Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840: Supplementary Archive
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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

The Mark

antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Tittensor, Charles Tittensor, pearlware, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne

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: 
  • 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.
I hope more marked Tittensors will come to light to further this research.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Tittensor, Charles Tittensor, pearlware, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, reading boy
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, dandies
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, dandies
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, deer
Courtesy The Potteries Museum.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, deer
Courtesy The Potteries Museum.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, dog
Restored bocage
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, man with dog
restored bocage
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, bust, czar alexander
(c) Bonhams. Three of these busts of Czar Alexander are documented

Marked Underglaze-decorated Figures

antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, shepherds
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, shepherd
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, shepherd
These colors are very atypical of Tittensor. (c) Tennnants.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne
In the Tyne and Wear Museums. Image from www.tittensor.com.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne
Courtesy Paul Tittensor at tittensor.com.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne
From “Staffordshire Pottery. The Tribal Art of England.”, Anthony Oliver, Heinemann 1981.
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Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.
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Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, shepherds
Courtesy Bonhams
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, horse, dog, cow, shepherds
Courtesy the Atlanta Historical Society
 Tittensor antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne,
Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne
From www.tittensor.com and taken from “Tittensor: Black-Printer and Figure-Maker”, Reginald G Haggar, Apollo vol. 52 (1950).
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne
From Godden, “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery” and from www.tittensor.com.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne

This large group is a composite of two other groups seen elsewhere on this page.
Tittensor, antique Staffordshire, antique Staffordshire figure, pearlware figure, Myrna Schkolne
Courtesy John Howard.
Tittensor, antique Staffordshire, antique Staffordshire figure, pearlware figure, Myrna Schkolne
Courtesy John Howard

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.
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antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, musicians

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antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, musicians
Restoration to both heads. Courtesy Toovey's
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, musicians
(c) Lawrence’s Fine Art Auctions (Reed-Fitt collection)
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, hunting
From Halfpenny, "English Earthenware Figures 1780-1840."
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.
Tittensor pottery figure, antique Staffordshire pottery, Tittensor crucifixion,  bocage figure, pearlware figure, proattware
Courtesy Strawser Auctions. This group is also shown in “An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain & Pottery” by G.A .Godden.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, reading
The boy is the only underglaze Tittensor figure that also is found decorated in enamel colors. Courtesy John Howard.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, reading
Image from Lewis, "Pratt Ware."
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, reading
(c) Bonhams
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, Turk
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.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, sailor
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, dog
(c) Bonhams.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Dale staffordshire figure, Edge & Grocott, pearlware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, donkey
Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection
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