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Creamware

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Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid

Creamware is a type of fine earthenware with a cream-coloured body produced in England and Europe during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Various versions of creamware were developed by potters in the mid-eighteenth century. Josiah Wedgwood, however, deserves recognition for improving the formula in the 1740s and for transforming it into a popular, mass-produced commodity in the 1760s.

Creamware possessed many of the same practical and aesthetic qualities as porcelain, but could be produced for a fraction of the cost. For this reason, it quickly emerged as the ceramic tableware of choice for middle class consumers. Competition from creamware producers put great pressure on many English and European porcelain and earthenware factories, forcing some of them to modify their products and others to go out of business.

The creamware collection, which was donated by Jean and Ken Laundy, includes objects made in Staffordshire and illustrates the spread of the medium to other regions of England and to factories of continental Europe.

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Milk jug with sprigged grapevine decoration
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
c.1760
Object number: G08.2.1
Orange or Chestnut Basket
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1775-1785
Object number: G08.2.2a-b
Monteith
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1770-1780
Object number: G08.2.3
Pair of shell-form dishes
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1770s
Object number: G08.2.4.1-2
Cup and saucer
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1770s
Object number: G08.2.5a-b
Miniature candlestick
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1770s
Object number: G08.2.6
Curd Mould
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1780-1800
Object number: G08.2.7
Pepper Shaker
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1780s
Object number: G08.2.8
“Night Lamp to Provide Illumination and Conserve Hot Liquids”
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1790-1820
Object number: G08.2.9a-d
Covered dish with basket-weave design
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1790s
Object number: G08.2.10a-b
Tazza (stand for presenting food)
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
1790s
Object number: G08.2.11
Ladle
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1800
Object number: G08.2.12
Oval platter with reticulated border
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1800
Object number: G08.2.13
Oval Platter
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1810
Object number: G08.2.14
Oval fruit bowl with moulded exterior and reticulated border
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1810-1820
Object number: G08.2.15
Quatrafoil dish with reticulated border
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1825
Object number: G08.2.16
Plate with reticulated border
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c.1790-1800
Object number: G08.2.17
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Artist / Maker: Wedgwood
c. 1780s
Object number: G08.2.18
Basket and Stand
Artist / Maker: Shorthose and Co.
c.1815
Object number: G08.2.19a-b
Teapot
Artist / Maker: Harley Pottery
c.1800-1810
Object number: G08.2.20a-b
Cream or Milk Jug
Artist / Maker: Leeds Pottery
c. 1780s
Object number: G08.2.21
slop bowl
Artist / Maker: Leeds Pottery
1780s
Object number: G08.2.22
Tea Caddy
Artist / Maker: Leeds Pottery
1780s
Object number: G08.2.23
Dessert Dish
Artist / Maker: Leeds Pottery
c.1775
Object number: G08.2.24