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Bowl (ivhiteware) . — No. 439: White glazed, flaring cuplike shape (fragments 

 only) ; thinwalled, hand decoration a wide band of pale green near the lip, with 

 a narrow band of pale red below ; not measurable. Another fragment (No. 

 453) of a grayish-white earthenware, bearing manufacturer's marks (transfer) : 

 "Ironstone China / [British arms] / J. & G. Meakin / Hanley / England" (pi. 



25, m). This firm, one of the best-known Staffordshii-e producers (at present 

 Stoke-on-Trent) of "ironstone" ware, began this manufacture early in the last 

 century and still exports large quantities. 



Teapot.— No. 114Q : Fragment of the perforated strainer only ; glazed white 

 earthenware of good quality. 



Ctips. — No. 801: Glazed grayish-white "ironstone" type cut (without handle), 

 with strong annular base (probably used without a saucer) ; lacks manufac- 

 turer's marks; height SVz inches, diameter at lip 4 inches (pi. 25, o). No. 802: 

 Identical specimen (fragmentary). No, 445: Similar specimen (fragment), 

 having thicker walls. No. 438 : Base only of a smaller specimen, having slightly 

 different shape. 



Saucers. — No. 803 : Glazed grayish-white "ironstone," lacking manufacturer's 

 marks ; height 1% inches ; diameter 6i/^ inches ; widely flaring rim, probably for 

 use in cooling beverage from the cup, as was formerly often done (pi. 25, n). No. 

 805 : Similar specimen, except that it has underglaze transfer designs in gray- 

 ish-black, an Oriental scene with arabesque border, on upper surface, and on the 

 base the mark (transfer) : "Calcutta / E. Challinor" (pi. 25, p). The firm 

 of Edward Challinor (or Chalinor) is said to have begun the pottery business 

 at Burslem (now part of Stoke-on-Trent), Staffordshire, England, as early as 

 1819, having acquired works previously owned by the great Wedgwood family ; 

 Challinor is also said to have manufactured at Fenton (also now part of Stoke- 

 on-Trent) from 1862 until 1891 (Chaffers, 1954, p. 662; Cushion and Honey, 

 [1956], p. 296). 



Fragments (No. 1154), probably of a cup and saucer, apparently of bone china, 

 having a wide yellow band and a narrow gold-leaf band ; are probably hand- 

 decorated fragments. Another sherd (No. 1161), a small portion of the base of 

 a bowl or cup, has an exterior surface of copper luster, the interior a cream 

 glaze. Three sherds (No. 1159) are from a cup or bowl of Bennington-llke 

 ware (American or English). 



Tableicare {"whitetcare"), miscellaneous. — Numerous other shapes are repre- 

 sented by fragments of common whiteware obtained, such as plates, bowls, 

 covers, cups, saucers, and the like, of the "ironstone" class, undecorated (e.g.. 

 No. 464, with 230 sherds) ; one sherd of the lot preserves a human face with 

 helmet, in relief, of a Classical design, perhaps from a tureen or sugar bowl (pi. 



26, 7i). Nos. 19, 804, 1158: Other comparable lots of sherds. One lot (No. 

 726) even includes heavy sherds apparently from a chamber pot. Few manu- 

 facturer's marks appear on these pieces ; one (No. 454) bears the mark (transfer) 

 "Ironstone ehin[a] / James Edwar[ds]"; another (No. 1157) that of "T. J. & J. 

 Maye[r] / Dale Hall Potter[y] / Longport / Improved Berlin Ironsto[ne]." 

 The Edwards and Mayer firms are well-known manufacturers of Stoke-on-Trent 

 (which includes Longport or Longton). 



Numerous other sherds of the same types of wares have transfer designs in 

 blue (Nos. 20, 449, 1148, 1263), some of these of the "featheredge" types of table- 

 ware; others are In black (Nos. 1151, 1216), red (Nos. 20, 450, 729, 1149), or 

 brown (No. 1152). Special designs of this type in brown are (No. 443), human 

 figures (pi. 26, &) ;(No. 444), scenes (pi. 26 a) ; and (No. 807) floral designs. 

 Two sherds in black transfer (Nos. 445, 448) have floral designs (pi. 26, e). 

 Some of the transfers are inside-outside designs. 



