Harold Blakey

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1 Harold Blakey Harold Blakey was a long-time member of The Northern Ceramic Society. A serious and generous researcher he will be remembered not only as a ceramic scholar but as someone whose positive outlook and dry sense of humour made him many friends in the ceramic world. Harold and his wife attended their first Northern Ceramic Summer School in 1977 and it wasn t long before they began to share their interests with members of the Society. Published in the NCS Newsletter No.30, 1978, Lakin s drab coloured earthenware and Drab Porcelain was full of new information presented with a degree of caution and modesty that typified Harold s work as he sought to establish sound foundations for ceramic history during the next 30 years. His research into Lakin culminated in a major paper published in The NCS Journal, volume 5, 1984; it remains the standard work of reference on the subject. Although many of his Lakin study pieces remained in his collection throughout his life, it is obvious from this auction catalogue that Harold s interest expanded into many aspects of pottery. He wrote more than 50 articles for the NCS Newsletter; some were short, amusing and quirky like Monkey Business in Newsletter 69 which discussed monkeys in ceramic decoration, other articles tackled more complex issues like the life and work of Ralph Wedgwood. He combined his research and writing with editing the Newsletter from When his work wasparticularly extensive or detailed, he published papers in the NCS Journal. As well as his early work on Thomas Lakin, he wrote about the pottery trade of his native north-east England and introduced us to the Bacchus family of London and Staffordshire. In addition Harold s painstaking examination ofthe Sun Fire Insurance Policiesrevealed a wealth of material about many18th and early 19th century potters which he collated for editions of the Newsletter and Journal. His legacy of publications is a solid core of information about the ceramic industry and it remains a vital resource for all of us interested in British pottery and porcelain. Harold s passion for ceramics carried him to seminars, meetings, and antique fairs for over 40 years. He attended his last fair only days before his death in Although obviously frail, he was still enthusiastic about pottery and eager to meet with fellow collectors. Harold left his collection to The Northern Ceramic Society. A small number of pieces have been donated to museums in his memory, the remainder is sold with the purpose of raising funds to continue the educational mission of The Northern Ceramic Society. Just as the current generation of collectors and scholars is indebted to Harold Blakey for his generosity, so the next generation will also have many reasons to remember him and give him their thanks. Harold Blakey at a handling session in the V&A ceramic galleries during an NCS Summer visit 9

2 Ceramics Lot 65 Bristol pottery pearlware jug circa 1790, printed and painted with images of the globe titled The World in Planisphere 17.5cm Lot 68 Dawson & Co. Creamware Peace and Plenty mug circa 1800, printed and painted with a tall ship and verse, 13.5cm Lot 71 Herculaneum Creamware plate circa 1810, printed with Returning Hopes and verse, impressed mark to base, 25.5cm diameter. Lot 74 Creamware Jug and a tankard circa 1800, printed with Susan s Farewell and Jemmy s return (2) the jug measures 18cm Lot 66 Sunderland Creamware tankard circa 1796, printed with a view of the Iron Bridge over the River Wear, in black transfer, 15cm Lot 69 Creamware mug circa 1800, printed in terracotta with Come Box the Compass 11.5cm Lot 72 Creamware bowl circa 1800, the interior printed with a tall ship and named Samuel Brown the exterior printed with figures in landscapes, 21cm diameter. Lot 75 Creamware jug circa 1810, printed with Blessings of Peace and Miseries of War 24cm Lot 76 Creamware Jug and a Leeds tankard circa 1800, the tankard with ear shaped handle monogrammed J.B and printed with fox hunting party, the jug printed with a Hare coursing scene, (2) the tankard measures 15cm Lot 67 Creamware jug circa 1800, printed with Lottery Insurance Office and Monk Surpriz d (sic) 20cm Lot 70 Creamware jug circa 1800, printed with The Church Militant the reverse printed with verse, 17.5cm Lot 73 J. Phillips & Co. Sunderland Creamware Pottery tankard circa 1820, printed with Masonic Iconography and verse, 13cm Lot 77 Two Creamware jugs circa 1800, printed with Highgate Tipplers, and The Monk Supriz d (sic), (2) 17.5cm 10 auctions@peterwilson.co.uk

