TEA LEAF ONLINE                              September 1, 2002
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This is the last Tea Leaf OnLine before Convention 2002 and the last issue in September.  TLOL will be back on October 6.

DISCUSSION TOPIC:  CONVENTION MEMORIES
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MEAKIN FISHHOOK SAUCE TUREEN - 4-PIECE

Seller's Description This 4x6 sauce tureen is a beautiful piece of tea leaf. The lustre is wonderful and the pieces are free of chips, cracks or repairs. The hard to find ladle is in perfect condition and the handle measures 5 1/2" and the bowl is 2 1/2" in diameter. The service tray measures 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". The tureen has a few brownish dots on the bottom as pictured. There are no blemishes that show when displayed.

MEAKIN BRUSH VASE

Seller's Description Offered for bid is a vertical toothbrush vase or "spooner" potted by Alfred Meakin and marked accordingly. I have been told by "experts" in the Tea Leaf Club that it is probably Meakin's early "Scroll" shape, while my vote is for "Plain Round." At any rate is is pictured on page 97 of Grandma's Tea Leaf Ironstone (image MEA 49). The piece in in near mint condition with no chips, cracks, or stains and very light crazing. The copper lustre trim is bright. It is 5 1/2 inches tall and 2 3/4 inches across. A great addition to your bath set, be it Scroll or Plain Round.

WM ADAMS CREAMER AND SUGAR BOWL

Seller's Description This is an elegant Wm. Adams & Sons ironstone Micratex cream pitcher and covered sugar bowl. The bases and the tops have six sides. It is the classic white Adams ribbed china, but this set has hand painted bronze trim at the edge, and a bronze three leafed flower in the middle. The cream pitcher is six-sided, four and 3/4 inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. The six-sided covered sugar is about 5 inches high and is about 6 inches wide, handle to handle. This cream and sugar set is in excellent condition.

WM ADAMS SAUCE TUREEN

Seller's Description This elegant Wm. Adams & Sons ironstone Micratex gravy boat has three pieces. The boat, the detached 6-sided underplate, and the matching gravy ladle. It is the classic white Adams ribbed china, with hand painted bronze trim at the edge, and a bronze three leafed flower in the middle. The underplate is six-sided, eight inches long and five and one-half inches wide. The gravy boat is six and 3/4 inches long, from handle to handle, and 3 and one-half inches wide. The gravy boat is also six-sided, and sits on a smaller six-sided base, which fits exactly into the six-sided raised pattern in the underplate. The ladle is 2 and 3/4 inches in diameter and six inches long. The ladle has the bronze flower painted in the middle, and says "Adams England" on the back. This gravy boat (or sauce server) is in very good condition. No cracks or crazing, but I did find one tiny chip at the very bottom of the gravy boat's base. There is also a minor discoloration on the underside of the tip of the ladle's handle, which looks like a glazing bubble.

WM ADAMS GRAVY BOAT AND UNDERTRAY

Seller's Description This elegant Wm. Adams & Sons ironstone Micratex syrup or sauce server has 2 pieces. The syrup and the detached 6-sided underplate. It is the classic white Adams ribbed china, but this set has hand painted bronze trim at the edge, and a bronze three leafed flower in the middle. The underplate is six-sided, seven and 3/4 inches long and five and 3/4 inches wide. The syrup pitcher is six and 1/2 inches long, from handle to spout, and 2 and one-half inches wide. The syrup pitcher is also six-sided, and sits on a smaller six-sided base, which fits exactly into the six-sided raised pattern in the underplate.

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I actually hope you find some good pieces in the Teaberry group. Granddaughter, Sarah, just starting her first teaching job, in Special Education, and newly engaged, (wedding scheduled for Sept. 20, 2003) has chosen my Teaberry collection and I need some plates, also some cups and saucers, in at least pretty good condition so she'll have a good starter set. So, please keep me in mind if you find some of the

The 2002 Convention T-shirts are in and waiting for you! The red, white and blue design shows the American spirit which is entirely appropriate in the city of truly American music. As you know, we order a limited number of T-shirts for convention each year so don't hesitate to get your order in early. When ordering, please specify quantity and size (Medium,

We thought you all might be interested in this picture of the Bamboo TL set we have on display at our cabin. The additional items on the shelf are wooden butter paddle, bowl and press that we inherited from my grandparents Asa and Alice Wolfe of McCooke, Nebraska. There is also a butter churn on the floor below.

