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Deldare Ware was a pottery brandname used by the Buffalo Pottery Company, Buffalo, New York. The pottery line was developed as a premium promotion line by the Larkin Soap Company, which was the parent company of Buffalo Pottery.

History
Deldare Ware was produced in 1908 and 1909, and then again in 1923 to 1925. The pottery was distinctive; the pieces used a brown-green base color with illustrations of eighteenth century English scenes from the books "The Vicar of Wakefield" and "Cranford" decorated the first pieces of Deldare. In 1909, scenes from the Fallowfield Hunt were printed on the pottery.

Unlike other inexpensive mass produced pottery, Deldare Ware did not ultilize a transfer pattern process for color.

The pottery featured an underglaze method of an outlined design, application of paint in green, teal, browns, tans and organes by artists who hand painted the designs and then signed the pieces. Prior to firing, the pieces were glazed with a transparent layer. The process gives Deldare Ware a dimensional effect, with the art seemingly afloat over the base olive green.

Deldare Ware was available as dinner sets, pitchers, dresser sets, vases, punch bowls, mugs, steins and candleholders.

Success eluded the venture party because less expensive pieces afforded more profit, but also because of the marketing used by Larkin in its sales efforts as a mail order business. Because Deldare Ware was available only through Larkin Soap Company, the line relied upon printed ads for generating interest. Photo illustration in newspaper couldn't capture the ware's true colors, making it difficult for customers to see the quality of the painting and the

Emerald Deldare
In 1911 Buffalo Pottery begain production of it's Emerald Deldare line, featuring a revised pallet of the based Olive green while the art work fetaured teal, gold and white in designs that were reminescent of Irish influence. Production was limited and the surviving pieces today are considered less plentiful than the original Deldare Ware, and thus they tend to bring higher prices at auction by collectors.