3 Lot 78 Two Creamware jugs circa 1800, printed with The Knowing Crops and The Yellow Harvest Free From Spoil (2). The tallest jug measures 16.5cm Lot 82 Wedgwood Creamware teapot circa 1765, printed by Sadler and Green with The Fortune Teller pattern, with moulded cabbage leaf handle and spout, (2) 13cm Lot 85 Three Dutch decorated Creamware plates dated 1785, 1813, and 1819, two impressed Sewell and Donkin, (3) 25.5cm diameter See N.C.S. issue 134 June 2004 Page 29 for an article on these plates by Harold Blakey. Lot 89 Pearlware lidded small tureen and stand, an oval pierced dish and a twin handled dish, painted in Sepia with landscapes, early 19th century (5) the twin handled dish measures 28.5cm wide. Lot 79 Creamware bowl and tankard circa 1800, printed with Come Box The Compass sailors a tall ship and verse and Within The Ark Safe Forever, (2) the mug measures 14cm Lot 83 Wedgwood Creamware teapot circa 1765, printed by Sadler and Green with hunting scenes, with cabbage moulded handle and spout, (2) 4cm Lot 86 Leeds Creamware coffee pot circa 1780, decorated in the Rhodes Workshop manor with chintz type decoration with flora between panels, with moulded dolphin head spout and entwined handle, together with a similar non matching cover, (2) 24.5cm Lot 90 Five pieces of Creamware / Pearlware painted with Botanical studies, to include a lidded supper dish segment and four dishes, one impressed with a crowned G for Neale & Co. another Wedgwood, all with hand painted subject titles, early 19th century, (6) The largest dish measures 29cm wide. Lot 80 Five Creamware plates circa , three impressed Wedgwood, printed in with rural landscapes, and figures admiring classical ruins, a garden scene and exotic birds, (5) 24.5cm diameter. Lot 81 Two Creamware mugs circa 1800, one printed with Conjugal Felicity after Thomas Fletcher of Shelton, the other painted with verse within a floral border (2) 13.5cm Lot 84 Leeds Creamware teapot circa 1800, with prints attributed to Thomas Baddeley of Hanley of Lady and Child from Wakefield Lodge after Paul Sandby and Wood Pigeons after Francis Barlow, also a tea caddy and a Leeds jug with similar prints and a (4) the jug measures 14cm Lot 87 Two Creamware teapots circa 1780 probably Leeds, one painted with floral studies in yellow and black, the other with a Chinoiserie landscape, (4) 14.5cm Lot 88 Creamware small tureen Probably Wedgwood, with pierced cover and floral finial, also a Neale & Co. plate with over glaze blue decoration and another plate impressed Wedgwood printed and painted in green with shells, early 19th century (4) diameter of the largest plate: 22cm diameter. Lot 91 Prattware vase attributed to Leeds circa 1790, modelled after a Ralph Wood original with twin dolphins, painted in Pratt colours, 22cm 11

4 Lot 95 Prattware mug impressed Beckett circa 1800, moulded as a cornucopia with a human mask, painted in Pratt colours, 13cm Lot 96 Two Prattware tea canisters circa 1800, one with moulded figures, both painted in Pratt colours one with a bird in branches in a Peafowl style, (2) 11cm Lot 97 Two Prattware jugs circa 1800, one moulded with a Miser, the second with figures smoking pipes, painted with Pratt colours, (2) 13cm Lot 99 Four pieces of Prattware, to include two jugs, one painted with agricultural tools and a bail of hay, the second painted with a floral chain, a lidded sucrier with swan finial, and an open sucrier impressed Wood, early 19th century, (2). The tallest jug measures 19cm Lot 100 Prattware quintal flower vase, painted in Pratt colours with leaf chains, early 19th century, 19cm Lot 101 Black basalt coffee pot, moulded with figures dancing either side of the Prince of Wales feathers, with cloaked figure finial, also a jug moulded with classical figures, early 19th century (3) the coffee pot measures 27cm Lot 102 Black Basalt cream jug and lidded sucrier by Shortnose & Co. circa 1820, with engine turned patterns, also a similar lidded box by Keeling Toft & Co. impressed marks to bases, (5) the cream jug measures 13cm Lot 103 Two black Basalt teapots one by B.Mayer, the other by Neale & Co. circa 1800 both with cloaked figure finals and moulded bodies, the Neale teapot is of heart shape section, impressed marks to base, (4) 12cm Lot 104 Two Black Basalt teapots circa 1800 by Moseley and Poole Lakin & Co. both with hinged covers and moulded bodies, impressed marks to bases, (2) the Moseley teapot measures 20cm Lot 106 Feldspathic Stoneware barrel by John Lockett circa 1830 with brown cut through overlay sprig moulded with figures, vine leaves and grapes, incised B impressed mark to base, 27.5cm Lot 107 Feldspathic Stoneware vase commemorating Trafalgar probably J. Mist circa 1805 with brown overall body, sprig moulded with figures celebrating Nelson and Howe, 19.5cm Lot 98 Three Prattware jugs circa 1800, one with cabbage leaf moulded body possibly by Ferrybridge, another moulded with exotic birds, the third moulded with leaves and corn, painted in Pratt colours, (3). The tallest jug measures 19cm Lot 105 Four items of Black Basalt, to include a lidded sucrier, a Birch teapot, a sucrier and jug by Eastwood, impressed marks to base and side of bases, early 19th century (6). Lot 108 Three Feldspathic Stoneware vases commemorating Patriots, Nelson and Howe one marked J. Mist circa 1805 with brown overall body, sprig moulded with figures, the taller vase with impressed mark and measuring 13.5cm high (3) auctions@peterwilson.co.uk

