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Collection of Staffordshire figures in a museum in Delaware, US [1]. Staffordshire figures are a type of popular pottery figurine made in England from the 18th century onward. . Many Staffordshire figures made from 1740 to 1900 were produced by small potteries and makers' marks are generally abs
Thomas Whieldon (September 1719 in Penkhull, Staffordshire – March 1795) was an English potter who played a leading role in the development of Staffordshire pottery. The attribution of actual pieces to his factory has long been uncertain, and terms such as "Whieldon-type" are now often used for a variety of different types of wares.
Wilton Ware, a brand of English pottery, was the brand name of A.G.Harley-Jones factory. Wilton Ware was produced in Fenton , Stoke on Trent , Staffordshire , England from 1904 to 1934. Horace Wain left Carlton Ware and became the designer for the factory in the early 1920s.
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The Ridgway family was one of the important dynasties manufacturing Staffordshire pottery, with a large number of family members and business names, over a period from the 1790s to the late 20th century. In their heyday in the mid-19th century there were several different potteries run by different branches of the family.
The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Tunstall and Stoke (which is now the city of Stoke-on-Trent) in Staffordshire, England. [1] North Staffordshire became a centre of ceramic production in the early 17th century, [2] due to the local availability of clay, salt, lead and ...
Samuel Alcock (1799–1848) was an English pottery manufacturer who operated as Samuel Alcock & Co in Burslem, Staffordshire from 1828 to 1859. They were especially noted for "picture jugs" modelled and moulded in relief in various ceramic materials, a popular type of object in these years.
Pieces made after 1931 also have the word England below the mark. Besides his work in pottery, he wrote a few books, was the biographer of Llewellynn Jewitt , [ 3 ] was vice-president of the North Staffordshire Field Club , a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Meteorological Society .