Catalogue of Tablewares made by Wood and Caldwell

The following is an initial list of known Wood & Caldwell tablewares, made between 1791 and 1818.  This information is derived from books, auction records, museums and from actual examples in private collections.  Where there are thumbnail pictures, please click on these for more information.  If you can add any information to the following list, or provide further photographs, please contact me jj@jjhc.info

Tableware

Jug.  Blue on the outside but this small jug is very unusual in that the glaze has a matt finish (jasper?) and not a shiny finish.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height approx 7.5cm, weight approx 120gm.
Jug.  Cream colour on the inside, blue on the outside.  Cherubs and horses in the pattern.  Impressed mark on bottom 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height ? Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Cream colour on the inside, blue on the outside.  Ring of vine leaves and grapes around the outside of the rim, white.  Landscape around the middle showing cow and calf, dog and pheasant, two further dogs, white.  Impressed mark on bottom 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height 9.0cm. Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Brown on the outside with white images of children.  Grape vine around the top. Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height approx 11cm, weight approx 280gm. Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Grey-Brown on the outside with white images of children and a dog.  Row of leaves around the top. Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height approx 9cm, weight approx 200gm. Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Cream colour on the inside, blue on the outside.  Ring of vine leaves and grapes around the outside of the rim, white.  Landscape around the middle showing a farming scene with horses, farm workers and dogs, white.  Impressed mark on bottom 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height approx 18cm.  Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Blue base with coloured decoration (red brown black green) and bronzed edging.  Grape vines around top.  Classical images of people and cart pulled by two horses.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Click here for more information and photographs
Jug. Decoration with cherubs painted green and purple on blue. Height 10.6cm.  Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Cream colour on the inside and blue on the outside.  Classical images of chariots and cherubs.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height 14.5cm.  Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Black on the outside with white decoration featuring cherubs training a lion and a cow.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height approx 14.5cm. Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Design shows men and horses, also some dogs catching a stag. Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Coloured images of men and horses and dogs on a blue background.  Bronzed edging.  Grapevine around top.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height approx 17cm.   Click here for more information and photographs
Jug.  Taken from "The Wood Family of Burslem" by Frank Falkner, published 1912. Click here for more information and photographs
Pitcher.  Blue and White pitcher with bronze edging and handle, coloured group of cherubs and carts drawn by animals.  Impressed mark on bottom 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height 21.5cm, weight 700gm. Click here for more information and photographs
Tankard.  Cream base with a blue black and red pattern.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Click here for more information and photographs
Cachepot.  Seems to have been an outer pot for a potplant.  There are four seperate scenes around the side.  Impressed mark on bottom 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height 10.0cm, diameter 12.0cm.  Click here for more information and photographs
Large Bowl. Diameter 34.2cm and height 14.6cm.  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Click here for more information and photographs
Bowl with God Save The King.  22cm diameter, 10cm height.  Click here for more information and photographs
Vase.  Cream colour on the inside, blue on the outside.  Three scenes around the side; girl dancing, man fighting with lion, cherub  .  Impressed mark on bottom 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Height 12.0cm.  Click here for more information and photographs
Vase taken from "The Wood Family of Burslem" by Frank Falkner, published 1912. Click here for more information and photographs
Curved oblong dish.  Presumably part of a dessert service.  The shaped interior painted with specimens of plants named underneath in red "Anemone leaved Geranium" and "Branching Toad Flax".  Impressed 'WOOD & CALDWELL'". Length 32cm.  Click here for more information and photographs
Candle Stick.  Blue and white.  Impressed 'WOOD & CALDWELL'. Height 17.8cm. Click here for more information and photographs
Plate with unusual red blue and white pattern. Click here for more information and photographs
Plate with butterflies, taken from "The Wood Family of Burslem" by Frank Falkner, published 1912. Click here for more information and photographs
Plate State House, Boston.  This example is taken from the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery website and is described "c.1804-1818.  Pearlware dark blue printed plate.  Diameter 24.5 cm.  This pattern is based on a sketch by Dobbins, 'Boston Common in 1804'".  Impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL'.  Click here for more information and photographs

Mug.  Pink lustre blue ground mug modelled with Britannia flanked by lions, a courting couple and Andromach weeping over the ashes of Hector.  Height 7.5cm.  Known from an auction record.

Toby jug of a sailor.  Noted on page 188 of "English Earthenware Figures", by Pat Halfpenny, published 1991.  A marked example can be found in the Victoria & Albert museum.

Sporting stag hunt jug.  Pearlware.  The neck with a continuous band of oak leaves, the body with two dismounted Huntsmen observing the kill, the lower body osier moulded, decorated in purple lustre, green, iron red, yellow and black enamels and with double scroll handle.   Height 16.5cm.  Known from an auction record.

Game tureen and cover.  Caneware pastryware, of oval shape with undulating `plaited' rim, applied with a trail of fruiting branches in high relief, the flattened cover with oversized apple finial and further plum, cherry and grape sprigs.  Impressed mark.  Length 25.5cm.  Known from an auction record.

If you know of any Wood & Caldwell wares that could added to the above list, or if you can add information to any of the above, please contact me on jj@jjhc.info

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