A fine black basalt coffee pot-likely Don Pottery c1810. John Griffin collection

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A fine black basalt coffee pot-likely Don Pottery c1810. John Griffin collectionSee our website periodceramicsandantiques. org. We can do better prices on the website. Description. A fine quality black basalt engine turned coffee pot, probably made by the Don Pottery in Yorkshire. The piece formerly formed part of the John Griffin Collection, John Griffin being the leading writer on the Yorkshire potteries of Leeds and Don. See Griffin's "the Don Pottery 1801 93". Condition. The cover has been broken and re glued. There is a

Bow workers

198 of Geoffrey de Bellaigue's 'French Porcelain in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen"

whilst the other

A good chelsea basket

Printed with the Seth Pennington "Two Carnations

but probably dating from the late 18th

but the look and feel of the porcelain and glaze is more or less identical to Derby pieces of the same period

bounded by scrolling black lines

Nibbles to the spout and cover

This is a good example of the early 19th century porcelain produced by the company

The central painted section

but see Gilbert Bradley's "Ceramics of Derbyshire" for illustrations