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The origins of Mason Cash can be traced back to a pottery already operating at Church Gresley around 1800. [4] The location was selected due to the local deposits of clay and coal. [1] Mason Cash ceramic items were made from ‘white and cane’ glazed earthenware sometimes known as ‘yellow ware’ due to the colour of the local clay ...
A Mason's ironstone plate, 1840 - 1860 Maker's mark from the base of a 1920s Mason's 'Watteau' ironstone bowl (full piece pictured below). Note the "orange peel" texture, a defect, in the surface. Ironstone china, ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone, is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the United Kingdom in
Doulton was rather unusual in that most of the Lambeth studio pieces were signed by the artist or artists, usually with initials or a monogram incised on the base. Many are also dated. Until 1882, "every piece of the company's art stoneware was a unique item" but after that some pieces were made in batches, as demand grew. [11]
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 ...
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. The firm was taken over by the Wedgwood Group in 1970. In 2000 production under the Meakin name ceased and their long-established works ...
Specialists in English-made luxury goods, the business has two factories; one for enamelware in Wolverhampton and the other for English fine bone china in the heart of the pottery industry, Stoke-on-Trent. The company operates its primary retail store within The Royal Exchange in London and its head office and showroom in London's Knightsbridge.
Though the King Seeley "Yellow Submarine" lunchbox from 1968, is worth up to $1,300, an original Smokey Bear lunchbox from the early 1970s can go for over $700 on eBay. The most valuable ...
The original Castleford Pottery operated from c. 1793 to 1820 in Castleford in Yorkshire, England. It was owned by David Dunderdale , and is especially known for making "a smear-glazed, finely moulded, white stoneware ".