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"Potter's attendant Ken Russell stacks plates into the drying oven", 1942. J & G Meakin had close family and corporate affiliations to the potteries Johnson Brothers, and Alfred Meakin Ltd, which explains why many patterns are similar, if not almost exactly the same. There was a takeover by J. & G. Meakin in 1968 of Midwinter Pottery.
There is some evidence to show that the most decorative pieces were produced towards the end of the red-mark period and the early puce-mark periods: earlier pieces often feature the more geometric shapes, while later pieces, though retaining the neo-rococo shapes of the early puce-mark period, feature less extravagant decoration that was ...
Sugar jar "Portman" pattern, 19th century. W H Grindley was an English pottery company that made earthenware and ironstone tableware, including flow blue.The company was founded in 1880 by William Harry Grindley, JP (b. 1859) of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
In 1877, an impressive new factory was built by new owners of the Crown Derby name in Osmaston Road, Derby, thus beginning the modern period of Derby porcelain. Crown Derby's patterns became immensely popular during the late Victorian era, as their romantic and lavish designs exactly met the popular taste of the period.
A bronze plate was affixed to stones from the old Waterloo Bridge of 1817-1934 to commemorate its architect John Rennie by The London County Council in 1951. [151] Construction of a new Waterloo bridge had begun in 1937 but was hampered by the 1939-45 war. It was officially opened in September 1942 but not completed until 1945.
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Many Staffordshire figures made from 1740 to 1900 were produced by small potteries and makers' marks are generally absent. Most Victorian figures (1837 to 1900) were designed to stand on a shelf or mantlepiece and are therefore only modelled and decorated where visible from the front and sides. These are known as 'flatbacks'.
Decorated lavatory, late 19th century. The Royal Doulton company began as a partnership between John Doulton, Martha Jones, and John Watts, as Doulton bought (with £100) an interest in an existing factory at Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London, where Watts was the foreman.