Date:1850 - 1867 (c.)
Description:Photograph of Thomas Salt, proprietor of the Armitage Pottery from about 1851 until 1867. Photograph of Edward Johns (c.1822-1893), owner of the Armitage Pottery 1867-1893. A small pottery was in existence in Armitage by 1817, founded by Thomas Bond. In 1851 it was taken over by Salt and Swan who began to produce sanitary ware. In 1867, Rev Edward Johns, the Congregational Minister in Armitage, bought the business from Salt, Mountford & Co. and founded the Edward Johns and Co Sanitary Pottery, later called Armitage Ware. It was eventually to become Armitage Shanks, an internationally renowned company. Edward Johns is buried locally in the chapel churchyard.
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Photograph of Edward Johns (c.1822-1893), owner of the Armitage Pottery 1867-1893. A ...
Armitage Pottery (Edward Johns & Co. Ltd.) workers, Armitage, Staffordshire. Note ...
The Armitage Ware Board, sitting in the Board Room at the Armitage Pottery (Edward ...
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Donor ref:P96.004.0003 (37/29678)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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