Historical Notices of the Leeds Old Pottery

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...undecorated Silver ware on a brown body. We imagine that to produce the pattern spoken of, it is painted on the white or cream body with some kind of varnish easily removable by the heat of the kiln; the piece is then covered entirely with the platinum solution and fired, the heat of the kiln driving off the underneath varnish, exposing the body of the piece in the pattern as drawn on it. The Copper Lustre ware is more common than the Silver, and is of a much later date--say from about 1825 to comparatively late years. Even now, a similar class of Copper Lustre ware is produced at local potteries. At the earlier period we mention, the Copper Lustre ware was more commonly made by the other Leeds potters rather than the old Leeds Pottery. The pieces are most frequently jugs, of all sizes, including cream jugs, loving cups, mugs, etc. In some cases, pieces such as teapots were decorated with lines or bands of the lustre. The body it was employed upon was a white one, having a strong bluish glaze, the outside only of the piece being covered with the lustre. The process of producing it is similar to that of the silver lustre; copper, with a small proportion of gold, being the metal used. Another lustre of this class and period was the Purple Lustre. Its colour was of a rose shade with a metallic gloss upon it. It was employed chiefly in bands round tea ware--mugs, goblets, jugs, etc. A particularly early and curious piece of it is shown on plate ly--a goblet--the lustre being so applied and treated as to give a marbled effect. The body, though a white one, is entirely covered with the lustre. Late pieces, wherein it is used as a decoration, are common. It was also made largely by the Yorkshire potteries up to late years. The Agate ware made at the Leeds Pottery ...