The second picture is of some TL pieces we picked up last weekend. The ewer is heavy square in Tea Leaf instead of the usual Teaberry. The New York shaped Teaberry sauce tureen is in wonderful shape but needs a finial and ladle (anybody got those? If so give us a call!). The LOV sauce tureen has a crack in the lid but is otherwise pristine. Of course we are now looking for a ladle for it as well. The berry dish is NY Teaberry. The MG plate is very small, 5 1/2 inches and marked Portland Shape. Could this be a child's plate? It is definitely not a saucer.

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September 19-22 Nashville Tennessee

DISCUSSION TOPIC:  NONEXISTENT PIECES

Seems we are always trying to complete a "set". You too? Several times we have been told that the missing piece was not made, For example, a Chinese hot water pitcher or a Chinese cake plate. Has anyone ever told you this? Do you have a set that is only missing one piece? Is it possible that it was never made? Why not? Ask if anyone has ever seen this piece? What are some of the pieces you think were never made?

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SOUP TUREEN LADLE

Seller's Description This auction is for a beautiful and somewhat rare Tea Leaf ladle. Most were broken over the years, but this one is perfect! No damage or repairs. The copper lustre is bright and unworn, and the glaze crazing is very minimal. This piece measures about 7 1/4" long, and the bowl is 2 3/4" in diameter. It is not marked, but the pink artist mark is clear on the backside of the bowl.

6 THISTLE & BERRY CUP & SAUCER SETS
	Seller's Description This great set of Teaberry Tealeaf cups and saucers are in the gold and blue luster and are stunning! 5 are perfect and the other cup and saucer has minimal damage. This is a very hard pattern to find. Check out the matching plates in this pattern that I have listed on Ebay!

COPPER/PINK LUSTRE TOAST RACK
	Seller's Description English Small Toast Rack Luster In excellent condition, not marked but I believe it to be English, has a pink luster trim, no chips or cracks or crazing, measures 2 7/8" X 2 1/2" X 1 7/8" tall.

PEPPERLEAF FOOTED COMPOTE
	Seller's Description COMPOTE COPPER LUSTER PEPPER LEAF TEA LEAF Being offered for auction is a white ironstone compote with a copper luster pepper leaf design. This is a variation of the tea leaf design. The compote measures 6 1/4" tall, and 9 3/4" across the top, and is unmarked. It has crazing and a small bubble pop to the glaze in the center of the bowl.

WILKINSON MAIDENHAIR FERN EWER

Seller's Description You are bidding on an excellent example of tea leaf ironstone. Standing 12" high (inc. spout), this scarce pitcher has very fine copper luster accent on the rim and handle. It is 8-9" wide including the span to the handle which itself measures 7 1/2" tall. The actual base is 5" in diameter. On the underside, it is clearly marked ROYAL IRONSTONE CHINA (crown,lion &unicorn seal),A.J. WILKINSON, ENGLAND. This pitcher is part of a wash set but the bowl has been broken (3 lg. pieces) and poorly repaired. Since the repair could be improved upon, I will include the bowl AT NO CHARGE. You will be bidding on the pitcher ONLY.

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Thought "Lea Leafers" might be interested in how important the research is, that goes on between the four sister Ironstone clubs. (Tea Leaf, White, Flow blue-Mulberry, & Transferware.) You again have proved how much we all depend on each other in researching ironstone. We did not have that relish in our portfolio of relishes published in the Newsnotes and couldn't identify it by the lines that divided the scallop shape or the motif at the handle, which had no Fan!

As Dale showed, Tea Leafers have the advantage of possibly knowing the body shape of a piece by the copper luster motifs. It is similar research to that we have been doing with Ellen Hill (Mulberry Maven). We took a bunch of Gothic White Ironstone cups (which all look the somewhat the same and are not marked) to compare them to Ellen's extensive collection of Mulberry cups (syllabubs in particular). Those that matched the body shape/style of our white ones could be identified by Ellen because she knew which potter made every different engraved mulberry transfer print that decorated hers. Helping us find the maker of a few cups and syllabubs that were always just Gothic Cups before. Hopefully we will now be able to match the cups to their saucers and tea sets. Or also their toddy, syllabub, and punch bowls. WICA would never have found that relish dish, without a fan motif, identifying it as Niagara shape if you hadn't gathered the Luster motif variations. We are planing to take other White pieces to Ellen's in NH soon to do more comparisons of unmarked unknown shapes. Like the cups, ladles are rarely marked. And hopefully we can identify them the same way. We have identified an unmarked White Ironstone Ridgway shape by looking at Blue Transfer ware at an antique show. Although the Transferware was not marked, the engraved pattern was a well known decoration used by Ridgway on the same body shape. This is the kind of research that we can do here in the USA. As a result of it, we have added over thirty new registered shapes to the known List of Known Registered Shapes that Jean Wetherbee put in her last book. All have been found on pieces here in this country and do correspond to the lists that Cushion and Godden have published without identifying the shapes. Ernie & Bev

