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Title: Anglo-American pottery : old English china with American views, a manual for collectors
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Description: Porcelain plate depicting a Quaker man (possibly Richard Jordan) in front of the house of Richard Jordan as seen from the Newtown Friends Meeting House in Newtown Colony, New Jersey, now part of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. Authors: Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916
Subjects: Pottery Collectors and collecting
Publisher: Philadelphia : Press of Patterson & White Company
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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found on entiretable services and on every size of plate then made, and wasprinted in a greater variety of colors and shades, perhaps,than any other American view. It was drawn by W. Mason,a drawing teacher of Philadelphia, and engraved by F.Kearney, by order of some of the friends of Richard Jordan,the eminent Quaker preacher, after his death, which oc-curred in 1826. On the backs of pieces bearing this print isthe descriptive title in an irregular framework, surrounded byan umbrella-shaped device. The Jordan residence was atNewton, Gloucester county, X. J. DESIGNS BY JOSEPH HEATH & CO. —Printed in Red, Pink, Black, Brown, Mulberry, Gray, Green, Light Blue, Lilac, Purple, etc. Border, a Handsome Floral Design.— 314. The Residence of the Late Richard Jordan, New Jersey. (The same central engraving occurs with-out border save a heavy line around the edge.) Joseph Heath & Co. also produced views entitled: 315. Ontario Lake Scenery. 316. Monterey. ANGLO-AMERICAN POTTERY. 107
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314. The Richard Jordan Plate. By J. H. & Co. .. ,iMi g 108 ANGLO-AMERICAN POTTERY. J. & T. EDWARDS. Previous to 1842 Messrs. James and Thomas Edwardsconducted a pottery at Burslem, England, styled the Kiln-Croft Works. This partnership continued only for a shorttime, and Mr. James Edwards, in the year named above, pur-chased the manufactory of John Rogers & Son, formerlyowned by John and George Rogers, and embarked in businessalone. DESIGNS BY J. & T. EDWARDS. —Designs in Pink, Black, Brown, Blue, etc. Sometimesin two colors.—Border, four (or three) Steamships, marked Co-lumbia, Caledonia, Britannia, Acadia (insome pieces one of these vessels is omitted).Boston Mails Series. Gentlemens Cabin (four men). Gentlemens Cabin (three men). -— Ladies Cabin. same central designs occur on plates, etc., without XXIV 3i7-318. 319- - Theborder design. JOHN TAMS.About 1840 John Tarns was carrying on business at Long-ton, England. One of his relatives, probably a brother, Jame

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