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This attractive little waisted upright creamer is a bit of an enigma. The moulding is unusual but the handle has a thumb-rest like Keeling's jugs and the outside pattern is Keeling's pattern 125, but the interior border is unfamiliar. It was excluded from Jean's book (below) as uncertain, partly perhaps because it isn't porcelain.
But what was Anthony Keeling making in 1780 before Robert Champion arrived in Staffordshire? There is a trace of blue in the glaze and no translucency and on the base is another enigma - that little figure 8 that seems to crop up so often these days, on porcelain creamware and pearlware ?
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| p; With the publication of the new comprehensive A & E Keeling Pattern Book by Jean Barratt as the culmination of 10 years' research I am listing a few items I have available in addition to the admirable volume itself. It is in a softback format similar to Pat Preller's New Hall pattern book and supplement 1, and in my view of a similar calibre. It is not in general distribution but can be supplied £35, plus packing & postage £5 (UK). I have a few copies, and they can also be obtained from Pat Preller, Rosie Cooke, Peter Cottam or from Jean herself, if one of those is easier. ISBN 978-989-20-1816-4 |
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