Blue Staffordshire
Posted in Pottery on 05/23/2008 09:47 pm by admin |
 Antique Staffordshire OVERSIZED BLUEWHITE PLATTER $99.99 Time Remaining: 4h 6m |
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 Staffordshire Liberty Blue Plates 4 Staffordshire China Independence Hall $29.99 Time Remaining: 5h 41m |
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 Antique Staffordshire Blue White TRANSFERWARE PLATE Onion Pattern $5.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5h 57m |
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 Dark Blue Staffordshire Transferware Fruit Basket Tea Set w 12 Cups Saucers $1,950.00 Time Remaining: 21d 9m Buy It Now for only: $1,950.00 |
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 VTG LIBERTY BLUE TEAPOT CREAMER AND SUGAR ENGLAND $99.99 Time Remaining: 9h 46m |
 ROWLAND MARSELLUS STAFFORDSHIRE FLOW BLUE CHINA HISTORICAL PHILADELPHIA PLATE $19.99 Time Remaining: 10h 50m |
 Enoch Wood Historical Staffordshire Blue Plate Landing of the Fathers 1620 $75.00 Time Remaining: 17d 20h 58m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 3 Liberty Blue Dinner Plates Staffordshire Independence Hall $19.99 Time Remaining: 11h 10m |
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 4 Liberty Blue Saucer Plates Staffordshire Old North Church $7.99 Time Remaining: 11h 10m |
 ANTIQUE BLUE TRANSFERWARE JUG $70.00 Time Remaining: 12h 36m |
 Historical Staffordshire PASTORAL SCENE Dark Blue Transferware Plate Transfer $95.00 Time Remaining: 21d 20h 58m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 VINTAGE LIBERTY BLUE INDEPENDENCE HALL COLLECTORS PLATE $9.95 Time Remaining: 12h 55m |
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 16 PC Staffordshire Liberty Blue England Bone China 1776 1976 Colonial Scenes $60.00 Time Remaining: 13h 4m Buy It Now for only: $70.00 |
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 Staffordshire Colonial Blue Transferware Pottery TOGO Plate $19.99 Time Remaining: 17d 6h 4m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 BLUE ONION MEISSEN STYLE Serving Dish $7.86 Time Remaining: 17h 33m |
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 LIBERTY BLUE BETSY ROSS BERRY OR DESSERT BOWLS 6 ENGLAND $8.99 Time Remaining: 22h 38m |
 Mid 19th Century English Staffordshire Victorian Pitcher blue and white $175.00 Time Remaining: 23h 54m |
 Adams Staffordshire Dark Blue A Villa in Regents Park Plate 1830 $125.00 Time Remaining: 16d 18h 39m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 Liberty Blue Independence Hall 10 Dinner Plate $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 20m |
 c1845 Staffordshire John Ridgway Co Blue Transferware Waste Bowl ALADDIN $42.59 Time Remaining: 29d 20h 30m Buy It Now for only: $42.59 |
 1850 Staffordshire Black Transfer Blue Porcelain Dessert Pedestal Bowl Dish $49.99 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 33m |
 1850s Staffordshire Black Transfer Blue Porcelain Dessert Serving Dish Tray $39.99 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 33m |
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 Liberty Blue Original Made in England Independence Hall $12.99 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 42m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Antique Blue Staffordshire Cabinet Plate ca 1830s Blenheim $295.00 Time Remaining: 10d 2h 28m Buy It Now for only: $295.00 |
 Staffordshire Potteries Cordon Bleu Ironstone Platter Blue Rim Plate $7.99 Time Remaining: 1d 2h 41m |
 Liberty Blue China Coasters Historic Colonial Scenes Set of 4 $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 2h 44m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 Clews Staffordshire Pottery ID Book Blue Chameleon Ware $29.95 Time Remaining: 2d 10h 41m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 BLUE FLOWER WATER PITCHER $5.00 Time Remaining: 1d 4h 31m |
 Stubbs Historical Staffordshire Blue Soup Bowl Fair Mount near Philadelphia $150.00 Time Remaining: 17d 22h 15m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 Staffordshire Liberty Blue Washington Crossing In Original Box $10.98 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 4h 45m |
 LIBERTY BLUE Staffordshire Round Vegetable Bowl Fraunces Tavern 8 3 8 w box $19.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 4h 52m |
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 John Alcock c1853 Staffordshire Blue White Transferware Chamber Pot Priory Pat $250.00 Time Remaining: 28d 2h 7m Buy It Now for only: $250.00 |
 Liberty Blue Historic Colonial Staffordshire England Monticelo Plate 5 3 4 diam $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 8m |