5 Lot 109 Collection of Feldspathic stoneware, to include four jugs and three vases, sprig moulded with figures, early 19th century (7) the tallest jug measures 13cm Lot 113 Glazed buff coloured part tea service circa 1820, probably North-East, printed in sepia with women with children after Adam Buck, to include a lidded teapot, lidded sucrier, cream jug, four teacups and four saucers, circa 1810 (13). Lot 116 Two Lakin drab ware dishes and six plates, two with pierced borders, painted en grisaille with landscapes, in black and puce, impressed marks to bases, early 19th century (8). Lot 110 Turner stoneware Cock Fighting jug circa 1790, with moulded scene of men arguing over their prize birds after Hogarth, with monogramed silver rim hall marked 1790, impressed mark to base, 19cm Lot 111 Four Feldspathic stoneware jugs circa 1800 by Chetham and Woolley painted with a fisherman in a landscape, also Turner, Wilson, and Adams, moulded with figures, impressed marks to the later three, (4). The largest jug measures 19cm Lot 114 Lakin drab ware dessert service circa 1815, with sprig moulded floral borders painted en grisaille with landscapes, comprising of two pairs of dishes and six plates, impressed marks to bases, (10) Together with a copy of The Northern Ceramic Society Journal Volume which has a Harold Blakey s article on Thomas Lakin. Lot 115 Davenport footed basket and two heart shaped dishes, painted with leaves in black enamel, anchor marks to bases, also a Lakin silver lustre basket and stand, early 19th century, (5). Lot 117 Pair of buff coloured twin handled vases, with twin handles printed in sepia with figures after Adam Buck, together a similar sucrier and a cup and saucer, early 19th century (6). Lot 118 Collection of buff coloured pottery, painted in black with landscapes, to include a pierced stand impressed Ridgway and cup and saucer attributed to Job Ridgway, a dish painted with a titled study of The Pied Flycatcher, lidded tureen, dish, cup and saucer, also a similar Don Pottery printed trio, early 19th century, (11) The Don Trio was exhibited in The Don Pottery Exhibition Doncaster in 2001 see page 169 of the Exhibition catalogue. Lot 112 Three Turner Feldspathic stoneware mugs or tankards, circa 1800 moulded with figures drinking, a hunt party and an archery lesson, impressed marks to all, (3) 10cm Lot 119 Lakin Drab ware, to include a lidded caudle cup and stand, a supper dish, a twin handled dish, two twin handled dishes and matching plate, also a handled dish, impressed marks to bases, early 19th century, (7). 13

