Ray & Proctor's Garage, Longton
Ray & Procter's Garage on Commerce Street, Longton. This photograph was taken looking south-west from Commerce Street close to the corner with Stafford Street (now the Strand). The alleyway to the left ...
Old Betty Plant's sweet factory, Hanley
Old Betty Plant's was a confectionery business on the corner of Morley Street and Statham Street in Hanley. The "Old Betty" name came from the wife of the founder, Albert Plant. The factory in Statham ...
Vase
Vase by Bernard Moore.
Formerly of Moore Bros., Longton, Bernard Moore (1850-1935) is noted for producing Flambe Glaze ware during its revival in the early 20th century. The Moore Brothers occupied ...
Vase
Vase by Bernard Moore.
Formerly of Moore Bros., Longton, Bernard Moore (1850-1935) is noted for producing Flambe Glaze ware during its revival in the early 20th century. The Moore Brothers occupied ...
Vase
Royal Doulton vase by Charles Noke (1858-1941) with opaque Chang glaze and painted decoration.
Printed factory mark: NOKE Chang Royal Doulton England.
Figure group
Figure group produced by Marcia Plumpton.
William Ruscoe was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England on 20 June 1904, the son of William Ruscoe, potter. After studying art at Stoke-on-Trent ...
Vase
A Samuel Schellink, Rozenburg porcelain eggshell vase with purple iris design. Signed Rozenburg den Haag 266.
Sam Schellink (1876-1958) was a self-taught artist who began his career in Utrecht. In ...
Vase
Vase with sgraffito and coloured slip decoration of birds in flight. Incised inscription on base: GC 1898.
Vase
Vase designed and made by Zsolnay Pecs in Hungary with rouge flambé and crystalline glazes. Printed factory mark.
Vase
Vase designed and made by Zsolnay Pecs in Hungary, in Art Nouveau style Nabis-influenced decoration.
An Address to the Public in Answer to the Case of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Controversial Proposals
The Trent and Mersey Canal Company has recently issued controversial proposals to build a reservoir and extend a branch canal to Leek.
This pamphlet, sent to Enoch Wood's ...
Portmeirion, 167 London Road, Stoke
This shop is situated in a terraced row of buildings which were built between 1848 and 1878. There is an attached outbuilding which was possibly the coalhouse or privy. The shop is now (June 2024) Alton ...
Potteries Dispensary and House of Recovery statistics - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This Annual General Meeting meeting of the local Dispensary and House of Recovery gave its committee an opportunity to confirm that 3407 patients had passed through its doors since it was founded:
Number ...
Price pledge - document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Those who signed this handwritten pledge vowed never to undercut each other in the competitive pottery markets:
"We whose hands are herewith subscribed do bind Ourselves our Heirs and Assigne in the ...
Price list for Staffordshire earthenware - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Pottery manufacturers would often agree upon a standard lowest retail price for their wares in an attempt to avoid being undercut by their peers.
This price list features costs for a range of wares, ...
Coffee pot
Coffee pot Wedgwood.
Wall Bracket
Wall bracket decorated with a modelled dragon by Robert Wallace Martin, London c.1910.
Artist:
Robert Wallace Martin (British, 1843–1923)
Title:
A Martin Brothers stoneware wall bracket designed ...