Relief Moulded Jugs
Earthenware jugs with relief moulded decoration. Height of glazed jug 140mm. The pearlware jug has white relief moulded decoration of a hunting scene on a blue slip ground, and over-glaze enamel colours ...
Retirement presentation, Bridgwood's pottery, Longton
Presentation to Ethel Ibbs by Mr Michael Roper, Director of Bridgwood & Son, on her retirement in 1968.
Bridgwood & Son were established in Lane End around 1795. Sampson Bridgwood took over the Anchor ...
Retirement presentation, Tuscan China, Forrister Sreet, Longton
Operated by brothers Richard Hammersley & Simon Lucas Plant, the works was built around 1900. The works produced Tuscan China, which included tough "metallised hotel china" and fine bone china. In 1966 ...
Richards Ceramic Tiles Ltd., Woodland Street, Tunstall
Henry Richards Tile Company occupied the Pinnox Woks from 1903. This is the main entrance at the eastern end of Woodland Street. Beyond the Richards works, to the right of the photograph, is the Woodland ...
Richards Tiles Ltd, Brownhills Road, Tunstall
The Richard's Tiles factory on Brownhills Road was opened in 1934, to supplement the existing Pinnox Works on Scotia Road. At the time it was heralded as "one of the best and most up-to-date tile factories ...
Richardson's Pottery, Gibson Street, Tunstall
A G Robinson's Gordon Pottery was in the area bounded by Pinnox Street and Gibson Street in Tunstall. The photograph shows bottle ovens from Gibson Street.
Bottle ovens varied in their precise design, ...
Ridgway Potteries and Balmoral Works, Longton
Photograph taken from near the railway line. The Balmoral Works were occupied by porcelain manufacturers Redfern & Drakeford between about 1902 and 1933.
Ridgway Potteries Ltd, Waterloo Road, Cobridge
This is the Globe Pottery operated by Ridgway Potteries Ltd, part of the Lawley group of companies. It was on the west side of Waterloo Road, just north of the Cobridge Road and Waterloo Road junction. ...
Ridgway Potteries, Longton
Ridgway Potteries with its array of bottle ovens, was on Spring Bank Road, next door to Longton Municipal Cemetery. The works was originally the Daisy Bank Works opened in 1853 and operated by Adderleys, ...
Ridgway's Pottery, High Street, Tunstall
Ridgways was one of the largest combines, formed in 1955, with eight factories in North Staffordshire. The Ridgway's pottery on High Street in Tunstall was previously Booth's Church Bank Pottery, built ...
Roman Charity figure
Earthenware figure group decorated with coloured glazes. Height 195mm.
Rosina China and Adderley Floral China Potteries, Sutherland Road, Longton
These two potteries were on Sutherland Road in Longton. On the left is the Ridgway Potteries Ltd Adderley Floral China Works, the stack ovens of which are visible behind the second works, the Rosina ...
Roslyn China and Gladstone Works, Longton
The rear of the Park Place Works from what was Park Passage, but is now the car park for the Gladstone Museum and the Roslyn Works off Chadwick Street. The Park Place Works is adjacent to the Gladstone ...
Roslyn China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton
Roslyn China was part of the T.C. Wild Pottery Group. Wild's owned numerous pottery works in Longton before themselves being taken over by Royal Doulton in the 1970s. Up to 1946 the Roslyn Works were ...
Roundwell Street, Tunstall
The camera is looking south east along Roundwell Street from close to Clay Hills. Halfway down on the right is The Victoria Inn, on the corner of Plex Street. Opposite, off to the left is Hoover Street. ...
Royal Albert Pottery, Bank Street, Tunstall
Alfred Meakin's Royal Albert Pottery in Bank Street, Tunstall. This is the rear of the works, with the main entrance on neighbouring Parsonage Street. To the right, at the end of Bank Street just visible ...
Royal Crown Pottery, Longton
Old ceramics factory in cul-de-sac almost opposite Heath's Passage. "Royal Crown Pottery" can just be read in in faded letters on the double-doors in the archway.
Royal Doulton Factory Shop, Lawley Street, Longton
The Royal Doulton Factory Shop on Lawley Street pictured at the time of its closing down sale in 2006, with 90% off its stock! This marked the end of Royal Doulton and its associated companies' presence ...