Bridgwood & Clarke

Manufacturer of Earthenware (and especially White Ironstone) at the Churchyard Works in Burslem and the Phoenix Works Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

The business started at the Churchyard Works in Burslem.
The partners were Jesse Bridgwood of Tunstall and Edward Clarke "whose practical experience greatly increased the reputation of the works".
Much of the output was opaque porcelain or 'white granite' (ironstone) for the American market; "ordinary earthenware in the usual services; artists' goods (patettes, tiles, slabs, saucers, etc.); and door furniture".
In 1861 the business employed 40 men, 15 women, 20 boys and 13 girls.
In 1862 they started manufacture at the Phoenix Works in the neighbouring town of Tunstall - as well as continuing at the Churchyard Works in Burslem.
Bridgwood died in 1864 (aged about 57) and both the works at Burslem and Tunstall were continued by the surviving partner Edward Clarke.

"Jesse Bridgewood, age 54, Earthenware manufacturer employing 40 men 15 women 20 boys 13 girls"

Much of their output was opaque porcelain or 'white granite' (ironstone) for the American market

Bridggwood & Clark produced a number of jugs,
using the same body, with different transferware patterns
in the aesthetic style which was popular in the late half of the 19th C.

Several marks occur incorporating the initials
'B & C' or the firm's name in full.