In reaction to the fluffy Rococo shapes used earlier, by the middle of the nineteent...
In reaction to the fluffy Rococo shapes used earlier, by the middle of the nineteenth century, Staffordshire earthenware came to be dominated by clean, faceted shapes--influenced by the Gothic revival movement--executed in a heavier ironstone body.
George Wooliscroft's "Eon" pattern decorates the flat panels of this jug with a scene of country life counter to the urban industrialization which seemed to be taking over Britain at the time. The pattern, executed in red with teal green border captures a sense of rural quiet. In the foreground, a young woman holding a cat pauses in conversation with a couple of peddlers. Further on, laborers work near a romantically decrepit windmill. The faint image of a church tower beckons us to a distant country village. This portrayal of quiet, country tranquility is completed with a border of additional rustic framed vignettes of country life around the rim, inside and out.