The Waterworks. Staffordshire Transferware. Burslem, c. 1831.$265.00

“Philadelphia, The Waterworks”

Staffordshire china with transfer designs were adapted by English potters from contemporary prints of important buildings or landscapes.Transfer printing on pottery is thought to have been invented in the mid 1750s. The town of Burslem was noted for its neighboring deposits of fine clay as early as 1686 and was the center of the important pottery industry in England. Job and John Jackson operated a pottery called the Churchyard works at Burslem, which was originally owned by the Wedgewood family. The scenes they used on their china were taken from Hinton’s newly published History and Topography of the United States. On May 3, 1831, the New York Commercial Advertiser notified the public that an order of “Job and John Jackson’s Burslem Superior Ware” with “very elegant American views” had been received by New York agents and was available to the public. This view of the Centre Square waterworks is decorated with sprays of roses on the inner edge, a wreath of fine flowers, a beaded edge and white margins. The reverse displays scroll with title and “Jacksons Warranted”

Original pink 9 inch plate with no breaks, chips, or stains. Excellent original condition.