 Liberty Blue Historic Colonial Staffordshire England Monticelo Plate 5 3 4 $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 8m |
 Historical Blue White Transferware Plate Boston Massacre B D Staffordshire $95.00 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 25m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 Liberty Blue Historic Colonial Staffordshire Ironstone England Monticelo Plate $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 9m |
 Antique Dark Blue Staffordshire Cabinet Plate Titled Palestine Early 1900s $295.00 Time Remaining: 12d 2h 16m Buy It Now for only: $295.00 |
 Calico Blue Cheese Dish wedge $40.00 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 26m |
 Enoch Wood Staffordshire SPORTING SERIES Dark Blue Transferware Plate c1820 NR $124.50 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 6h 50m |
 Staffordshire CALICO BLUE BURLEIGH Round Teapot 693622 $87.95 Time Remaining: 27d 9h 57m Buy It Now for only: $87.95 |
 TWO Staffordshire WILD ROSE Blue Transferware Plates 1 Wedgwood NR $20.49 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 6h 52m |
 Antique Staffordshire Pilgrim Pitcher in very dark blue excellent condition $299.99 Time Remaining: 21d 9h 47m Buy It Now for only: $299.99 |
 Historical Staffordshire ERIE CANAL Dark Blue Transferware Plate AS FOUND NR $60.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 6h 54m |
 Antique Early 19C Soft Paste Blue Scenic Transferware 75 Plate Cows Pastoral $19.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 7h 19m |
 ANTIQUE BLUE WILLOW MUFFINEER PEPPER POT SHAKER STAFFORDSHIRE $75.00 Time Remaining: 7d 13h 13m Buy It Now for only: $75.00 |
 Antique medium dark blue Staffordshire Transferware plate w Sheep Rose Border $26.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 7h 28m |
 ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFERWARE WARMING DISH VAS FLORUM PATTE $275.00 Time Remaining: 7d 13h 13m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 Historical Dark Blue Staffordshire American View Teapot Lafayette Franklin Tomb $192.38 (12 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 7h 30m |
 Antique Blue Staffordshire Transferware Soup Bowl 19th C English Pottery $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 36m |
 Staffordshire LIBERTY BLUE Oval Serving Bowl 693888 $61.99 Time Remaining: 27d 10h 53m Buy It Now for only: $61.99 |
 Antique Blue Staffordshire open Vegetable dish w Horse Cows scene Davenport $24.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 40m |
 Historical Dark Blue Park Theatre New York Transferware Plate Staffordshire 19th $395.00 Time Remaining: 7d 23h 40m Buy It Now for only: $395.00 |
 Antique early English Porcelain Cobalt Blue w Roses and gold Spode Tray or Bowl $24.99 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 40m |
 Antique Gaudy Ironstone Pinwheel pattern Flow Blue Plate mid 19th Staffordshire $41.00 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 7h 40m |
 staffordshire toile blue teapot Myott blue tonquin 10 cups saucers cottage chic $89.99 Time Remaining: 21d 10h 33m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 LIBERTY BLUE STAFFORDSHIRE $20.00 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 37m |
 BLUE STAFFORDSHIRE GEM PLATTER $110.00 Time Remaining: 27d 2h 53m Buy It Now for only: $110.00 |
 ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE JUG MUG FLOW BLUE LUSTER PITCHER CIRCA 1850 $99.99 Time Remaining: 1d 8h 41m |
 Very Nice Antique Staffordshire Fairy Villas Blue Transferware Teapot Ca 1850 $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 9h 6m |
 Falls of Killarney Blue and White Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Plate 1810 $100.00 Time Remaining: 14d 7h 17m Buy It Now for only: $100.00 |
 Beautiful Pair Blue White Staffordshire Dogs Excellent Condition $39.99 Time Remaining: 1d 9h 15m |
 Staffordshire Hall Co Blue White The Bosphorus Octagonal Platter 18 inch $299.00 Time Remaining: 8d 11h 7m Buy It Now for only: $299.00 |
 Very Nice Antique Staffordshire Marmora Blue Transferware Veggie Dish Ca 1840 $12.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 9h 16m |
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THE HISTORY OF BLUE WILLOW
I have seen credit given for the willow china pattern given to at least two different people. One would be Thomas Turner who is said to have introduced the famous design in about 1780. The original copper plate for his design was engraved by Thomas Minton and is still preserved at Coalport China. The most reported story says that the willow design was the creation of Josiah Spode, a derivation of an original Chinese pattern called Mandarin. Spode developed his willow pattern sometime around 1790.
