcelain and earthenware items for ordinary use. it is best known for its finely decorated and, to modern tastes, somewhat gaudy rococo style of porcelain; indeed its name has almost come to classify such a style and as such pieces by other factories are regularly and incorrectly attributed to rockingham. a famous piece is the (50 kg) ornate item known as the rhinoceros vase (of which two are known) made to demonstrate the skill of producing such a large and complex item as a single piece of fired porcelain.
the rockingham pottery was a 19th-century manufacturer of porcelain of international repute, supplying fine wares and ornamental pieces to royalty and the aristocracy in britain and overseas, as well as manufacturing porcelain and earthenware items for ordinary use. it is best known for its finely decorated and, to modern tastes, somewhat gaudy rococo style of porcelain; indeed its name has almost come to classify such a style and as such pieces by other factories are regularly and incorrectly attributed to rockingham. a famous piece is the (50 kg) ornate item known as the rhinoceros vase (of which two are known) made to demonstrate the skill of producing such a large and complex item as a single piece of fired porcelain.