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Taylor Brothers, of Sheffield, England, manufacturers of saws and blades in the 19th and 20th centuries, made a line of Willow Saws, with a medallion using part of the Willow pattern. [12] The blue Willow Pattern over the years has been used to advertise all kinds of goods and services. This forms the subject of a two-volume publication. [13]
A 20th century version of The Willow Pattern, a typical Staffordshire Potteries product in blue and white transfer printed earthenware. Thomas Minton (1765–1836) was an English potter . He founded Thomas Minton & Sons in Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire , which grew into a major ceramic manufacturing company with an international reputation.
Willow Man, large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey; Willow Mountain, summit in Texas; Willow pattern, also known as Blue Willow, distinctive and elaborate pattern used on some pottery plates; Willow project, oil development project in Alaska; Willey (textile machine), also willey, willow, twilley
Diamond willow is a type of tree with wood which is transformed into diamond-shaped segments that have alternating colors.Salix bebbiana, the most common, is a species of willow indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and northeast to Newfoundland and New England.
In addition to the china produced for distribution as premiums to Larkin customers, Buffalo Pottery produced many lines of semi-vitreous china, including Deldare Ware, Roosevelt Bears, and Abino Ware, as well as the first Blue Willow dinnerware manufactured in the United States. [4] These wares were distributed via wholesale and retail channels.
Doris Gates (November 26, 1901 – September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction.Her novel Blue Willow, about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner.
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Enoch Wood (1759–1840) was an English potter and businessman, from one of the major families in Staffordshire pottery. Starting as a modeller, he established a successful business in Burslem in the Staffordshire Potteries , from 1790-1818 trading as Wood and Caldwell .