The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Kiddell, A. J. B., 1894-1980                         

Title:               Wrotham pottery research papers

Dates:             1703-1978; bulk dates 1949-1978

Call No.:         Col. 964

Acc. No.:        16x84

Quantity:        4 boxes (about 1 cu. ft.)

Location:        16 D 4-5

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

A.J.B. Kiddell (1894-1980) was a collector and a director at Sotheby’s auction house in London.  He was an expert in Chinese jades and porcelain, as well as other ceramics.  He researched and published on 17th and early 18th pottery made in Wrotham, Kent, England.  He served as president of the English Ceramic Circle.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

A collection of Kiddell’s notes, correspondence, and photographs pertaining to Wrotham pottery and its makers.  Also includes a few period documents pertaining to some of the makers.

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

[There is no particular arrangement as the collection is small.]

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Transferred from Sotheby’s New York.  See case file for further notes about provenance.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Pottery – England – Wrotham.

            Pottery, English – 17th century.

            Pottery, English – 18th century.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 16 D 4-5

 

 

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1:          Wrotham: original documents:

 

.1         “to the churchwardens Richard Woodin , Samuel Torry, April 11-12, 1703; the name Richard Slaughter also appears, and beer, bread, and cheese are mentioned;

 

.2         list of names and charges;

 

                        .3         list of quitrents paid by Mr. Eagleton to Manor of Wrotham, 1818;

 

                        .4         list of payments by John Wearr[?], overseer, mentioning William Parks, George Richardson, William Brighton, and Mr. Brassfield[?]

 

Folder 2:          Makers: GR: photos

 

Folder 3:          Makers: John Green, William Fenn, and various potters

 

Folder 4:          Makers: NH [Nicholas Hubble]

 

Folder 5:          Makers: IE

 

Folder 6:          Makers: IL

 

Folder 7:          Makers: TI, HI, II -- Ifields

 

Folder 8:          Wrotham pottery and potters: notes

 

Folder 9:          Wrotham Pottery: notebook, chiefly about potters

 

Folder 10:        Wrotham Pottery: notebook, chiefly about pottery wares

 

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1:          Correspondence with Kiddell, 1949-1978

 

Folder 2:          Facts relating to the Woodas[?]-Stansted, etc.          

 

Folder 3:          Local houses: notes

 

Folder 4:          Maps

 

Folder 5:          Wotham Pottery: notes on makers

 

Folder 6:          Wrotham: notes on parish, and list of slides

 

Folder 7:          Wrotham slipware, including potters’ initials

 

Folder 8:          slides and photographs

 

Folder 9:          Wrotham and Wrotham Pottery: articles

 

Folder 10:        Printed booklets about Wrotham or pottery;

                        Includes “The story of Oldbury Hill”

 

 

Box 3: lantern slides

 

Pottery tiles, church (exterior, interior), maps, and the 1703 document addressed to church wardens (6 slides, 2 copies of each)

 

 

Box 4: “Wrotham Pottery: Catalogue of Inscribed & Dated Slip Ware”

 

Pages removed from a large binder (which was falling apart), with typed and handwritten notes about Wrotham pottery and its makers; also includes a couple of images