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| EDWARD BINGHAM, CASTLE HEDINGHAM POTTERY 1875. |
£165 |
Edward Bingham was the most Victorian of potters, born in 1829, the son of a Lambeth potter Edward who had set up in Gestingthorpe, Essex making mostly functional ware. The family moved to Castle Hedingham in 1837. Bingham assisted his father in his business, while experimenting with more artistic wares. He trained as a boot maker and also worked at Rugby Deaf & Dumb School while potting. He was later to set up his own school in Castle Headingham. A deeply religious man a keen historian and antiquarian with a great love of the arts. After five or six years of working and potting he returned to potting full-time, and in 1864 had five or six boys as assistants. Success ebbed & flowed in the 1870s be became the sub-postmaster at CH. He showed his work at a number of exhibitions and shows as well as displays at the Castle win 1876 with the Royal Archeological Society visit. Support & commissions came from John Sparks, & Lord Braybrooke & Queen Emma of the Sandwich Isles. The Art and Industries Exhibition at the Albert Hall in 1896 was a highlight. He handed the workings of the pottery to E.Binham Jr his son in 1899. His youngest also a talented potter Richard James moved to America to seek his fortune, but becoming a hotel manager. The pottery closed in 1901.
This early jug follows the the classic form of Medieval jugs but has wonderful incised decoration of animals , a face to the front and initials HR. Is made from the local clay and glazes made famous by the post medieval potters from Gestingthorp . Impressed marks of E.Binghan, Castle Hedingham and incised G2 752. |
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