Walker & Carter

Location and period of operation:

Previously: Walker, Bateman & Co [this partnership only lasted about one year c.1864/5] 

- before that Malkin, Walker & Hulse

Bowl with Arabic script - attributed to Walker & Carter

unnamed pattern in blue transfer ware

Ironstone China Walker & Carter Stoke upon Trent  Walker & Carter were at the town of Stoke upon Trent from around 1872 to 1889

plate in the Willow Pattern style

Imperial Stone China W & C Stoke upon Trent

c.1872-89   

photos courtesy: Kevin Munn

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

W & C

both Walker & Carter and Wood & Challinor used marks incorporating the initials W&C

if the place name 'Stoke upon Trent' is used then it is 
the mark of Walker & Carter c.1872-89   

Walker & Carter

an anchor is included in some marks

W&C
FEATHER

NOTE: marks incorporating this style of the Stafford Knot are those of Wood & Challinor
the popular FEATHER pattern is sometime wrongly attributed to Walker & Carter

Imperial Stone China
W & C
Stoke upon Trent

an anchor is included in this mark

if the town name 'Stoke upon Trent' is used then it is 
the mark of Walker & Carter c.1872-89   

pottery shard - the mark of

Walker & Carter
Stoke-upon-Trent 

c.1872-89

Questions, comments, contributions? Steve Birks