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Alfred Meakin patterns

This information has been collated from articles and advertisements in the trade press and published sources. It should not be regarded as complete. Additional information will be added as, and when, it becomes available. Descriptions are those of the authors cited.

List 1: 19th and early 20th century printed patterns

• Albemarle (floral, flow blue) (same as Medway) Source [6]
• Alhambra Source [6]
• Atlantic (floral, flow blue) (also in green) Source [6]
• Bell (art nouveau, slate blue) c. 1900 Source [6]
• Belmont (floral) 2 versions produced c. 1891, c.1898 Godden Number 2586 Source [3], [6]
• Bentick Source [6]
• Blossom (floral, flow blue), (also in brown) Source [6]
• Bramble (floral, flow blue) c. 1891 Godden Number 2583 Source [1][6], 
• Brier (floral, flow blue) c. 1896 Source [6]
• Burns (flow blue) c. 1900 Source [6]
• Cambridge (floral), (flow and slate blue) c. 1891, c.1904 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [2][6, ]
• Carnations (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Chesterfield (art nouveau, flow blue) Source [6]
• Claridge (floral, flow blue) .c. 1897 Source [1], [6]
• Clifton (same as Messina) (floral, flow blue, slate blue, green) c. 1891, c.1896 Source [1][6], 
• Coburg (flow blue) Source [6]
• Daisy (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Denstone (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Devon (floral, flow blue and green) c. 1907 Godden Number 2583 Source [1], [2]
• Erina (slate blue) c. 1904 Source [6]
• Genoa (flow blue) Source [6]
• Glenmere (floral, flow blue) c. 1898 Source [6]
• Greenville (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Grosvenor (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Hamilton (floral, flow blue) c. 1898 Source [6]
• Hanley (flow blue) Source [6]
• Hanwell (floral, flow blue) c. 1900 Source [6]
• Hartwell (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Harvard (floral, flow blue or green) c. 1900 Source [6]
• Harvest (asymmetrical floral spray) (flow blue) c. 1898, c.1907 Godden Numer 2587 Source [3], [6]
• Hilamond (floral, flow blue) c. 1898 Source [6]
• The Holland (flow blue) c. 1891, c.1904 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [6]
• Hudson (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Kelvin (floral, flow and slate blue) c. 1891 Godden Number 2585 Source [1], [2], 6[]
• Kent (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Kenwood (greyish blue or brown, bramble roses) c. 1891 Godden Number 2483 Source [3], [6]
• La Grande (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Lennox (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Lily (floral, flow blue) c. 1885 Godden Number 2581 Source [3], [6]
• Linnell (flow blue) Source [6]
• Luciville (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Luton (floral, flow blue) (first sold as Monsoon) c. 1896 Source [6]
• Lynn (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Medway (floral) (same as Albemarle) c. 1897 Godden Number 2582 Source [3], [6]
• Melrose (floral, slate blue) c. 1900 Source [6]
• Melton (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Mentone (floral, flow blue) c. 1891, c.1900 Godden Number 2585 Source [1], [6]
• Messina (floral, flow blue) c. 1891 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [2]
• Milan (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Norburg (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Norbury (floral, flow mulberry) Source [6]
• Norma (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Normandy (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Oakley (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Oban (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Ormonde (floral, flow blue and green) 2 versions c. 1891, c.1897 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [5], [6]
• Ovando (floral) (flow blue) (originally called Blue Waterloo) c. 1891, c.1904 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [6]
• Oxford (floral, flow blue) c. 1904 Source [6]
• Peony (floral, flow blue) c. 1891, c.1907 Godden Number 2589 Source [1], [5], [6]
• Persian (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Portland (art nouveau, flow blue) Source [6]
• Raleigh (art nouveau, flow blue) c. 1904 Source [6]
• Regent (art nouveau, flow blue or green) c. 1897 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [6]
• Richmond (floral, flow blue) c. 1891, c.1898 Godden Number 2586 Source [1], [6]
• Ripon (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Roma (art nouveau, flow blue) Source [6]
• Rosa (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Rosalina (floral, slate blue) Source [6]
• Selwyn (flow blue) Source [6]
• Severn (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Spray (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Springfield (floral, slate blue) c. 1891 Godden Number 2586 Source [4], [6]
• Tokio (flow blue) Source [6]
• Vane (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Vernon (art nouveau, flow blue) c. 1891 Source [6]
• Verona (art nouveau, very dark border, gold on scrolls) c. 1891 Godden Number 2582 Source [1], [6]
• Washington (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Wellington (floral, flow blue) Source [6]
• Westmeath (floral, flow blue) Source [6]

1. Petra Williams, Flow blue china : an aid to identification. Rev ed. Fountain House East, 1981.
2. Mary Frank Gaston, Collectors' encyclopaedia of flow blue china. Collector Books, 1983.
3. Petra Williams, Flow blue china II. Rev ed. Fountain House East, 1981.
4. Petra Williams, Flow blue china and mulberry ware: similarity and value guide, Rev. ed. Fountain House East, 1981.
5. Jeffrey B. Snyder, Flow blue : a closer look, Schiffer, 2000.
6. William van Buskirk, Late Victorian flow blue and other ceramic wares, Schiffer, 2002.

Table 2: White ironstone shapes

Bamboo c.1896
Basketweave
Beaded Tracery
Brocade
Chelsea
Crewel
Fishhook c.1888
Scroll
Simple Pear
Twelve Panel
Wheat and Hops
Wheat and Rose

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