Davenport Pottery
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Davenport Pottery was an English earthenware
and porcelain
manufacturer based in Longport
, Staffordshire
,http://www.thepotteries.org/potters/davenport.htm.
and began producing cream-coloured blue-printed earthenware. By September 1806 the quality of his porcelain wares was such that the Prince of Wales, later to become King George IV, ordered services of the finest and most valuable kinds (Staffordshire Advertiser, 20 September, 1806). John retired in 1830 and his sons, William and Henry, carried on the firm. Henry died in 1835 and the firm became William Davenport and Company. William died in 1869. The firm continued under William’s two sons till 1887 when the factory was closed.
Landscape artist James Holland
(1800-1872) was employed, from the age of 12, for 7 years as a flower painter at the Longport works. His father and other members of the family were also employed there.
Earthenware
Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects.-Types of earthenware:Although body formulations vary between countries and even between individual makers, a generic composition is 25% ball clay, 28% kaolin, 32% quartz, and 15%...
and porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
manufacturer based in Longport
Longport, Staffordshire
Longport is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the location for Longbridge Hayes industrial estate.Longport railway station, opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on October 9, 1848, is on the Crewe to Derby and Stafford to Manchester Lines....
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
,http://www.thepotteries.org/potters/davenport.htm.
History
In 1785, John Davenport (b. 1765), began as a potter working with Thomas Wolfe of Stoke. In 1794, he acquired his own pottery at LongportLongport
Longport can refer to:*Longport, New Jersey in the United States of America*Longport, Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent, England*Longphort, a term used in Ireland for a Viking ship enclosure...
and began producing cream-coloured blue-printed earthenware. By September 1806 the quality of his porcelain wares was such that the Prince of Wales, later to become King George IV, ordered services of the finest and most valuable kinds (Staffordshire Advertiser, 20 September, 1806). John retired in 1830 and his sons, William and Henry, carried on the firm. Henry died in 1835 and the firm became William Davenport and Company. William died in 1869. The firm continued under William’s two sons till 1887 when the factory was closed.
Landscape artist James Holland
James Holland (artist)
James Holland was an English painter of flowers, landscapes, architecture and marine subjects, and book illustrator...
(1800-1872) was employed, from the age of 12, for 7 years as a flower painter at the Longport works. His father and other members of the family were also employed there.
Further reading
- Davenport Pottery and Porcelain - 1794-1887 by Terrence A. Lockett (1972, Newton Abbot) ISBN 071535681X
- Davenport Ceramic Marks 1794-1887 by Charles Duckworth (2006, Charles Duckworth) http://www.duckworth.eu