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Chestnut Bowl with a Chestnut Plate

Visit the Hartley Greens Pottery Shop to purchase the Chestnut Bowl & Chestnut Plate

The Chestnut Bowl (Shown here with a Chestnut Plate) manufactured by Hartley Greens & Co Leeds Pottery

The Chestnut Bowl here with a Chestnut Plate

The Chestnut Bowl and Lid, based on the original dated late 18th Century, made from earthenware and glazed pale cream, this kind of pottery is commonly described as Creamware, Pearlware, Leedsware, China Glaze or even Salt Glaze. Pottery of this type has often wrongly been described as porcelain but not to be understated, creamware was described by, L. M. Solon one of the earliest and best of the writer/collectors as, having "exemplified what genuine old English art had been in its pristine days". 

The manufacture of Creamware has continued from the 18th Century through to the present day. Creamware in the 18th and 19th Centuries was particularly well thought of by the newly emerging 'Middle Class Society'. The wealth created by this society had resulted from the benefits of increased trade during the early part of the English industrial revolution, wealth which continued through to the Victorian era. The elegance of Creamware was considered to be highly admired, indeed very necessary on the meal table if you was looking to impress your guests.

This elegant piece was designed as inverted bell with a scalloped rim and a pair of intertwined cord handles with flower and leaf terminals, the high domed lid with a ‘fir apple’ knob, the sides and lid pierced with a complex openwork pattern often described as pierced ware. Examples of The Chestnut Bowl can be seen in museums throughout the world, and in England local to the old pottery site at Temple Newsam House Leeds. The current production of this exquisite piece can be purchased in the Leeds Pottery shop at www.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk see this and many other historic items at the Mall. 

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