John Carr (& Co) (& Son)

Location and period of operation:

(See sources)

This company was based at the Low Lights Pottery, North Shields, Northumberland and was not a North Staffordshire pottery - however it is included in this list of Stoke-on-Trent potters as it sometimes used a mark incorporating the wording "Warranted Staffordshire"

 

Initials used on ware for identification:

J CARR & CO

JC & SON

JC & SONS

 

"& Co" occurs in a directory of 1850
"J. Carr" was used in 1845
"& Son" from 1854
"& Sons" from 1861

photos provided by:  
Larry de March
Winnipeg,
Canada

The above information may not be available
for all potters - if you have information to
help complete the records then I would be
happy to include it.
email: Steve Birks

created: 29/01/2002