Antique Late 1800's to Early 1900's Blue and White Spongewear Pitcher For Sale
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Antique Late 1800's to Early 1900's Blue and White Spongewear Pitcher:
$200.00
Antique Late 1800's to Early 1900's Blue and White Spongewear Pitcher. This is a gorgeous 9 inch tall blue cobalt and white spongeware pitcher. They are sometimes called spatterware but the more correct name for these pitchers is spongeware. The brilliant blue and white sponging is stunning. It is double rolled at the rim and base. The blue sponging covers the entire pitcher except for on the bottom. It dates date to the late 1800's and early 1900's. This pitcher is in very good condition with a few small imperfections on the lip (visible in the photographs). Please look carefully. There is no restoration. It is very stable and hefty. The blue color is very attractive and in a highly collectable pattern. It is lovely with flowers or dried flower arrangements or with any spongeware collection! A great piece for any primitive or spongeware collector. I am offering 9 pitchers from my extensive collection. A discount would be considered for multiple purchases. Thank you so much.
It measures: 9 inches tall and 6 inches in diameter at the bottom of the pitcher. (Item #9)
The designs reproduced by the Spongeware Company are a celebration of the beautiful artwork that was being created to decorate the Spongeware pottery being made in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England in the early to late nineteenth century. Spongeware Pottery was first produced in Scotland in the 1830’s and enjoyed its golden period from 1860 to 1880. The Spongeware potteries were based in areas where there was clay to make the pots and coal to fire the kilns and centres of production emerged in Scotland for the manufacture of stone and earthenware pottery. These potteries produced practical domestic plates, bowls, jugs and mugs decorated with elaborate and colourful sponge and hand painted designs. The patterns were created by dipping a shaped sponge in coloured pigment and gently pressing it onto a piece of earthenware pottery of a contrasting colour, creating an overall sponged pattern. A clear glaze was then applied, and the piece fired. The most commonly used colours were red and blue and a various of shades of green. Spongeware was also produced in Irish and some English potteries from where it migrated around the world. From the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides to the vast prairies of North America, where it became known as Spatterware, Spongeware has been enjoyed and treasured. Today Spongeware is very collectable and good examples are rare and highly sought after by collectors.
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