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Wiltshaw & Robinson Blushware Pattern 1890 to 1916 era
This is the home to of the early Wiltshaw & Robinson patterns. Not all the patterns in this list are Blushware, but they where first produced in the 1890 to 1916 era, which is when Wiltshaw and Robinson conceived the majority of their Blushware patterns. There is much unknown about this early period of W&R Carlton Ware's production. I have just done my first photo shoot for the Blushware page and there are issues that I had not envisaged. For instance many of items have numbers on the base that cannot be pattern numbers – it is all very confusing. I will make a start with the information that I have and if any one can help with information off the base of the examples they own it would be appreciated. I would really like to get as many examples as possible with either the Pattern Name or the British Registration Number and if they have it the hand written pattern numbers. I must thank the curator of “The Parnell Collection” for allowing me access to her fantastic collection, for without her help and passion this page would still be in a figment of my imagination.
The early W&R patterns where first released under Wiltshaw & Robinson's Blue Bird makers mark, this mark was introduced in 1890 so these will be the first pattern covered in this page. I have discovered that a lot of these early W&R patterns have no name or pattern number. So I will also be building a web page especially for them. Wiltshaw & Robinson Poppy ~ 304 - circa 1890
Note the Registered Design Number (RN number) - this dates this patterns registration to 1884 - which is very interesting as it is 6 years before Wiltshaw and the Robinson brothers formed the W&R company. Did W&R buy this pattern off another company or another indiviual? 
W&R Poppy Plate - Blue Bird Mark - pattern 304 mat blush brown ground Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" 
W&R portion of the mark indicates that this was manufactured at circa 1995, but the pattern was first registered in 1884 - there's no debating this point. 
W&R Poppy Square tray - W&R Mark - pattern 307 mat beige ground Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" Wiltshaw & Robinson Royal May ~ 509 (circa 1896)
W&R Royal May Tea Caddy - Blue Bird Mark - pattern 509 matt blushed apricot Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" 
W&R Royal May Plate - Blue Bird Mark - pattern ? matt blushed pink Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" Wiltshaw & Robinson Chinese Quail Vase ~ 522 (circa1895) W&R Carlton Ware Chinese Quail Vase - pattern 522 Licorice coloured mat ground - production era 1890 to ? Image courtesy of "The Margaret Jones Collection"   W&R Cloisonne Ware Chinese Quail Cylinder Vase - pattern 722 Mat green ground - production era 1897 to ? Image courtesy of "The Margaret Jones Collection" 
This mark is off the base of the W&R Cloisonne Ware Chinese Quail Cylinder Vase, it is very hard to give a production date to this item othere than some time in the first decade of the twentith century. I believe that Morelands Bristal would have been a shop in Bristol which is a city in the south west of England. Wiltshaw & Robinson Grecian Figures ~ 601 
W&R Carlton Ware Grecian Figures - pattern 601 pate sur pate on two tone pink gloss ground - production era 1897 to? Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection"  
W&R Carlton Ware Grecian Figures Biscuit Barrel - pattern number unknown pate sur pate on blue matt Wiltshaw & Robinson Dancing figures ~ 614 
W&R Carlton Ware Dancing Figures Teapot - pattern 614 pate sur pate on green gloss ground 
W&R Carlton Ware Dancing Figures Biscuit Barrel - pattern number unknown pate sur pate on two tone light green ground Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" Wiltshaw & Robinson Petunia ~ 698
RN 258145 was issued in 1885, 5 years before the formation of the W&R company. 
Both Are W&R Carlton Ware Petunia Demitasse - marked pattern 698 Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" Wiltshaw & Robinson Stork ~ 722 
W&R Cloisonne Ware Stork Display Plate - pattern 723 matt balck ground - production era 1902 to 1912 Pattern numbers issued against this motif; 722 matt green ground - 723 matt black ground Whiltshaw & Robinson Pheasant Cartouche ~ 827 
W&R Carlton Ware Pheasant Cartouch; pattern 827 Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" Wiltshaw & Robinson "Pansy in Cornicopia" ~ 914 (circa 1905) 
This is an example of an item with two RN's; I can only hazard a guess that one is for the sahpe and tht the other if for the pattern. Both of the RN's date to 1905 
W&R Carlton Ware "Pansy in Cornicopia" Hexagonal Plate; marked 914 two tone honey and green mat ground Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" Whiltshaw & Robinson Honfleur ~ 921 
The RN 267782 dates this pattern's registration to 1896 .jpg "Wiltshaw & Robinson Honfleur Biscuit Barrel")
W&R Carlton Ware Honfleur Biscuit Barrel; pattern 921 honey blushware Image courtesy of "The Parnell Collection" |
