Rare Deakin & Bailey jug, IMPERIAL FAIENCE mark, 1828-30

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Rare Deakin & Bailey baluster form jug on short foot, with lobed body & ornate handle, printed in blue & brightly enamelled all over with a series of birds flowers & grapes on a fine leaf ground.   

Large flamboyant mark,

crown with ‘IMPERIAL FAIENCE’ above ‘D&B’ ,

for Deakin & Bailey,

1828-30

This pattern has been identified by Moorabool as the production of the short-lived partnership of Deakin & Bailey, Waterloo Works, 1828-30. It is found on a petal lobed bowl which is identical to a marked piece of Deakin pottery from the next period, that of Deakin & son, 1833-41.   

A quick check in Coysh & Henrywood’s ‘Dictionary of Blue & White’ reveals the following entry:

‘Deakin & Bailey – Lane End, Staffordshire.  One printed pattern …. is known marked wth the name of this firm… Another design, titled ‘Villa Scenery’, bears the initials D&B and may have come from this pottery’.      This jug and associated bowl in the same pattern proves this to be correct, and further adds this flamboyant shape to the group of items by Deakin & Bailey, Warterloo Works.   

19cm high, foot 8.5cm
Good condition

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