- Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd.
- Unnamed (Two Floral Sprays with Cartouches), c. 1862-1884
- Earthenware
- 6.625 in (16.83 cm)
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Not For Sale
Pitcher, 6.625 inches tall. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. The pitcher is lightly covered with two different varieties of trailing flowering vines. Near the handle two cartouches are also seen in the handle view. The round cartouche is infilled with a repeated stylized blossom in a checkerboard pattern and is overlaid on a ribbon cartouche. The ribbon cartouche has tapered ends and has a simple diamond pattern infilled with floral design.
The Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. was an English pottery established in the Staffordshire town of Hanley in 1805 by Job Meigh (d 1817). It was successively known as Job Meigh (1805–12), Job Meigh & Son (1812–34), Charles Meigh (1834–49), C. Meigh, Son & Pankhurst (1850–51), Charles Meigh & Son (1851–61), Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. (1861–86) and Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd. (1886–1902). In March 1861 Charles Meigh Jr. transferred the business to a limited liability company called the Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. This was the first limited liability company in the Staffordshire Potteries. In the 1880s the designers included Christopher Dresser. The pottery closed in 1902 and the Old Hall Works was demolished in 1904.
- Subject Matter: Aesthetic (Cartouche)
- Collections: Aesthetic Transferware, Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd.