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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 absent.
Pottery produced by Thomas Forester & Sons had a number of marks throughout their 82-year history. 1877 to 1883 on the Majolica ware the term Forester was usually impressed in the base. From 1883 to 1891, official works by the pottery company were initialed, T F & S .
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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There was a takeover by J. & G. Meakin in 1968 of Midwinter Pottery. Eastwood works in Litchfield Street, Hanley, remains to this day and is now the Emma Bridgwater factory, decorating studio and outlet shop.