Creamware or Queensware?
Creamware was renamed Queen’s ware in 1766 after Josiah Wedgwood was appointed “Potter to Her Majesty,” Queen Charlotte. Wedgwood did not invent the body but found the clays and developed the glaze that gave it its warm white look. His two most famous commissions in the ware were the dinner set made for Queen Charlotte and a set for the Empress Catherine II of Russia, variously estimated between 952 and 1282 pieces, depending on who is counting, where the count is made, and how covers are counted. Each piece was hand decorated with a different English countryside view.
Although Queen’s ware is still produced today, the difference in delicacy, weight and potting between the 18th century wares and today’s ware is easily recognized with a piece in each hand.