Fake Ironstone Ceramics

The range of moorcroft pottery marks begins with william moorcroft s time at the mackintyre pottery and covers the 100 year history of design and ownership by william his son walter moorcroft other more current owners and marks of artists and designers from the moorcroft design studio.

Fake ironstone ceramics.

Faces at the base of the handles. Original watt pottery cookie jars have been selling in the 1 500 price range for years. Vintage large ironstone pottery pitcher wash basin set bluish green with roses. Take a look and rate it for me.

It was developed in the 19th century by potters in staffordshire england as a cheaper mass produced alternative for porcelain. With a fake printed mason s puce crown mark. The glaze around the bottom of the pitcher is. After getting it in the mail today i m not certain it s real or not.

First things first what is ironstone. Ironstone china ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the united kingdom in the early 19th century. Ironstone is a type of pottery that was created in england in the the 19th century and was originally developed to be a cheaper alternative to porcelain. Watt pottery policeman cookie jar fakes.

Charles james mason a british potter patented ironstone in 1813. These are not fakes or forgeries but are an attempt to make the backstamp on the american ware look like a british mark. What a fantastic lens. Cageybee on april 26 2007.

Early ironstone or stoneware was originally made in england and was meant to be an alternative to the more fragile earthenware and porcelain. Antique white ironstone rose embossed cream jug pitcher. Illustrated below are antique mason s ironstone jugs for comparison their marks and other general information. Make offer vintage large ironstone pottery pitcher wash basin set bluish green with roses.

Hi trying to find out if a recently purchased ironstone pitcher is real or not. It is often classed as earthenware although in appearance and properties it is similar to fine stoneware. I have a lens with free self help stuff. Please note the dullness of the gilding and the poor moulded.

A few real life samples of genuine moorcroft pottery marks. I m an amateur ironstone collector and purchased a tr boote ironstone pitcher online for a decent price. Until the late 19th century most dinnerware in the us was imported. Distribution of this fake followed the pattern of earlier watt pottery reproductions.

Pottery is an age old trend this lens serves as an introduction to pottery making illustrated magazine with featured drawings you can see my breakups lens too. Richardmackenzie on may 09 2007. The earliest confirmed reproductions date to september 1996 but may have been available earlier. However in the 1870s and 1880s several american potters began to make white granite ware.

Mason spode and hicks and meigh were just a few of the names of major ironstone. By 1870 american potteries were making white graniteware old white ironstone is still relatively easy to find.