Sadler

I was very fortunate to spot this delightful teapot in my local charity shop. I just love it!

James Sadler was founded in 1882. James Sadler built a factory in Burslem, Stoke on Trent and made a name for himself by making fine earthenware teapots. He became famous very quickly and a James Sadler teapot became synonomous with quality and good taste.  The first teapots were made using a red clay and had a dark brown glazed surface.

In April 2000 the name and business (but not the works) of Sadler was taken over by Churchill China.

The base of this teapot carries the blue

 Windsor backstamp.

Colclough

 The Colclough china company was founded in 1890 by Herbert Joseph Colclough, who was an ex-Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent.

Mr Colclough was a very conscientious man who loved his pottery and was known on occasion to stay up all night next to his kilns, which he had packed, so that he could be the first to see the new designs when they emerged.

He moved to the Vale potteries in Longton and in 1913 was honoured when he was visited by King George V and Queen Mary. They then gave royal licence to the company to produce Royal Vale china.In the 1930's Colclough china was expanding fast. In 1948, Colclough China Limited took over Booths and Adderley and then in the early 1950's merged with the Ridgway Company.

Colclough and Ridgway became part of the Royal Doulton Group in the early 1970's. However, in 1996, Colclough production discontinued and manufacture ceased.

This is known as the Linden pattern.

Sadler

A Brown Betty is a type of teapot round and with a manganese brown glaze known as Rockingham glaze.

The original teapots came from a red clay that was discovered in the Stoke-on-Trent area of Britain, in 1695. This clay resulted in a ceramic which seemed to retain heat better and so found use as the material for the teapot as early as the seventeenth century. These early pots were tall and shaped more like coffee pots. In the nineteenth century the pots began to take on the more rounded shape of the modern Brown Betty. The Rockingham Glaze was brushed on the pot and allowed to run down the sides, creating a streaky finish as it was fired.

Wade

Wade is historically famous for the introduction of the very collectible Wade Whimsies.

George WADE (1864-1938), was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. His father was a potters thrower and later became a manager.

George Wade was educated at Nottingham University and eventually became Chairman of George Wade & Son Ltd. 

Wade Ceramics was established in 1867. It was originally made up of a number of different companies founded by various members of the Wade family, and was only finally united as Wade Potteries Limited in 1958. The original companies were:

1. Wade & Myatt (later became George Wade & Son, who made industrial ceramics and Wade Whimsies). Established 1867.
2. John Wade & Co (later Wade Heath & Co, who made decorative ware, particularly art deco vases in the 1930s). Established 1867.
3. J & W Wade (later AJ Wade Ltd, who made tiles, notably the original tiles for the London Underground). Established 1891.

In 1905, George Wade & Son took over rival company Henry Hallen. As the Hallen firm was owned by a distant relation and was founded in 1810, Wade Ceramics (through this) claim to have been established in 1810. In the 1930s Colonel Sir George Wade gained control of the Wade companies that had previously been run by his father and uncles. He also started further Wade factories, including Wade (Ulster) Ltd in Portadown.

The original Wade company manufactured ceramic products for the cotton industry as well as porcelain figures and groups.

Vintage Art Pottery - Wade Porcelain S Shape Log Violet Bowl - Circa 1954-1959 

Candle in cup

Another one of my candles in a vintage  cup. The saucer is a a mismatch but goes well with this cup.

Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) Ltd., Royal Albert and Newfield Potteries, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Est. 1873. Makers of earthenware. Alfred Meakin was set up in 1875 and operated from the Royal Albert, Victoria and Highgate Potteries in Tunstall. 

Sadler

James Sadler was founded in 1882 and is one of the leading manufacturers of teapots in the UK. James Sadler built a factory in Burslem at the heart of the ceramic industry in Stoke- on- Trent. He made his name for himself by making fine earthenware teapots an these became synonymous with quality and good taste.

The first teapots were made using a red clay with a dark brown glazed surface. This is known as the Rockingham Brown or more affectionately as "Brown Betty".

This  mark was used from 1947 until Sadler  were taken over by Churchill in 2000.

Sadly in April 2000 the name and business (but not the works) of Sadler was taken over by Churchill China.

Blue Willow teapot

Blue Willow 

Today Sadler teapots come in uniques shapes and designs. They feature wonderful scenes, landmarks, and people of the United Kingdom, making for a great compliment to a nice cup of English tea.

Introduction

I have only recently become interested in the history of the potteries and also in china and pottery. This has led me to set up a facebook page, Pottery Posts
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pottery-Posts/273984152735642?ref=hl
and now also this blog. I am learning as I go along and have become fascinated in the history. I hope that you enjoy reading my blog too and that you also learn some new and fascinating facts. I will of course be adding new pictures and information whenever I have a spare half an hour, so keep calling back to visit my page please. 

I have found out that there are 6 towns of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire, where a lot of the pottery was made. The Staffordshire Potteries is a generic term for the industrial area made up of these 6 towns.

Booths Willow Pattern Plate

Stoke-on-Trent  is a city in Staffordshire, England.  

It has been formed by a federation of six separate towns and numerous villages in the early 20th century. The settlement from which the federated town (it was not a city until 1925) took its name was Stoke-upon-Trent, where the administration and chief mainline railway station were located. After the union, Hanley emerged as the primary commercial centre in the city, despite the efforts of its rival, Burslem. The three other component towns are Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.

Bell China

Bell China was produced by Shore & Coggins, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries 1911 to 1966.

I wonder if anyone knows the name of this pattern that has been hand painted on this china?

Shore & Coggins Limited produced china ware in their Edensor Works, New Street and the High Street Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
The firm dates back to 1887 when it was known as J. Shore & Co. In 1905 a new partnership was formed with Shore, Coggins & Holt, this partnership survived 5 years until 1910 when Shore & Coggins Limited was formed.