"Holland Sunset" by Haynes Ware
Excellent Victorian USA Made Majolica
Hand painted
Circa 1885
Gorgeous Art Nouveau handle
No chips or cracks
Measures 7.25" tall, 4"spout to back of handle, 5.75" wide with handle
information about the Haynes company:
The Chesapeake Pottery of Baltimore was founded in 1880 by brothers Henry and Isaac Brougham and partner John Tunstall. A small, single kiln operation of two buildings, the partners operated the business for two years before selling the company in 1882 to David Frances Haynes.
D. F. Haynes was an ambitious Massachusetts native who was apprenticed in the sale of pottery. He was familiar with the Baltimore pottery trade having worked in it since moving to the Baltimore area in 1858. Determined to bring locally produced quality ceramics to the American market he hired two experienced potters from England to oversee the production at his new factory: Frederick Hackney and Lewis Taft. Taft had previously worked at Brownfield at Stoke-on-Trent and Hackney had experience at Wedgwood and at Fielding. Hackney hotsell was also a specialist in majolica. It is he who is credited with bringing majolica-type wares to the Chesapeake Pottery.
The pottery operations expanded quickly, offering nine different lines of ceramics across the next five years. These included the majolica inspired lines of Avalon Faience , and Haynes Ware and a third, Clifton Decor , which is in the only line offered by the company that is glazed in the tradition of true Victorian majolica.
Haynes Ware is usually covered in decal decoration with sections of color sprayed onto the pieces in a manner similar to some Continental ware.
Product code: Vintage Holland Sunset Decoration Haynes hotsell Ware Pitcher with Windmill