We have just returned from three weeks in London and yes, there is Tea Leaf over there. We took a piece over for a wedding gift and returned with a beautiful pomegranate cake plate that we found in an antique mall south of London. Cost $3.00. Looking forward to seeing all in September. Vic & Peggy

Last year about this time I told you all about our 10 year old granddaughter who won two medals in Track and Field the AAU Junior Olympics and how we were going to use her at antique shows to sprint over to tables when we spotted Tea Leaf. Well the strategy had a flaw, tables and booths could be in the away and slow down the sprinter. This year Shannon won a National second place medal in the high jump. So if you are at an antique show someday and you see something faster than a speeding bullet that bounds over tables and booths, it is not Superman, it's just the Kear's with their granddaughter. Since Dale showed off his Godchildren here is a picture of what you need to looking for at antique shows.

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	TEA LEAF ONLINE                               August 18, 2002
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DISCUSSION TOPIC:  NONEXISTENT PIECES

Seems we are always trying to complete a "set". You too? Several times we have been told that the missing piece was not made, For example, a Chinese hot water pitcher or a Chinese cake plate. Has anyone ever told you this? Do you have a set that is only missing one piece? Is it possible that it was never made? Why not? Ask if anyone has ever seen this piece? What are some of the pieces you think were never made?

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Have you marked your calendars for            September 19-22? What a line-up we've got planned for this year's convention.  Don't miss a single event!

CLEMENTSON HEAVY SQUARE GRAVY BOAT & SUGAR BOWL

Seller's Description Large open cream and covered sugar bowl marked as shown below, embossed registration number RN 20941. Copper luster decoration appears to be a slight variation of the Tea Leaf design popular in the late 1800's. I believe this set dates to before WW I and possibly much earlier. Condition- Pottery wise there are NO chips or crack, including the lid and inside rim of the sugar bowl. The decoration is solid, not rubbed. There is some darkening of the glaze, mostly on the sugar and lid. Especially on the "knob" of the lid and on the corners of the bowl. Overall a nicely kept example of this early Royal Ironstone China set. The sugar stands 6.5" to top of lid and 6.25" across at the handles. The creamer has very little darkening and measures 7" across from handle to spout.

ELSMORE & FORSTER TULIP CREAMER
	Seller's Description This creamer measures 5 3/4"H to pouring lip and 5" from lip to knob on handle. It is unmarked but almost certainly E&F, a pattern registered in mid-1800s. Fine crazing overall and the only flaw is a 1/8" flake on the bottom of the foot. A really beautiful example from an excellent ironstone potter.

QUARTERED ROSE LUSTRE BAND CREAMER

Seller's Description I have for auction this white ironstone creamer/milk jug. There is no mark on this piece, so we will not be able to date it easily. We do though have a clue with the shape, I believe this to be a variant of the St Louis shape this was a fairly early shape. Ten years either side of 1860. The copper lustre stripe is around the inside of the lip, around the top of the creamer body around the base and up the handle. The creamer is about five and one half inches tall, six inches across handle to the spout. The creamer is in excellent condition, free from cracks, chips etc.

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Nancy says she doesn't know what it is and neither do Bev & Ernie. Anne

Detail

[Anne,  I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb with this educated guess on the identification of your relish. I have all three relish dishes in my own collection -- lustre banded, Pre-Tea Leaf and Pomegranate.  Is there a body style that's common to these three copper lustre decorative motifs?

Many of you have met my godchildren Isaac and Abby so I thought I'd share a recent photo.  Isaac is getting ready to enter 4th grade and is a terrific reader and a great kid.  Abby starts 2nd grade this month and loves shopping -- and talking.  Any suggestions for getting her to keep quiet would be much appreciated.

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	TEA LEAF ONLINE                               August 4, 2002
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DISCUSSION TOPIC:  NONEXISTENT PIECES

Seems we are always trying to complete a "set". You too? Several times we have been told that the missing piece was not made, For example, a Chinese hot water pitcher or a Chinese cake plate. Has anyone ever told you this? Do you have a set that is only missing one piece? Is it possible that it was never made? Why not? Ask if anyone has ever seen this piece? What are some of the pieces you think were never made?

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