Ceramic Art Co Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

Ceramic Art Co Ltd

Hanley

1889

1903

 

Earthenware manufacturers at 28 Howard Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England. 

 

  • Godden 'Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks' lists this company as 'decorators', however a number of trade directories list them as 'Art pottery manufacturers' and newspaper adverts give the impression that they were manufacturers.  

  • F. Percy Thompson was the Managing Director and J. W. Cooper was listed as Manager. 

  • The company was incorporated as a Limited Company c.1892. 

  • The business suffered financial difficulty and ceased trading in 1903. 

  • After bankruptcy the business was continued as the Ceramic Art Co. (1905) Ltd. which relocated to the Crown Pottery in Stoke.

 

Subsequently:  Ceramic Art Co. (1905) Ltd. 

 

The London Gazette
3rd April 1906


notice of a meeting to hear the Liquidator's accounts

 

 


Pottery Gazette - 1 November 1892 

 

 


Ceramic Art Co., Ltd, Hanley, Saff. Potteries
A Splendid Opportunity. Direct from the Potteries 

Newspaper advert
8 March 1894 

 


Vegetable dish in the Queen Anne pattern - originally this serving dish had a lid
'A charming effect in Peacock Blue on Semi-Porcelain Body'
Newspaper advert
15 March 1894 

 

 


transferware decorated chamber pot by The Ceramic Art Co. Ltd 

 

 

    
transferware lidded jugs in the aesthetic style  

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

 

THE CERAMIC ART 
CO LTD. 
HANLEY
STAFFORDSHIRE
ENGLAND

  

 


Cauldon Bridge
Hanley
The Ceramic Art Co L
Staffordshire
England 
The Ceramic Art Co Ltd
Hanley
Staffordshire
England 

the works were located next to 'Cauldon Bridge' 

 

 


1900 map showing the location of the Ceramic Art Co. Ltd. alongside the Caldon Canal

 

 

 
The former Ceramic Art Co. Ltd. alongside the Caldon Canal
28 Howard Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

Google Street View - 2014

 

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