A
J Wilkinson Ltd |
Location and period of operation:
A J
Wilkinson Ltd |
Burslem |
1886 |
1964 |
Earthenware and
ironstone manufacturer at the Royal Staffordshire Pottery (and
formerly at the Central Pottery),
in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Formerly: Wilkinson and Hulme
A. J. Wilkinson Ltd
Royal Staffordshire Pottery
Burslem
Pottery Gazette - January 1906
ironstone ware plate in the tea-leaf pattern mark was pre-1896 (without 'LTD') |
'Pastoral Davenport' pattern
originally produced (1840) |
Clarice Cliff designed pattern 'Day by Day' |
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c.1947+ |
Candle holder in the form of a kneeling female figure
holding aloft a basket of fruit
decorated in a matt purple and turquoise glaze
with the Wilkinson Ltd lion and crown mark
matt glazed ware was produced by Wilkinson in the 1920 and 30s
Marks used on ware for identification:
WILKINSON
"Ltd" was added to the marks from c.1896
ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY
[on early ware
"Royal Staffordshire Pottery"
appears without the Wilkinson name
- click for details on Wilkinson marks -
Clarice Cliff
Clarice Cliff was born (1899) into a working class family in Tunstall. She showed artistic promise at school and left at age 13 to work as an apprentice enameller at a local factory 3 years later moving to another firm as an apprentice lithographer, at the same time she attended evening classes at Tunstall School of Art. In 1916 at 17 she joined A J Wilkinson's pottery where her drawing brought her to the attention of the owner, Colley Shorter and he allowed her to experiment on some old stock. In 1927 he arranged for her to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. Later in 1927 she studied in Paris. After a few months there she returned to Stoke-on-Trent where Shorter set her up in a decorating studio. By 1929 her designs went into full production as 'Hand Painted Bizarre by Clarice Cliff'. By 1931 she was an Art Director of the factory with a decorating team of around 150. Clarice Cliff and Shorter eventually married. She died in 1972.
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