View all examples of JACKFIELD-TYPE WARE
| Type Name: | JACKFIELD-TYPE WARE |
| Type Index: | LEAD GLAZED COARSE EARTHENWARE |
| Production Origin: | ENGLAND |
| Date Range: | 1740-1790 |
| Defining Attributes: |
Very hard, dark purple to dark reddish-grey paste . Thin-walled vessels. Deep, shiny, lustrous (often almost metallic-appearing) black glaze on interior and exterior. Decorated Jackfield wares can have oil gilded or enamel floral or foliate designs, or be decorated with slip designs in sprigs, bands or lines. |
| Vessel Forms: |
CUP PITCHER SAUCER TEA POT |
| Comments: | Jackfield production is historically associated with the town of Jackfield in Shropshire, however it was also commonly produced in Staffordshire by potters like Thomas Whieldon (thus the use of "Jackfield-type" wares). It’s peak period of use was from about 1740-1760. Jackfield type ware made by Thomas Wheildon is characterized by a redder body and slightly more brilliant black glaze. |
| Published Definitions: | Noel Hume 1969, 2001; South 1977; www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Historic_Ceramic_Web_Page |