- A. Bullock & Co.
- Meg Merriles, c. 1895-1915
- Earthenware
- 4 in (10.16 cm)
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Not For Sale
Creamer, 4 inches tall. Brown transfer with polychrome clobbering and gilding. Printed maker's mark for A. Bullock & Co. The pattern name is most likely a reference to the John Keats poem of the same name ("Meg Merrilies," 1818), which in turn is a reference to one of the principal characters in the novel "Guy Mannering" (1815) by Sir Walter Scott. This particular pattern, however, is not descriptive of its source. It consists of large chrysanthemum blooms. The border consists of a single gilded line. The handle and inside rim are decorated with a band of repeated stylized flowerheads.
A. Bullock & Co. operated at the Waterloo Pottery from around 1895 to 1902 and then at the Kensington Pottery from c. 1903 to 1915. Bullock’s specialties included reproductions of the late Old Hall Earthenware Company's famous Apostles and Gothic ware in jugs and teapots, sugars and creams.
- Subject Matter: Aesthetic (Floral & Botanical)
- Collections: A. Bullock & Co., Aesthetic Transferware