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The Spode Museum is based in Stoke-on-Trent, England, where Josiah Spode, known for his role in the Industrial Revolution, established his pottery business in 1774. The Spode Museum collection includes a ceramics collection representing 200 years of Spode manufacture, ranging from spectacular pieces made for Royalty, the Great Exhibitions and the very rich to simple domestic wares.
The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium-sized coal-fired pottery, typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of England from the time of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century to the mid 20th century. It is a grade II* listed building. [1] The museum is located in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Churchill China traces its origins back to 1795 and the foundation of its first factory in what later became Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. [1] As a manufacturer of the finest ceramic tableware. The company markets products for both the hospitality and retail markets, exporting to countries across the world.
Spode is an English brand of pottery and homewares produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England.Spode was founded by Josiah Spode (1733–1797) in 1770, and was responsible for perfecting two important techniques that were crucial to the worldwide success of the English pottery industry in the 19th century: transfer printing on earthenware and bone china.
Stoke-on-Trent: Stoke-on-Trent: Industry: History and examples of Spode pottery and porcelain Stafford Castle: Stafford: Stafford: History: Ruined remains of a 19th-century recreation of a medieval castle, visitor centre exhibits about the original and current castles, medieval life displays Staffordshire County Museum: Milford: Cannock Chase ...
The company was founded by Alfred Meakin, the brother of James and George Meakin who ran a large pottery company in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Alfred Meakin operated from the Royal Albert, Victoria, and Highgate Potteries in Tunstall [ 4 ] and later acquired the Newfield Pottery and the Furlong Mill.
J. W. Pankhurst was a manufacturer of stone china and ironstone pottery, located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.. Pankhurst took over the pottery of William Ridgway of the Ridgway Potteries family, who had introduced white granite ware.
England: Year of establishment disputed with 1750 1759: Wedgwood: Stoke-on-Trent: England: 1766 Verbilki porcelain: Verbilki: Russia: Former Gardner manufactory, Dmitrov porcelain factory 1770: Spode: Stoke-on-Trent: England: Acquired by Portmeirion in 2009 1775: Aynsley China: Longton, Staffordshire: England: Acquired by Belleek Pottery in ...