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Rare WILLIAM MORTLOCK & SONS 19th Century Antique Bowl 10" Across For Sale
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Rare WILLIAM MORTLOCK & SONS 19th Century Antique Bowl 10" Across:
$300.00
MANDU'S
MANDU IS A PROUD MEMBER SINCE 1998
IN PERFECT CONDITION THISBOWL BEARS THE RARE 18 REGENT ST. MARK AND DATES BACK TO
DICKENS ERA LONDON
FROM THE ESTATE OF JOE & ADEANYA HUNT
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the Hunts were avid collectors of fine antiques, with special interests in English furniture, East Asian jade and lacquer, and artisan crafted jewelry.
They also amassed an impressive library which reflects these interests, accompanied by a fine collection of English and Russian literature.
They also acquired many items in Taos, New Mexico, where the family has a vacation home. FREE SHIPPING TO ANY U.S.A. DESTINATION
ALL ITEMS PROFESSIONALY PACKED AND SHIPPED INVENTORY LOCATION: V21
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE MORTLOCK BRAND
The China Mortlocks John’s son William made his way to London where, in 1773, he married Elizabeth White.
Whether it was he or his son William (1778-1833), who married another Elizabeth (Evans) in
London in 1800, who founded the china operation is uncertain. By 1873, and again in 1906,
the firm described itself as "founded in 1746"; this cannot have been a Mortlock foundation
as the active forebear at that time was John and his will shows him purely as an agriculturalist
in Melbourn. Perhaps one of the Williams came into an existing operation via one of the
Elizabeths. Certainly the second William is regarded by the appropriate reference books as the
founder, which would support a date of 1794 seen on some Mortlock pottery marks. William jr and
both Elizabeths are remembered, together with their children Charles who died aged 8 and
Elizabeth who died aged 19, in a tablet on the south wall of Meldreth church. The company was a merchandising rather than a manufacturing operation. It has been described as
arguably the most important china retailer in London in the early nineteenth century.
It exercised enormous power and influence over the manufacturers, particularly including Coalport,
insisting that the products that Mortlocks sold should bear the Mortlock mark rather than that of the original maker. Although not a basic manufacturer, Mortlocks, in common with other major London houses, employed independent decorators to finish some of its wares, sometimes on an exclusive basis. These decorators included Robins and Randall of Islington, Thomas Pardoe of Bristol, Thomas Baxter of Clerkenwell who operated as an independent up to 1814, John Powell and John Simms. Besides Coalport made to their order, Mortlocks bought up as much of William Billingsley’s undecorated paste from Nantgarw and Swansea as they could get hold of, finishing it to their customers’ orders, often with a rather overdone result, partly because of the enthusiasm of the decorators and partly because Billingsley’s designs always seemed to borrow from the Brighton Pavilion with mouldings, beadings, animal motifs and acanthus leaves jostling promiscuously for attention. But the customers loved it. Mortlocks were of course in competition with porcelain produced to order in China and imported by the East India Company and privately by the Hon. Company’s officers. The Mortlock product was of a high quality, with a Coalport dinner service for instance, retailing for 200 guineas - twenty thousand pounds today. A single dinner plate might sell for £8, half a year’s wages for an agricultural labourer. By 1803, almost a century in advance of its formal Royal Warrant, Mortlock was claiming to supply "Her Majesty [Queen Charlotte] and the Royal Family" with "Coalbrook Dale [Coalport] porcelain". In 1825 Mortlock was still advertising his firm as "Colebrook-dale china manufacturers". In the late 1830s Mortlock provided Coalport pieces for Queen Victoria.
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