The traditional willow design always features a large beautiful Chinese home with a willow tree, small bridge with 3 figures, a humble servants house at the foot of the bridge, a small Chinese boat & of course the famous love birds above the willow tree. The romantic lore of the design could have added to it's popularity over the years.
The story goes something like this.......
Long ago, in the days when China was ruled by emperors, a Chinese mandarin, Tso Ling, lived in the magnificent pagoda under the branches of the apple tree on the right of the bridge, over which droops the famous willow tree, and in front of which is seen the graceful lines of the fence. Tso Ling was the father of a beautiful girl, Kwang-se, who was the promised bride of an old but wealthy merchant. The girl, however, fell in love with Chang, her father's clerk. The lovers eloped across the sea to the cottage on the island. The mandarin pursued and caught the lovers and was about to have them killed when the gods transformed them into a pair of turtle doves. These are seen gazing into each other's eyes at the top of the design. A lengthy and old Staffordshire poem of the pattern concludes with the verse: "In the oft quoted plate two birds are perceived, High in the heaven above: These are the spirits of Chang and Kwang-se, A twin pair of ever in love".
Companies That Produce Willow China Due to Spode's obvious success with the Blue Willow design, many, many pottery & china companies went on to produce some version of it. Here is a list of manufacturers that I am familiar with that produced or still do produce Blue Willow.
Adams Adderly Alfred Meakin Allerton Barratt Booths Buffalo (restaurantware & hotelware) Burslem Churchill Coalport Cuthbertson Homer Laughlin John Maddox & Sons Johnson Brothers Mccoy Pottery Myott Made in China Made in Holland Made in Japan Maruta Moriyama Pottery (Japan) Norcrest Ridgeway Royal China Royal Doulton Royal Wessex Scio Pottery (Ohio) Spode Staffordshire Syracuse China(Restaurantware & Hotelware) Wedgewood Wood & Sons
VARIETY OF WILLOW ITEMS As the popularity of Blue Willow grew & grew over the years many companies begin to make a variety of merchandise to coordinate with the customer's china pieces. You can find just about anything in Blue Willow including but not limited to: glassware, wallpaper, linens , tablecloths & towels, flatware & cutlery, picture frames, piggy banks, cookware, enamelware, fabric, tins, needlepoint pillows & kits, planters, candles, switchplates, items for bed & bath, soap dishes, even paper products including paper plated & napkins!
Besides numerous price guides written to aid collectors, there is a child's story book entitled BLUE WILLOW by Doris Gates. You might enjoy recipes from The Blue Willow Inn Bible of Southern Cooking.
In 2005 there was even an animated short movie made in New Zealand that tells Blue Willow's story of love & family betrayal.
The willow design is also made in red (sometimes called red transferware, or pink willow), green, brown & multicolored.
There are many Blue Willow pieces now being made in China. These are nice pieces to fill in your collection with & much more reasonable than antique or vintage pieces. There are sellers however that try to pass these newly produced items off as vintage or antique. Be sure you are buying from a reputable sellers.Also be sure what you are buying is actually blue willow. I have seen Flow Blue, Blue Onion, Blue Calico & other Blue Transferware advertised as Blue Willow.
The most valuable Blue Willow items are the early English, Staffordshire & Spode pieces. The Mid Century Made in Japan pieces are growing in popularity as well & can command a good price on unusual styles. There are quite a few restaurantware collectors out there too, so the heavy restaurant weight china usually does well.
I hope this has given you a little insight into collecting Blue Willow China ~ Have Fun!
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