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China
manufacturer at the Albert Works Longton,
Stoke-on-Trent, England
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Thomas
Clarke Wild was born in September 1864. Second of nine
children of Thomas Wild.
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The
father, Thomas Wild, had been a partner in Beck, Wild &
Co. until January 1879.
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In
1873 the son Thomas Clarke Wild, at the age of
8, started part-time working as a jigger-turner at Beck, Wild & Co. He
also worked at Taylor, Wain &
Bates and Barlow's.
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In
1895 Thomas
Clarke Wild and his father Thomas Wild purchased the Albert Works in
the High Street, Longton and started to make everyday ware such as
tea and dinner sets. The business traded as Thomas C Wild &
Co.
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T
C Wild's father died in 1898 and the business continued as Thomas C
Wild & Co. with T C Wild as sole proprietor.
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In
1904 the '& Co' was dropped from the name and the business
continued trading as Thomas C. Wild at the Royal Albert Crown China Works
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