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RERAMIC STUDIO 
RARITIES FROM VARIOUS CHINA COLLECTIONS 
THE creamware jugs made in Staffordshire soon after the 
Anglo-American war of 1812, occupy a place by them- 
selves among historical china, and are eagerly sought after by 
those interested in early wares. They form a connecting link 
between the earlier black-printed Liverpool pitchers and the 
later dark blue china bearing American views. Many of these 
jugs, with portraits of naval heroes, printed in black, were 
produced by Enoch Wood, the Burslem potter, though they 
are seldom, if ever, marked with his name. Plates and other 
pieces, however, decorated with the same engravings, have 
been discovered with the Wood mark impressed in them. 
There were among these alleged likenesses busts of Perry, 
Bainbridge, Hull, Pike and Jones. A jug decorated with 
STAFFORDSHIRE CREAMWARE JUGS 
heads of the two officers last named is owned by Dr. and Mrs. 
G. L. Hurd, of Lakeville, Connecticut. The portraits are 
surrounded by a framework composed of flags, war emblems 
and sailing vessels. The forms of these pieces are usually 
more squatty than the Colonial or Liverpool pitchers which 
preceded them. 
In the May number of the Keramic Studio, reference 
was made to a " no-name" series of dark blue prints of prom- 
inent places in the United States, and a platter was figured 
showing a view of the city of Baltimore in its earlier days. 
To the same series belongs the plate which is decorated with 
a view of Philadelphia from the Delaware front, copied from 
an earlier print. It presents in the foreground a glimpse of 
the wharf at Kensington, beneath the celebrated elm tree, 
under which William Penn effected his treaty with the Indians. 
VIEW OF PHILADELPHIA— DARK BLUE PLATE 
The illustration is made from an example owned by Mrs. J. B. 
Neal, of Easton, Pa. 
The earliest marked and dated salt-glazed stoneware of 
American manufacture that has been discovered, was produced 
by Paul Cushman, near Albany, New York, in the first decade 
of the nineteenth century. One of the most recent finds in 
this line is a large jar with ear-shaped handles and the incised 
name of the maker at the top. In the centre of the body is 
a rude floral ornament painted in cobalt blue. Such pieces 
are in great demand among collectors. They seem to be con- 
fined to New York State, being usually found in the vicinity 
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OLD STONEWARE JAK, MADE BY PAUL CUSHMAN, 
ALBANY, N. Y., 1809. 
of Albany. They show an attempt at decorative treatment, 
more or less elaborate, and frequently bear the date 1809. 
The ware itself is of a brownish gray color, very similar to the 
old German stoneware, and the glazing was accomplished in 
the same manner, by throwing salt into the kiln just when the 
fire had reached its greatest heat. 
Edwin A. Barber. 
