The renowned expert on Mocaware, Jonathan Rickard, lists this type of decoration in “Mocha and Related Dipped Wares 1770-1939” in a section entitled “Combinations and Other Oddities”, pages 106-121. As the sun shines on us all, it symbolizes impartiality in the benevolence of the Odd Fellows.Ĭondition: An invisible restoration to the underside of the vase, only, and some scratching, particularly to the lustered leaves and the flowers and the lustered top edge.Īn exceptional mochaware mug with rare combed-down slip decoration. The budding branch symbolizes the idea that truth can “draw freshness and verdure” from the “most barren facts and common things in life” and give them life and interest.Ībove all of this is a shining sun. Lady Justice personifies morality in judicial systems. The motto is seen together with an image of Lady Justice and an angel holding a budding branch. On both sides of the pitcher is the Odd Fellows motto, “Amicitia Amor et Veritas,” which translates to Friendship, Love, and Truth. Odd Fellows promote philanthropy, the ethic of reciprocity, and charity.Īt the front of the pitcher, we see a panel with the words “We are odd Fellows When we act and Do the thing which is Right.”Īround this panel are the words “How grand in Age How fair in Youth is Holly Friendship, Love and Truth.”Ībove the panel is an open palm with a heart symbolic of charity given from the heart. This very large creamware pitcher is fully decorated with the imagery and symbols of the Odd Fellows (see images). It replaced saltglaze stoneware as the dinnerware of all but the high aristocracy, which most likely would have had a service of Chinese export porcelain dishes. As its popularity increased, many of the other English potters began to make creamware as well. Wedgwood marketed these wares as Queensware after Queen Charlotte gave Wedgwood the honor of ordering a set. He was the first of the English potters to produce a cream-colored earthenware with a light-colored body. And at the far right, we see another boy seated with a parrot on his arm.Ĭreamware was created in the 1760s by Josiah Wedgwood. In conversation, we see two fashionably dressed women, a small child holding a pinwheel as he looks up, pointing to a group of chimes, and an older boy standing nearby. Decorated in enamels, both platesįeature a chinoiserie scene. We are pleased to offer this lovely pair of 18th century English creamware dishes made circa 1780.
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