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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 Homemaker range was first produced using the Metro shape created by Ridgway design director Tom Arnold [1] [page needed] (died 2002) and later on the new Cadenza shape. Homemaker was earthenware, transfer printed with a glaze applied on top, which enabled it to be produced relatively cheaply and to appeal to a mass market. Production of the ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... Ridgway (name) Ridgway Potteries, British pottery company established ...
J. W. Pankhurst was a manufacturer of stone china and ironstone pottery, located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.. Pankhurst took over the pottery of William Ridgway of the Ridgway Potteries family, who had introduced white granite ware.
George Ridgway, a trained ... Another three hours of searching turned up 160 more silver coins and some pottery fragments. ... "I was inspired by my childhood hero Indiana Jones to start history ...
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It told the story of Lew Reese, a businessman who had turned an abandoned pottery into a thriving business, only to suffer a setback in 1947. Hooked on History: CBS TV series dramatized 1947 Scio ...
Map of Hanley in 1800, showing over 20 potteries, including Ridgway Potteries. Hanley has several cultural facilities such as the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (a large ceramics collection, and restored Spitfire), the Victoria Hall, the Regent Theatre, BBC Radio Stoke's studios are based in the town.