T Booth & Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Thomas Booth & Co

Burslem
Tunstall

c.1868
c.1870


1872

 

Earthenware and ironstone manufacturers at the Knowles Works in Burslem (c.1868) and the Church (Bank) works in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

  • Thomas Booth originally worked at the Knowles Works in Burslem from 1864 as Evans & Booth

  • Around 1868 Thomas Booth worked on his own account at the Knowles Works as Thomas Booth & Co

  • c.1870 Thomas Booth & Co had relocated to the Church Bank Works in Tunstall

  • in 1872 Thomas' son Thomas Gimbert joined the business which became Thomas Booth & Son

 

Subsequently Thomas Booth & Son

London Gazette
February 21, 1873 


notice for claimants on the estate of Thomas Booth
 

 

 

 
Plate in the Indian Tree pattern 

 


wash set in the Royal Ribbon pattern 

this pattern was continued by Thomas Booth & Son 
it was produced in polychrome and a number of single colour transfers
Royal Ribbon 
T B & Co

 

 



tureen & stand in the Vase pattern 

this pattern was continued by the successor company
Thomas Booth & Son and Thomas G. Booth


T B & Co

'VASE' is the pattern name

the registration diamond shows that the pattern was registered on the
 14 September 1868

 

 


set of serving platters in the Vase pattern 

 


Black transferware soup dish in the Vase pattern

 

 

 
ironstone teapot with gilt decoration
ironstone ware produced mainly for the American market 

 

 


plate in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern

- Asiatic Pheasants -
Warranted Staffordshire
T. B. Co 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

 

T B & CO



T B & Co

'Indian Tree' is the pattern name 

 


Warranted Best Ironstone China
T B & Co

mark incorporating the Royal Arms-

 

 

    
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