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Hundreds of companies produced all kinds of pottery, from tablewares and decorative pieces to industrial items. The main pottery types of earthenware, stoneware and porcelain were all made in large quantities, and the Staffordshire industry was a major innovator in developing new varieties of ceramic bodies such as bone china and jasperware, as well as pioneering transfer printing and other ...
Religious, [28] and temperance subjects were in great demand [29] Staffordshire pottery owners included many Nonconformists, and John Wesley was the post-biblical religious figure most often depicted, with 18 versions of him and his brother from Victoria's reign alone. [30]
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In 1881, it was quoted that Forester had purchased the two adjoining works, with the aim of turning the buildings into one large pottery. The enlarged new pottery was then called Phoenix Pottery. [5] Following this move, in 1881, Forester received the largest order for Majolica goods ever received by a Pottery in Staffordshire up to that year ...
J and G Meakin Pottery, Hanley, Stoke-on-trent, 1942 J. & G. Meakin was an English pottery manufacturing company founded in 1851 [ 1 ] and based in Hanley , Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire . History
Pottery decorated using this technique is known as transferware or transfer ware. It was developed in England from the 1750s on, and in the 19th century became enormously popular in England, though relatively little used in other major pottery-producing countries. The bulk of production was from the dominant Staffordshire pottery industry ...
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 six towns of the Potteries were the centre of the ceramic industry in the United Kingdom. The Trent and Mersey Canal which opened in 1777 provided cheap transport for the china clay from Cornwall, the bones and the coal from local collieries , and a smooth passage to Liverpool to export the finished goods.