Hartley's jam pot

[terry5732]

Sorry for the stretch


Are these antiques or fakes?

[meebo1]

I imagine the 'genuine' bit refers to the former content, though I could be wrong

[BAGHAG999]

Look genuine i use to dig bottle dumps and have found many similar, bad news is they dont go for much so not worth faking, collectors look for the ones with name embossed on the item.

[terry5732]

Any ideas on which pottery used the FMF mark?

[BAGHAG999]

Read somewhere that in the 1800s Hartley made own pots not sure how long this continued, apparantly they did it because of a failed delivery,

[pseb2010]

I was once informed that these stoneware jam jars were from Midland Potteries, produced in Melling, near Hartley's Aintree factory. This pottery (along with the associated Ravenhead Pottery at St Helens) were Hartley's main stoneware jam jar suppliers to that factory.

Hartley also acquired Caledonian Potteries in the late 1890s, who were one of the potteries operating in the Glasgow area, which was a centre of stoneware jam jar making, but production from Glasgow was used mainly in Hartley's Midland factory (Just to cause Midland confusion!).

Between the various potteries, millions of stoneware jars were produced, and many have survived, so prices are in the order of a few pounds only for standard jars.

Phil

www.objectsandart.co.uk

[Tiskets]

We had a nice find in our garden. Stoneware ink bottles, medicine bottles, lovely old Victorian bricks,
Victorian pottery and one I really loved which was a Victorian Pie Doll. Such a sweet little thing. But not
worth much. I just love it though.

Amazing how things stay in such good condition after all these years in the soil and clay. I love finding
things when I'm gardening.

Quite a lot of young people start their foray into collecting things like these so might be
worth popping it on after you've had a look to compare sold items on the web.

[Salomina27]

I found similar in my old home Gill, but mainly bottles, jars and some crockery plus some nice iron farming tools and such, a pair of antique fire tongs. Could've dug on a lot more but already interred into a huge bank about 5 foot down, 3 across, and 8 long. Left it then, treated the soil for a while and used that for planting things in. The jars and bottles I found were different shapes and sizes, quite a lot intact too.

[BAGHAG999]

I found similar in my old home Gill, but mainly bottles, jars and some crockery plus some nice iron farming tools and such, a pair of antique fire tongs. Could've dug on a lot more but already interred into a huge bank about 5 foot down, 3 across, and 8 long. Left it then, treated the soil for a while and used that for planting things in. The jars and bottles I found were different shapes and sizes, quite a lot intact too.

Ive found in past that the deeper you dig the older the bits and pieces are, specially with older houses that were built before rubbish was collected.