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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 IronstoneBowl Vegetable, Cover, Daisy Chain, Wilkinson 2008
Tea Leaf IronstoneBowl Vegetable, Cover, Brocade, Meakin 2008
Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamer Bamboo, Meakin 2008
Tea Leaf IronstonePitcher Fishhook, Meakin 2008
Tea Leaf IronstoneBowlVegetable, Cover, Cable, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBowlVegetable, Cover, East End2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBowlVegetable, Cover, Fishhook, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBowlVegetable, Cover, Gothic Thistle2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBrush VaseMayer2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBrush VaseMoss Rose, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBrush VaseScalloped, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneBrush VaseWedgwood2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneButterBasketweave, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneButterCable, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneButterGrindley Favorite2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCake PlateBrocade, Meakin2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCake PlatePrairie Flowers, Powell & Bishop2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCake PlateWashington, Powell & Bishop2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneChamber PotGrape Octagon, Walley2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCoffeepotHearts, Mellor Taylor2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCoffeepotLily Of The Valley, Shaw2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCompoteLuster Band, Livesley & Powell & Co., 9 In.2007
Tea Leaf IronstoneCreamerBrocade, Meakin2007
 

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