70.18.19, Adams & Co. plate, England, probably late 1700s
James A. Milling collection; photo by B. Bernard
70.18.19, Adams & Co. plate, England, probably late 1700s
James A. Milling collection; photo by B. Bernard
In 1779 William Adams began manufacturing pottery in Tunstall, now part of Stoke-on-Trent. His firm was best known for making jasperware, but it also produced the Chinese-inspired plate shown above. Some early Chinese blue-on-white pottery looked runny, due to technical issues, and European firms sometimes dutifully reproduced the effect.
On some pieces the firm
is identified as "Adams & Co.," so we have used that designation here.
The company was absorbed by
Wedgwood in the 1960s.
The next photo shows the maker's mark on the bottom of second plate of
the same pattern as the one shown above. The pattern name is "Shanghai."
The term "ironstone" is explained
on this page
Maker's mark on a second plate of the same pattern.
James A. Milling collection; photo by B. Bernard.
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