6 Lot 120 Belle Vue plate together with five other blue transfer pieces of pottery, to include a jug, side plate, bowl and two plates, all printed with underglaze blue transfer, two impressed Baker, another by Fell, first half of the 19th century, (6). Lot 121 Two pearlware tea caddies circa 1780 painted in underglaze blue with pagodas, with unusual blue branches painted to the base and inside of one caddy, (2) 12cm Lot 124 Pearlware jug attributed to Liverpool circa 1780 and one other, both painted in underglaze blue with pagodas, (2) the tallest jug measures 17cm Lot 125 Collection of pearlware, to include a teapot with sphinx final, a cream jug attributed to Harley, a pierced border stand, Wedgwood basket and two teabowls and saucers, late 18th early 19th century, (9). Lot 127 Four marked or named pearlware plates circa 1780, one by Astbury, another by Turner, one impressed I.H thought to be John Harrison, another impressed with H.M.P.C. monogram, all painted in underglaze blue, (4) 25cm diameter. Lot 128 Four pearlware plates circa 1780, painted with pagodas in landscapes in underglaze blue, two possibly of Leeds / Swinton attribution, (4) 25cm diameter. Lot 122 Two pearlware tea caddies and a vase painted in underglaze blue, the vase with a brown slip overlay and moulded with classical swags, late 18th century (3) 11cm Lot 126 Two Pearlware loving cups, one named Joseph Hepworth and dated 1795, both painted with underglaze blue and brown, (2) the taller cup measures 16cm Lot 129 Three pearlware plates and a creamware plate circa 1780, painted with pagodas in underglaze blue, the pair of plates attributed to Greatbatch (4) the largest plate measures 24cm diameter. Lot 123 Pearlware meat plate possibly Spode and two bowls, painted with pagodas in landscapes and scattered flora in underglaze blue, the smaller bowl attributed to Bovey Tracey, late 18th century (3) the meat plate measures 44cm wide. Lot 130 Three pearlware plates circa 1780, one attributed to Don pottery painted in brown, the others painted in underglaze blue, (3). 14 auctions@peterwilson.co.uk

7 Lot 131 Pearlware part tea and coffee service attributed to Sewell, printed in terracotta with tea party patterns, to include a coffee pot, and teapot, cream jug, sucrier, three cups and five saucers (15). Lot 134 Staffordshire red ware coffee pot and teapot circa 1760, with sprig moulded floral decorations, (4) the coffee pot measures 20cm Lot 137 Sewell pearlware cruet set and matching basket and stand circa 1820, with central perched bird finial, fitted with two bottles, salt and pepper and mustard pot, painted with trailing Scottish thistle design, impressed marks to bases, (9) the cruet set measures 25cm high Illustrated in St Anthony s Pottery Newcastle upon Tyne in the Northern Ceramic Society Occasional publication No Lot 132 Creamware lidded jug circa 1770, with bird finial, sprig moulded decoration, raised on three feet and decorated with a Whieldon type brown glaze, (2) 14cm Lot 135 Red ware teapot circa 1760, with engine turned decoration and floral finial, impressed AT to base (2) 12cm Lot 136 Red ware teapot circa 1760, with glazed body, engine turned decoration and moulded handle, impressed IF to base (2) 11cm Lot 138 Three Hollins stoneware jugs circa 1800, one with initials G.M.S.D. and dated 1798, all moulded with figures, impressed mark to one base (3) the tallest measures 21cm Lot 139 Collection of Stoneware Dry bodied stoneware three piece teaset possibly Lakin moulded with figures painted with over glaze blue, together a with a similar teapot moulded with vases, also a Wilson olive green teapot and similar lidded dish with silver handle, early 19th century (11). Lot 140 Pearlware lidded jug and a sucrier and stand circa 1800, probably Leeds, with moulded strap handles, reeded bands and chequered borders on green and blue grounds, (5). The jug measures 16.5cm Lot 141 Leeds pearlware chocolate cup stand circa 1800, moulded as a leaf with G.J.K monogram, 21cm wide Lot 133 Collection of Orange bodied or glazed ware, to include a basket, a stand, and a plate impressed Davenport, also a trio, two saucer dishes, and a cup and saucer, early 19th century, (10). 15

