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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 ...
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 ...
Ridgway, Colorado. Ridgway State Park; ... Ridgway (name) Ridgway Potteries, British pottery company established 1794; Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Co, U.S. engineering ...
Goat status achieved. King Charles’ ‘unique’ school project from more than 50 years ago — a hand-painted pottery goat — is set to fetch an estimated $12,000 at auction.
Between 1850 and 1851, the pottery operated as "J. W. Pankhurst" [1] until J. Dimmock joined as a partner in 1852, at which point "& Co." was added. [2] The company had operations from Charles Street and Old Hall Street in Hanley from 1850 to 1882 [ 3 ] until its bankruptcy and subsequent sale to Johnson Bros .
The company was founded in Hanley by Richard Dudson in 1800. In its early years it produced a variety of domestic ware. In the 1880s James Thomas Dudson, great-grandson of the founder, identified a need to serve specifically the hospitality market, in view of the increase in travel created by the railways, and made significant changes in production.
He first (1730) married Anna Allen from Sussex who died in 1735. In 1737 he married Magdalene Margrethe Lindemann (a Dane) who died in 1763. His son by the second marriage, Carl Frederick Stanley (d.1813), was born in Westminster and was also a sculptor.