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Elers ware|ˈɛləz wɛə(r)|
Also Elers' ware.
A kind of red stoneware made in Staffordshire about 1690–1700 by the two Elers brothers, David (1656–1742) and John Philip (1664–1738). (See also quot. 1903).
[1691Newcastle-under-Lyme Corp. Minutes in Evening Sentinel 2 Feb. 1944, 3/4 At an Assembly in the Gildhall, 18 August, 3 William and Mary, 1691, William Burslem, Mayor..Ordered that a present be made to my Lord Cheife Justice Holt..of some of Mr. David Elers earthen ware to the vallew of three pounds or thereabouts.] 1869Lady C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 8 Elers ware teapot with effigies of King and Queen. Ibid. 32 An Elers ware coffee pot. 1870W. Chaffers Marks & Monograms on Pottery 508 The sharply moulded ornaments on Elers' red Staffordshire ware was but a continuance of the moulded enscrollments of the stone ware of Germany. 1903R. L. Hobson Catal. Eng. Pott. in Brit. Mus. 168 The term ‘Elers ware’ has passed into general use as the name for all the red stoneware made in Staffordshire during the eighteenth century. 1924Rackham & Read Eng. Pott. vi. 95 Lacework ornament of the kind associated with Elers ware. |