Tea Leaf Club International

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04ebbc00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tea Leaf Club International"><U><B><IMG SRC="278867a0.gif" border=0 width="134" height="122" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Tea Leaf Club International</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>TEA LEAF CLUB INTERNATIONAL</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#please_consider_joining_us" TITLE="Tea Leaf Club International"><U><B>Welcome to the</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#please_consider_joining_us" TITLE="Tea Leaf Club International"><U><B>Tea Leaf Club International</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#please_consider_joining_us" TITLE="Tea Leaf Club International"><U><B>Home on the Web</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>September 19-21, 2008</B></div> <div> <B>Tea Leaf Returns to the Land of Lincoln</B></div> <div> <B>Springfield, Illinois</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://tealeafclubintl@cs.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://tealeafclubintl@cs.com"><U><B>Contact us to inquire about our Annual Convention</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>   </B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="294" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFCC80" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 284 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="3425f5100.jpg" border=0 width="245" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>   </B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A few words about the Tea Leaf Club International...</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>The Tea Leaf Club is dedicated to the study and collection of  Tea Leaf Ironstone China and its Variants, produced in England and America from the mid-19th century through the early 1900s.  </B></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> <B>Beginning in the 1840's, English potters began to ship white ironstone ceramic ware to the U.S., decorated with lustre bands and/or simple motifs, made exclusively for the American market.  Anthony Shaw is considered to have produced the original Tea Leaf motif on his Sydenham, Niagara Fan and Chinese Shape body styles, registered in 1856.  These are the first of over 150 body styles decorated with the Tea Leaf motif by dozens of English and American potters.  These talented potters continued to furnish this beautiful copper lustre decorated white ironstone to the Americas until the beginning of the 20th century.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>In 1980, some 130 years after its American introduction, a group of Tea Leaf collectors from ten states gathered in Springfield, Illinois to formally organize the Tea Leaf Club International -- hundreds of Club members now span almost every state in the US, as well as members in Canada. TLCI is made up of people who collect, study and love Tea Leaf Ironstone China we lovingly call ourse</B><B>lves members of the Tea Leaf Family!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="please_consider_joining_us"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Please consider joining us!</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="392" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF9980" BORDERCOLORDARK="#660033" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 84 ><NOBR><div> <B>Benefits of Membership</B></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Benefits and Information"><U><IMG SRC="12d4e4e0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="78" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 84 ><NOBR><div> <B>Membership Invitation</B></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Online Membership Invitation"><U><IMG SRC="2514e4e0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="78" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 84 ><NOBR><div> <B>Educational Materials</B></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Educational Materials and Tea Leaf Bibli"><U><IMG SRC="1304e4e0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="78" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 84 WIDTH="293"><div> <B>Links to Ironstone</B></div> <div> <B>Collector Clubs</B></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ironstone Collector Clubs"><U><IMG SRC="1314e4e0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="78" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 84 ><NOBR><div> <B>FAQ</B></div> <div> <B>F</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>requently </B></FONT><B>A</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>sked </B></FONT><B>Q</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>uestions</B></FONT></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frequently Asked Questions"><U><IMG SRC="1cb4e4e0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="78" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 86 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>Traveling?  </B></div> <div> Tea Leaf can be found in museums across the land</div> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Click here to download a directory--></FONT></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="78"><div> <B>  <a href="HTMLobj-11270/TLMuseums.pdf"><u>Museums</u> </a>  </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 84 WIDTH="293"><div> <B>Contact Us</B></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><IMG SRC="1324e4e0.gif" border=0 width="78" height="78" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 117 WIDTH="293"><div> <I><B>Member-Only Resources </B></I></div> <div> (Great info...but you'll need a password for access)</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>FLASH:  For a limited time, Member-Only access is open to EVERYONE!  See what you're missing by not being a current Tea Leaf Club member.</B></I></div> <div> Click here to select---></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MemberOnly Resources"><U><IMG SRC="11d4e470.gif" border=0 width="78" height="71" ALT="CorelDRAW 8.0 Graphic" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Visit us often...</B></div> <div> <B>Educational References and Information for the Tea Leaf</B></div> <div> <B>enthusiast are constantly being added to this site</B></div> <bR> <div> All materials on this Web Site are copyright to the Tea Leaf Club International, 2000-2008</div> <div> The Tea Leaf design is a service mark registered to the Tea Leaf Club International</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>This site has been accessed   <div align="center"> <div style="width:128; padding:2px; border:1px solid #000000; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font:normal normal bold 11px verdana; text-decoration:none"> Visitors:  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://pub1.bravenet.com/counter/code.php?id=268358&usernum=61830855&cpv=2&bc=000000&bw=1"></script>   <br /><a style="color:#0000ff" href="http://counter1.bravenet.com/index.php?id=268358&usernum=61830855">(Site Stats)</a>  </div></div>   times</I></div> <div>          </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Tea Leaf, pottery, Pottery, China, china, tealeaf, antiques, tea leaf china club, tealeafclub, tea leaf, tealeaf, teaberry, tea berry, ironstone, china, morning glory, porcelain, semi-porcelain, opaque stone china, stone ware, stone china, walley, clementson, davenport, furnival, wedgwood, grindley, bishop, adams, alcock, baker, burgess, challinor, cochran, corn, edge malkin, edwards, hughes, johnson, mellor, red cliff, wileman, wilkinson, elsmore, forester, livesley, powell, shaw, meakin, east end pottery, knowles, taylor and knowles,  jem, j & e mayer, wheeling pottery, wick china, collectibles, ironstone collectibles, antique, antiques, antique china, antique ironstone, antique pottery, pottery, ironstone dinnerware, 19th century dinnerware, victorian table settings, victorian bath sets, Shaw, Mayer, Wilkinson, Livesley, Furnival, Ironstone, Meakin, Luster, Lustre, Copper </div> </td> </tr></table></body>