Pattern No: A8873
| Pattern Name | Design Type | Designer | Likely Design Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not known | Lustre - silver | Not known | 1950 |
Notes
Patterns A8873 and its copper/bronze lustre equivalent A8872 epitomise Gray’s lustre resist designs of the 1940s and 50s.
Recorded pots suggest that they were predominantly produced in useful ware: tea sets, coffee sets, jugs, bowls, preserve pots and covered butter/cheese dishes. Lidded boxes, both rectangular and circular, have also been recorded for both patterns, and lamp bases for A8873 (fifth image). These were undoubtedly popular patterns and many examples are to be found in the USA.
The small jug in the third image was known as a ‘Castle’ jug at Gray’s Pottery: see the website section Retailers, North America – USA, Skinners for more information on these jugs.
The coffee ware in the first image illustrates the ‘ribbed-edged’ or gadroon-edged Johnson’s earthenware, known by that white ware supplier to Gray’s as Old English shape. It was popularly known at Gray’s Pottery as ‘rope edge’ and was in regular use from 1945 into the 1950s (see patterns A8205, A8235 and A8268 for early examples).
Two lidded cigarette boxes of this pattern (‘Queens’ shape) are recorded on a 1960 invoice (see last image) at an individual price of 10s 7½d (53p).
Search key: cheese/butter
Recorded pots suggest that they were predominantly produced in useful ware: tea sets, coffee sets, jugs, bowls, preserve pots and covered butter/cheese dishes. Lidded boxes, both rectangular and circular, have also been recorded for both patterns, and lamp bases for A8873 (fifth image). These were undoubtedly popular patterns and many examples are to be found in the USA.
The small jug in the third image was known as a ‘Castle’ jug at Gray’s Pottery: see the website section Retailers, North America – USA, Skinners for more information on these jugs.
The coffee ware in the first image illustrates the ‘ribbed-edged’ or gadroon-edged Johnson’s earthenware, known by that white ware supplier to Gray’s as Old English shape. It was popularly known at Gray’s Pottery as ‘rope edge’ and was in regular use from 1945 into the 1950s (see patterns A8205, A8235 and A8268 for early examples).
Two lidded cigarette boxes of this pattern (‘Queens’ shape) are recorded on a 1960 invoice (see last image) at an individual price of 10s 7½d (53p).
Search key: cheese/butter
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