Doug,

      A couple of my articles have dealt with the matching of ceramics,
particularly tea to tablewares.  You might want look at the following.

George L. Miller
1984  George M. Coates, Pottery Merchant of Philadelphia, 1817-1831.
      Winterthur Portfolio Vol. 19, No. 1 pages37-49.

George L. Miller, Ann Smart Martin and Nancy S. Dickinson
1994  Changing Consumption Patterns, English Ceramics and the American
      Market from 1770 to 1840.

George L. Miller and Amy C. Earls
2008  War and Pots: The Impact of Economics and Politics on Ceramic
      Consumption Patterns.  This paper is being published in the 2008
      volume of Ceramics in America edited by Robert Hunter.

      The last two papers show how teas and tablewares were quite separate
wares in terms of their decoration and purchase patterns.

Peace,
George L. Miller
URS Corporation
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Burlington, New Jersey 08016

                                                                              
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