Yorkshire Potteries Pots And Potters
Yorkshire Potteries Pots And Potters
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It is this kind of ware which is known amongst collectors as " Leeds Ware. " In colour, the old Leeds Ware, i. E. , the cream coloured earthen- w^are, is of a peculiarly rich tint, usually rather deeper in tone than Wedgwood's Queen's Ware, and of a slightly 3cllo\vish cast. It is very light in weight. The body is particularly hue and hard, and the glaze of extremely good quality. This gla/. E was pro- duced with arsenic, and its use is said to have been so deleterious 54 YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, E...TC.
to the workmen, that they usually became hopelessly crippled after four or five years exposure to its effects. Wherever this glaze runs into crevices it assumes a peculiar greenish hue. The more modern ware lacks this green tinge, it is much heavier, and has quite a different character of body, which is appreciable to the touch, the glaze is more glassy, white, and thickly coated.
Fig. 41. Centre Piece or Epergne. York Museum Collection.
In this beautiful ware many and varied objects were made, such as large cisterns, magnificent centre-pieces (epergnes), some of these with perforated hanging baskets for sweetmeats, etc, ; chest- nut baskets, cockle bowls, butter dishes, cruet stands, candlesticks, twig fruit baskets in which the "twigs" or "withies" are really composed of clay in long or short strips as occasion required, and then twisted and formed into shape ; melon tureens, in the form of a melon resting on a leaf; soup tureens, the handles being formed LEEDS POTTERY.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is this kind of ware which is known amongst collectors as " Leeds Ware. " In colour, the old Leeds Ware, i. E. , the cream coloured earthen- w^are, is of a peculiarly rich tint, usually rather deeper in tone than Wedgwood's Queen's Ware, and of a slightly 3cllo\vish cast. It is very light in weight. The body is particularly hue and hard, and the glaze of extremely good quality. This gla/. E was pro- duced with arsenic, and its use is said to have been so deleterious 54 YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, E...TC.
to the workmen, that they usually became hopelessly crippled after four or five years exposure to its effects. Wherever this glaze runs into crevices it assumes a peculiar greenish hue. The more modern ware lacks this green tinge, it is much heavier, and has quite a different character of body, which is appreciable to the touch, the glaze is more glassy, white, and thickly coated.
Fig. 41. Centre Piece or Epergne. York Museum Collection.
In this beautiful ware many and varied objects were made, such as large cisterns, magnificent centre-pieces (epergnes), some of these with perforated hanging baskets for sweetmeats, etc, ; chest- nut baskets, cockle bowls, butter dishes, cruet stands, candlesticks, twig fruit baskets in which the "twigs" or "withies" are really composed of clay in long or short strips as occasion required, and then twisted and formed into shape ; melon tureens, in the form of a melon resting on a leaf; soup tureens, the handles being formed LEEDS POTTERY.
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