Transferware Pottery Cider Pitcher England Antique "Coaching Days"

Description

Ridgways England Antique Transferware Pottery Cider Pitcher
Antique; Circa 1890-1920
"A Breakdown, Taking on The Mails" scene on one side
"Bootham Bar, York" scene on the other side
"Scenes from Coaching Days & Coaching Ways By Special Permission of MacMillan & Co. Ltd." stamped on the bottom
Measures: 4 1/4" tall; 5" at widest point without handle
*Please note wear to silver luster finish in pictures*
“As early as 1792, the Ridgway brothers produced quality earthenwares in Shelton, Staffordshire, England. Ridgway factories produced almost every conceivable kind of pottery. One of the branches produced a line called Coaching Days and Coaching Ways.
The Coaching Days and Coaching Ways series was created on an amber brown transferware pottery with black transfers. It was made in the 1890s to the 1920s. The series features illustrations chosen from ones by Hugh Thomson & Herbert Railton, that were contained in the book “Coaching Days and Coaching Ways” by W. Outram Tristram. The book was first published in 1888.
Each item showcases different scenes from routes along old English stagecoach roads. The coaches traveled between inns and villages and the scenes featured on the pottery highlight the travel and inns. Some of the buildings are still standing today.”