Kishere Windmills

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Windmill 1 – the most often seen. Round headed door. H&H 1
Windmill 1a – slightly later variant showing more detail and having a square headed door.
Windmill 2 – also recorded on an unmarked jug dated 1820. H&H 2
Windmill 3 – only recorded on one marked jug, this sprig is a variant of one previously associated with the successors to Sanders. H&H 4
Windmill 4 – this windmill appears on a number of items dated in the 1840s. H&H 6
Windmill 5 – only seen three times: two marked jugs and an unmarked tankard. Not in H&H
Windmill 6 – seen on one marked jug, at least 5 unmarked jugs and one unmarked tankard. Not in H&H

Other Mortlake windmills, origin not confirmed

Windmill A H&H 3, no example seen
Windmill B – this is presumably the windmill described by J.E. Anderson in his book on the Mortlake Potteries (1894) as appearing on a jug given to him by a member of the Kishere family. It has been seen in conjunction with the acorns sprig confirmed as Kishere. Note the absence of chickens outside the cottage. The plaster mould in Mortlake Church is the same. H&H 5 is incorrect in showing the variant, with chickens, (and man leading donkey) used by Doulton, Port Dundas and T. Smith.

H&H numbers refer to the illustrations on page 112 of Joseph Kishere and the Mortlake Pottery by J. Howarth & R. Hildyard, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2004

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