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Tea Leaf Ironstone Tea Leaf Ironstone

Tea leaf ironstone dishes are named for their decorations. There was a superstition that it was lucky if a whole tea leaf unfolded at the bottom of your cup. This idea was translated into the pattern of dishes known as tea leaf. By 1850 at least twelve English factories were making this pattern, and by the 1870s it was a popular pattern in many countries. The tea leaf was always a luster glaze on early wares, although now some pieces are made with a brown tea leaf. There are many variations of tea leaf designs, such as Teaberry, Pepper Leaf, and Gold Leaf. The designs were used on many different white ironstone shapes, such as Bamboo, Lily of the Valley, Empress, and Cumbow. The tea leaf pattern pictured a luster tea leaf on a white dish. 

 
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Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamerChelsea, Johnson Bros.2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamerCockscomb, J. Furnival2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamerGothic, Livesley & Powell2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamerGrand Loop, J. Furnival2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamerGrindley Favorite2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCuspidorTobacco Leaf, Elsmore & Forster2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneEwerCable, T. Furnival2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneEwerChelsea, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneGravy BoatCable, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneGravy BoatChelsea, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneLadleSauce, Cable, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneLadleSauce, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneMilk JugDaisy, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneMugMaiden Hair Fern, Wilkinson2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePitcherHawthorn, Wilkinson2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePitcherHot Water, Mayer2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePitcherMilk, Fishhook, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePosset CupLily Of The Valley, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePowder DishCover, Johnson Bros.2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePunch BowlPrimrose Scroll, Livesley, Powell & Co.2007
Tea Leaf IronstonePunch BowlReeded, Round, Burgess2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneRelishElegance, Teaberry, Clementson Bros.2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneSoap DishChinese, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneSugarArched Forget-me-not, Elsmore & Forster2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneSugarCeres, Elsmore & Forster2007
 

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