Examples of Ring Period Wares

Examples of Ring and Pountney 19th Century Wares

Also see the section on William Fifield

A pearlware tea bowl and deep saucer, possibly made by Ring and Carter in Bristol c1800. The diameter of the saucer is 5.1 inches (13.3 cm). It is decorated with a pink ribbon, plus red and green floral sprays. There are also two red lines interwoven with red and green flowers; plus additional floral sprays. There is a flower in the centre of the tea bowl. The attribution is based on an old label on the underside of the saucer, together with the similarity of the decoration to Champion's porcelain.

A Bristol pottery jug, c1800. The height is 6.8 inches (17.2 cm). An ovoid jug, on a pedestal foot, with a plain loop handle; decorated with a print of "The World in Planisphere". The two spheres below the sun appearing behind clouds, all picked out in colours, the inner rim with a brown Greek key design on a pink ground border. This type of decoration is known as applied transfer. The print has a Staffordshire origin. The same print, in red, is recorded signed by Thomas Radford, who was a business associate of William Greatbatch. There is a reference to Radford's print in the Llewellynn Jewitt's "Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878)".

Creamware plate. Probably made at the Bristol pottery c1800. The diameter is 7.1.inches (18 cm). The plate is moulded and decorated with floral sprays. The style of painting is similar to some work by William Fifield, but probably made before he came to the factory.

Made at the Bristol pottery c1820 and decorated in the style of William Fifield. The diameter is 7.35 inches (18.7 cm). The plaque is decorated with a landscape, which has two women in the foreground. There are two holes going from the back to the rim, however they do not line up with the decoration! See The Trapnell Collection (801-8) for similar plaques.

Bristol pottery scent barrel, dated 1835, and decorated in the style of William Fifield. Its height is 4.8 inches (12 cm). Decorated with colored bands and flowers. It also has the initials B W and the date of 1835. Presumably it was made for B W. It has no factory mark. See Geoffrey Godden's "Encyclopaedia of Bristol Pottery and Porcelain" (page 161) and J D Pountney's "Old Bristol Potteries" (plate XXII).

Bristol pottery flower vase, c1830, and decorated in the style of William Fifield. The height is 4.5 inches (11.4 cm). It is moulded in the form of a three-headed flower and is decorated with coloured bands, together with a brown rim and two brown lines around the base. It is unmarked.

A shell dish from the Bristol Mansion House service. Its width in 7.5 inches (19cm). The original service was originally made in 1828, pieces being marked MH 1828, or simply 1828. In 1831 rioters looted some of the service and replacements were made, this is one and is dated 1831. A least one piece was made after 1835, which has a printed outline; the same method was used on reproductions made c1852. This service is associated with William Fifield, the poor quality of the decoration, on this example, suggests otherwise. The service was presumably sold oof in 1956, as in that year the city bought a new "Bostom" shaped 5000 piece service from Pountneys.

Pountney and Allies period mug, decorated with a Chinese scene. It is marked "P & A" and "Opaque China", all within an "oval sunburst" cartouche. The mug has a blue underglaze-printed transfer design of "Boy in the door" with deep blue background, all with green, purple, yellow and brick-red overglaze enamelling, of a type that seemed fashionable in the 1820's to 30's. The owner has found mugs and jugs similar to these made at potteries at Longton and Lane End, Staffordshire, by factories such as Lockett & Hulme, Baggerley & Ball, and Mayer & Newbold. All use variations of the same "Boy in the door" pattern, similar colours, and similar oval sunburst cartouche transfer printed factory mark on the base, therefore it's likely that these Staffordshire factories, together with Pountney & Allies, had the same source engraver. There is a jug of identical pattern and factory mark in Bristol museum.

Made at the Bristol pottery c1845. The diameter of the saucer is 4.1 inches (10.5 cm). Both pieces have an over glaze printed decoration. The saucer has two sheep; the cup the same sheep and on the other side a dog and three puppies. The saucer has an impressed mark, arranged in a horseshoe, of Pountney & Goldney, surrounding a cross; plus a printed B. The cup is not marked. There is a similar printed piece in the Bristol Museum, which is said to be c1845.

A printed bread and butter plate made by Pountney's. The width is 10.3 inches (26.2 cm). It has a brown transfer-printed design, with the flowers painted in red, together with a lustre glaze. It has a printed mark, which was first used in 1889, and may have been discontinued in 1900. I have also seen an example of this plate which is not marked, and one with a mark of another pottery (the design was not unique to Pountneys). In 1899 the factory price for printed bread and butter plates was 3 shillings (0.15 pounds) per dozen (BRO 20165/16). They were also available in cheaper forms.