8 Lot 142 Eight pink lustre teabowls and saucers, with impressed marks for Dawson, Hackwood, Wood, Sewell, and Fell Newcastle, painted and printed with landscapes, figures and flora in pink lustre, (16). Lot 145 Collection of pink lustre ware, to include a bough pot possibly Factory Z, a Lakin twin handled dish and pierced stand, also two jugs, a tea caddy, tankard a goblet and a saucer impressed Wedgewood (probably Wm. Smith and Co.) early to mid-19th century, (10). Lot 148 Two early 19th century named jugs, one painted with a master s hat and whip along with a whippet and terrier, named Joseph Lewis Woodworth Green 1817 the other jug is printed with verse and landscapes, named Tho s Shortnose Wednesbury Staffordshire (2) 17cm Lot 152 Five pearlware teapots, and two coffee pots, printed with figures and landscapes, one with yellow ground and Adam Buck type transfer, early 19th century, (14). Lot 143 Eight pink lustre cups and saucers and a teabowl and saucer, with impressed marks for Dawson and Jackson, Wood and Sons, and Sewell, another with painted mark for Shortnose and Co. painted and printed with landscapes, figures and flora in pink lustre, (18). Lot 144 Sunderland lustre tankard, commemorating Columbus the Largest ship ever built together with a Lakin dish commemorative of Captain Hull of the Constitution early 19th century (2) the tankard measures 12cm Lot 146 Pearlware armorial jug possibly Leeds, monogrammed H.B. dated 1801, painted with an eagled crest to one side and a landscape to the reverse, 15.5cm high See Barlow of Leeds and Sheffield by Harold Blakey, Northern Ceramic Circle 152 December Lot 147 Garniture of three Portobello type vases and three jugs, printed with landscapes and paisley patterns on brown grounds, early 19th century, (5) the tallest vase measures 14.5cm Lot 149 Five pottery jugs and a large tankard, bat printed with landscapes, three with gilt initials, early 19th century, (6) the tallest jugs measure 13.5cm Lot 150 Pearlware tea service, printed with figures playing instruments in garden scenes, to include a lidded teapot, sucrier, bowl, jug, and four teabowls and saucers, also a similar tea caddy and small teabowl and saucer, early 19th century, (17) Lot 151 Lakin and Poole teapot and stand, with sliding cover, together with two other lozenge shape teapots with swan finials one impressed Harley, also one other pearlware teapot, early 19th century (9). Lot 153 Group of bronzed and gilded earthenware, to include a lidded twin handled bowl and cover with stand, pot pourri vase, and tankard by Wilson with impressed marks, also a Coalport lidded bowl and stand, also a teapot, jug and dish, early 19th century, (13). Lot 154 Pair of Spode Mocha ware vases, with seaweed patterns on a cream ground, impressed marks to bases, early 19th century (2) 12cm Lot 155 Two pottery jugs and a plant pot, with slip decorated dipped and turned bands, early 19th century (3) the tallest jug measures 18.5cm 16 auctions@peterwilson.co.uk

9 Lot 156 Two pottery vases with slip decorated dipped and turned bands, early 19th century (2) the tallest vase measures 16cm Lot 160 Pearlware teapot attributed to Swinton circa 1800, printed with cherubs and a goat, also a loving cup printed in green, (2). The loving cup measures 15cm Lot 164 Two Lakin jugs and a mug, decorated with birds and flora in raised slip over enamelling, also four Lakin plates and a Wedgwood buff coloured jug, early 19th century (8). The tallest jug measures 23cm Lot 157 Four creamware baskets, two with stands, one impressed Turner, another Sewell, painted with floral borders, early 19th century, (6) the largest basket measures 29.5cm wide. Lot 161 Five early 19th century jugs, three printed with figures, two painted with landscapes, the underglaze blue jug is marked Wedgwood & Co. (Ralph Wedgwood) (5) the tallest jug measures 19cm Lot 158 Two smear glazed vases, with pierced covers, one impressed Pratt, applied with blue classical figures, leaves and berries, also a Feldspathic stoneware jug, mug, vase and small spill vase, early 19th century, (8). The tallest vase measures 18cm Lot 162 Collection of Creamware and Pearlware, to include a loving cup, two tankards, two teapots, two Sewell sauceboats on with fixed stand the other with separate stand, and a square shape dish, late 18th / early 19th century, (11). Lot 165 Collection of early 19th century pottery, to include Sewell plate, Sewell Donkin armorial meat plate, Harley Green square shaped dish, Three Don pottery dishes, a Lakin plate, Harley teapot base, a pearlware bowl, also an imari colours cup and saucer together with another cup and two Sewell saucers, also a J. Wheeldon studio pottery bowl circa 1995, (15) Lot 166 Large ceramic reference collection, composed mainly of Northern Ceramic Society newsletters and publications running from Newsletter no.1 September 1972 through to Journal Volume Also eight English Ceramic Circle journals, twenty eight Friends of Blue Bulletins from January 2000 to April 2014, together with ten other ceramic reference works and catalogues. Lot 159 Two Wilson Pearlware jugs, a heart shaped dish and a vase, the jugs painted with flora, the largest initialled B, early 19th century (5) the tallest jug measures 25cm Lot 163 Seven Wilson plates and a dish circa 1820, with moulded dolphin borders, some with impressed marks, painted with landscapes and floral studies, together with another similar plate, (9). The dish measures 28cm wide. Lot 167 Adams P. W.L. A History of the Adams Family of North Staffordshire first edition 1914, with 1940 supplement, and photocopied third supplement. 17