Description
- Width: 10 in
- Crafted In England
- Condition: Used (each item is inspected for quality and is guaranteed to be in excellent condition)
- Avon Gorge
- Earthenware
- Vibrant
An important change in the management took place in 1813, when Ring took as partners Henry Carter and John Pountney, who had been in his counting house. Three years later both Ring and Carter having died, the entire control passed to Pountney, though he took as partner Edwin Allies, a combination which endured until 1835.
At this period their parted wares were of a quality to compare favourably with Derby, Worcester and Staffordshire. Blue printed wares, transfer-printed from engravings by a man from Burslem, included the Willow Pattern, views of Bristol and its neighbourhood and scenes from the plays of Shakespeare. Pountney was a gifted man. He carried on the good work initiated by Ring. He improved the technique and achieved a high standard, not only of the Queen’s Ware, but also the so-called ‘Parian’, which became something of a specialty about 1850 under the care of a Hanley potter and modeller, Edward Raby.
From 1852, when Pountney died, there were several changes. For twenty years his widow carried on the business, then it passed to Captain Halstead Cobden and, in 1878, was bought by Patrick Johnston and a Mr. Rogers. In 1882 a nephew of the former, T. B.Johnston, joined the firm. A young man of ideas, he soon realized that the factory was out of date. He closed it down and took over other premises and, in 1887, formed a new company, Pountney and Co. with himself and a partner Charles Burn as Managing Directors. This factory was only a stop-gap, for he dreamed of premises which should be the last word in up-to-dateness.
Description: Blue, Various Scenes Center, Flowers, Swag
Pattern: Bristol Scenes Blue by Pountney
Status: Not Known