Examples of Ring and Pountney 19th Century Wares Also see the section on William Fifield
	A pearlware tea bowl and deep saucer, possibly made by Ring and Carter in Bristol c1800. The diameter of the saucer is 5.1 inches (13.3 cm). It is decorated with a pink ribbon, plus red and green floral sprays. There are also two red lines interwoven with red and green flowers; plus additional floral sprays. There is a flower in the centre of the tea bowl. The attribution is based on an old label on the underside of the saucer, together with the similarity of the decoration to Champion's porcelain.
	A Bristol pottery jug, c1800. The height is 6.8 inches (17.2 cm). An ovoid jug, on a pedestal foot, with a plain loop handle; decorated with a print of "The World in Planisphere". The two spheres below the sun appearing behind clouds, all picked out in colours, the inner rim with a brown Greek key design on a pink ground border. This type of decoration is known as applied transfer. The print has a Staffordshire origin. The same print, in red, is recorded signed by Thomas Radford, who was a business associate of William Greatbatch. There is a reference to Radford's print in the Llewellynn Jewitt's "Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878)".
	Creamware plate. Probably made at the Bristol pottery c1800. The diameter is 7.1.inches (18 cm). The plate is moulded and decorated with floral sprays. The style of painting is similar to some work by William Fifield, but probably made before he came to the factory.
	Made at the Bristol pottery c1820 and decorated in the style of William Fifield. The diameter is 7.35 inches (18.7 cm). The plaque is decorated with a landscape, which has two women in the foreground. There are two holes going from the back to the rim, however they do not line up with the decoration! See The Trapnell Collection (801-8) for similar plaques.
	Bristol pottery scent barrel, dated 1835, and decorated in the style of William Fifield. Its height is 4.8 inches (12 cm). Decorated with colored bands and flowers. It also has the initials B W and the date of 1835. Presumably it was made for B W. It has no factory mark. See Geoffrey Godden's "Encyclopaedia of Bristol Pottery and Porcelain" (page 161) and J D Pountney's "Old Bristol Potteries" (plate XXII).
	Bristol pottery flower vase, c1830, and decorated in the style of William Fifield. The height is 4.5 inches (11.4 cm). It is moulded in the form of a three-headed flower and is decorated with coloured bands, together with a brown rim and two brown lines around the base. It is unmarked.
	A shell dish from the Bristol Mansion House service. Its width in 7.5 inches (19cm). The original service was originally made in 1828, pieces being marked MH 1828, or simply 1828. In 1831 rioters looted some of the service and replacements were made, this is one and is dated 1831. A least one piece was made after 1835, which has a printed outline; the same method was used on reproductions made c1852. This service is associated with William Fifield, the poor quality of the decoration, on this example, suggests otherwise. The service was presumably sold oof in 1956, as in that year the city bought a new "Bostom" shaped 5000 piece service from Pountneys.
	Pountney and Allies period mug, decorated with a Chinese scene. It is marked "P & A" and "Opaque China", all within an "oval sunburst" cartouche. The mug has a blue underglaze-printed transfer design of "Boy in the door" with deep blue background, all with green, purple, yellow and brick-red overglaze enamelling, of a type that seemed fashionable in the 1820's to 30's. The owner has found mugs and jugs similar to these made at potteries at Longton and Lane End, Staffordshire, by factories such as Lockett & Hulme, Baggerley & Ball, and Mayer & Newbold. All use variations of the same "Boy in the door" pattern, similar colours, and similar oval sunburst cartouche transfer printed factory mark on the base, therefore it's likely that these Staffordshire factories, together with Pountney & Allies, had the same source engraver. There is a jug of identical pattern and factory mark in Bristol museum.
	Made at the Bristol pottery c1845. The diameter of the saucer is 4.1 inches (10.5 cm). Both pieces have an over glaze printed decoration. The saucer has two sheep; the cup the same sheep and on the other side a dog and three puppies. The saucer has an impressed mark, arranged in a horseshoe, of Pountney & Goldney, surrounding a cross; plus a printed B. The cup is not marked. There is a similar printed piece in the Bristol Museum, which is said to be c1845.
	A printed bread and butter plate made by Pountney's. The width is 10.3 inches (26.2 cm). It has a brown transfer-printed design, with the flowers painted in red, together with a lustre glaze. It has a printed mark, which was first used in 1889, and may have been discontinued in 1900. I have also seen an example of this plate which is not marked, and one with a mark of another pottery (the design was not unique to Pountneys). In 1899 the factory price for printed bread and butter plates was 3 shillings (0.15 pounds) per dozen (BRO 20165/16). They were also available in cheaper forms.