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A note from
Geoff on Tuesday 20th June 2006
Since purchasing this range of saucepans,
I have been using "Google Search" and "Ebay Auctions"
to try to find out a bit more information on the brand name
plus, hopefully, some specific details on our items
And I have had a bit of luck!!!
Below are the details of two "Ebay Auctions" and these
are for a
Judge Show Card
and a
Judge Product Catalogue
Now, I was intending to have a bid on both these items......
......but when you see the selling price you'll know why I didn"t!!!
In reference to the Show Card, the seller mentions 1936 in the
auction details
This is good!!!
Our saucepans are two different styles - two with straight sides
and three with curved sides
The curved style is definately the black one at the back of this
display
plus you can see the brass nameplate on the handle of the lid
So it would be 'almost certain' that our set was produced around
this time
Also below is an email I sent to the seller
It is self-explanatory - I am "begging" for some details
and photos!!!
Finally, there is also some information on Ernest Stevens and
his wife Mary
Ernest was the owner of the "Judge Brand"
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---Ebay
Auction #01
Judge Ware
Trade Show Card
Ernest Stevens
Limited - Cradley Heath England
GraniteWare Enamel - 1936
Up for auction is this fascinating original 1930's trade card/show
card for Judge Ware
It is an embossed card so it has that great '3D' look
The card measures 260mm x 380mm
As you can see in the photo it has a few brownish stains and some
small paper chips
It is very firm and doesn't have any rips or tears and the stand
to the back is perfect
This would look great displayed in your kitchen or with your collection
Item location - Brisbane,
Australia
This auction ended on Tuesday 20th June 2006
The starting price was set at $1.00 and there were nine bids during
the auction
The final selling
price was $201.92
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---Ebay
Auction #02
Judge Ware
Catalogue - Rare!!
Ernest Stevens
Limited - Cradley Heath England
GraniteWare Enamel - 1936
Up for auction is this facinating original trade catalogue for
Judge Ware
There are 102 pages of full colour lithograph plates illustrating
every imaginable kind
of enamel/graniteware produced by the famous English company
The printing and page lay-out is fantastic - some would frame
the pictures
Every page is clean and bright, there are no signs of insect or
other damage
The range which was manufactured by Ernest Stevens Lmited is amazing
Among my favourites are the "End of Day" and "Willow"
items
There are also saucepans, frypans, teapots, coffee pots, mugs,
chamberpots,
breadbins, colanders, ladles, sinkbaskets and many other items
Each item came in multiple colours and sizes
and a range of handle configerations was also available
There are also pictures of the works and instructions on how to
order
Item location - Brisbane,
Australia
This auction ended on Tuesday 20th June 2006
The starting price was set at $2.00 and there were eighteen bids
during the auction
The final selling
price was $751.24
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---The
Ebay Seller
......and click
on the above logo to go to Michael Allen's Ebay Store
Michael Allen
987 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane
Ph - (07) 38911048
I'm a Licensed Second-hand Dealer
and have been operating from my East Brisbane Antique Shop for
the past fifteen years
A question
I sent to the seller
Hi and I
was very interested in both the Judge Catalogue and Show Card
We recently purchased a set of very old Judge saucepans
and have been trying to find out some info about them
For example, their age, model number, pattern name, etc
I was excited to see these items for auction!! - and really wanted
them!!
But, to be honest, they are going to finish way out of our price
range!!
From the questions that have been asked by some of the bidders,
it looks like both items are going back "home" to England,
which is probably the right thing to happen anyway!!
The reason I am writing is to ask for some info
before the two auctions finish and you have posted them off
Would you be willing to photograph a few pages from the catalogue
if our set of saucepans is featured??
Also, our set is featured on the show card, and I would love a
much larger photo of that??
If this request breaks any Ebay rules, I will understand
But if you can help,
would you send me your email address so I can give you further
details
Thanks, Geoff
......but there was
no reply!!!
This is a bit disappointing
It would have been great to have a photo of the page featuring
our saucepans!!!
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Ernest and Mary
Stevens
......and click
on the above picture to go to the Park's Official Web Site
A question and
answer I found on an internet message board
Q
- Any suggestions for
finding information on the Ernest Stevens after whose wife Mary
the park is named?
A - Ernest Stevens was indeed a holloware manufacturer
based in Cradley Heath
The works are still there behind the railway station, but it is
now used by several different firms
Ernest Stevens is recognised as a great benefactor for the Stourbridge
area
He donated:-
------The Stourbridge Park
------The old Council House
------Stevens Park Quarry Bank
------Wollescote Park and
------The old Mary Stevens Maternity Hospital, now the Mary
Stevens Hospice
Ernest Stevens brand name was "Judge" and his pots and
pans carried a picture of a judge as a trade mark
His fame was made on the one piece teapot and he was a vitreous
enameller of some note
His firm went bust in the 60's after a disastrous change of direction
into paraffin fires
Ernest Stevens was by that time dead
His brother had for some time a rival factory on the Thorns Road,
at Quarry Bank, called....... wait for it, "Jury" holloware
Ernest in his efforts to scotch his brother's progress, brought
the land next to his brothers factory and gave it to the local
community with the proviso that it was never built on
Although Ernest made all of his money in the Cradley Heath area
he gave nothing to their community
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The Offices and
Showroom in 1936
