Tucker China Collection

The archival material in this collection was assembled and donated to the museum by Anne Tucker Earp, a descendent of William Ellis Tucker. The first series is comprised of correspondence, both original and copied. Authors and recipients vary, as do dates. Some dates are not known. Included are handwritten excerpts copied out by Anne Tucker Earp from the correspondence of Ann Tucker, William Ellis Tucker's sister. This series also contains two notes about William Ellis Tucker written for posterity. One of these was written by his niece, Mary Marriott, and the author of the other has not been identified. The second series consists of three publications that contain articles about Tucker china. In the third series are three drawings that depict Tucker china products and the factory where they were made along with a print engraved by W.E. Tucker. The fourth series contains preservation copies of clippings which Anne Tucker Earp labelled "from L.E.E.'s scrapbook" as well as two older photocopies of clippings. Most of their dates and sources are missing and some are fragmented as the originals arrived in the archives in poor condition. The fifth and final series contains the original clippings as well as two envelopes that were found among the other material but have not been identified.