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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.
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.
Depiction of William Adams (leaning against fireplace) with a cousin of the same name, at the former's house in Greengates The Greengates Pottery, ca. 1780. William Adams (baptised 1746; died 1805) [1] was an English potter, a maker of fine jasperware shortly after its development and introduction to the English market by Wedgwood.
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.
William Ault (1842 – 12 March 1929) was an English potter, involved with a number of companies in the Staffordshire potteries and South Derbyshire making art pottery and more utilitarian wares. In 1883 he established the Bretby Art Pottery (formally Henry Tooth & Co.) with Henry Tooth, who had left the Linthorpe Art Pottery, of which he was ...
One of the four local authority museums in the city, the other three being Gladstone Pottery Museum, Ford Green Hall and Etruria Industrial Museum, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery houses collections that bring together the identities that went into forming the area known as the Potteries. The museum holds a collection of Staffordshire ceramics.
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 ...
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