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10. Charles Tittensor |
This information supplements the detailed information in Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Vol. 1.
Further information on the Tittensor family is at Paul Tittensors site, www.tittensor.com
Further information on the Tittensor family is at Paul Tittensors site, www.tittensor.com
The Mark
Marked Enamel-painted Figures
Most Tittensor figures are decorated in underglaze colors, but four enamel-painted Tittensor figures and one bust are recorded, all being so very different from the marked underglaze figures that I question whether Tittensor made them. I posit that some other potter made them using Tittensor's molds (the mark was integral to the mold) after he ceased working.
Note that two of these enamel-painted figures (reading boy and Turk) also occur in underglaze colors. However, the bocages on the enamel-painted figures differ from those on their underglaze counterparts.
Generally, the enamel-painted figures share some of the features of Dale figures. Specifically:
Note that two of these enamel-painted figures (reading boy and Turk) also occur in underglaze colors. However, the bocages on the enamel-painted figures differ from those on their underglaze counterparts.
Generally, the enamel-painted figures share some of the features of Dale figures. Specifically:
- Their distinctive twelve-petalled bocage flowers are otherwise recorded only on multiple figures marked Dale, as well as on a lone sheep marked "Sellman." Could Dale have bought the Tittensor molds and made the figures, adding his bocage?
- The bright green color associated with Dale occurs on two of these four Tittensor figures.
- The unusual tooling or stippling to the base seen often on Dale figures is on one of the Tittensor figures.
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Courtesy The Potteries Museum.
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Courtesy The Potteries Museum.
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Restored bocage
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restored bocage
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(c) Bonhams. Three of these busts of Czar Alexander are documented
Marked Underglaze-decorated Figures
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These colors are very atypical of Tittensor. (c) Tennnants.
In the Tyne and Wear Museums. Image from www.tittensor.com.
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Courtesy Paul Tittensor at tittensor.com.
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From “Staffordshire Pottery. The Tribal Art of England.”, Anthony Oliver, Heinemann 1981.
Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.
Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.
Courtesy Bonhams
Courtesy the Atlanta Historical Society
Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.
From www.tittensor.com and taken from “Tittensor: Black-Printer and Figure-Maker”, Reginald G Haggar, Apollo vol. 52 (1950).
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From Godden, “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery” and from www.tittensor.com.
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This large group is a composite of two other groups seen elsewhere on this page.
Courtesy John Howard.
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Courtesy John Howard
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Dandies.
The snip below is from the great Tittensor site at www.tittensor.com.
The dandies in the center image are the same as the pairs to the left and right. Both are marked TITTENSOR.
The sources for the images are
Center image “An Unrecorded Family of Potters”, H Boswell Lancaster, Apollo vol. 37 (1943), 136-7.
Right image: [9] “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery,” G.A. Godden, Herbert Jenkins, 1966.
Left image “British Porcelain,” G.A. Godden, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974.
The copyright on the snip below belongs to Paul Tittensor, Mr. Godden owns the copyright on the images to the left and right, and Mr. Boswell's descendants own the copyright on the center image.
The snip below is from the great Tittensor site at www.tittensor.com.
The dandies in the center image are the same as the pairs to the left and right. Both are marked TITTENSOR.
The sources for the images are
Center image “An Unrecorded Family of Potters”, H Boswell Lancaster, Apollo vol. 37 (1943), 136-7.
Right image: [9] “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery,” G.A. Godden, Herbert Jenkins, 1966.
Left image “British Porcelain,” G.A. Godden, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974.
The copyright on the snip below belongs to Paul Tittensor, Mr. Godden owns the copyright on the images to the left and right, and Mr. Boswell's descendants own the copyright on the center image.
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Restoration to both heads. Courtesy Toovey's
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(c) Lawrence’s Fine Art Auctions (Reed-Fitt collection)
From Halfpenny, "English Earthenware Figures 1780-1840."
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This Tittensor group uses a bocage leaf not found on any other group. It seems to be the form I have dubbed a fern leaf, and John Dale used it too. This strengthens the link between Tittensor and Dale. Also, best I can tell, the base is that bright green that Dale favored, yet Tittensor did not. All in all, the group is surprisingly restrained for Tittensor.
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Courtesy Strawser Auctions. This group is also shown in “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery” by G.A .Godden.
The boy is the only underglaze Tittensor figure that also is found decorated in enamel colors. Courtesy John Howard.
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Image from Lewis, "Pratt Ware."
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(c) Bonhams
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Impressed "TITTENSOR" In the Tyne & Wear Museums. Image from Halfpenny, "English Earthenware Figures 1780-1840."
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Impressed "TITTENSOR" In the Tyne & Wear Museums. I am unsure whether this is a more recent image of the previous figure, with subsequent damage. Image (c) Paul Tittensor at www.tittensor.com.
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(c) Bonhams.
Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection