Elijah
Cotton (Ltd) |
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Location and period of operation:
Elijah
Cotton (Ltd) |
Hanley |
1880 |
1981 |
Earthenware manufacturer at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Elijah Cotton started his business in 1880 at the Lichfield Street Works, Eastwood, Hanley.
He outgrew these works and in 1885 built the Nelson Pottery on the corner of Nelson Road and Commercial Road. This was a large works alongside the Caldon Canal, built on the site of a former pottery established in 1758.
The business continued to grow and acquired another works - an existing works on the corner of Broad Street and Victoria Road, Shelton.
Elijah Cotton died in 1895. It was later said of him that he was "a man of great individuality who, by his own efforts and the driving force of his strong personality, eventually became one of the leading manufacturers in the Potteries".
The business remained in the family and was run by Elijah's eldest son Edward and by 1956 was still actively run by one of Elijah's sons, Arthur assisted by his own son Nigel.
Lord Nelson Chintz Royal
Brocade cup & saucer
Souvenir jug
1950's yellow/black butter dish
Elijah Cotton Ltd
Staffordshire England
Lord Nelson Ware
Dinner set in SNOWFERN pattern
'Snowfern: A pattern to grace
any table, looks expensive but is
most reasonably priced. A delightful white motif on a thames green
background. Available in tea and dinnerware etc.'
Stone and Earthenware
Elijah Cotton
Lichfield Street
Works, Eastwood, Hanley
The Pottery Gazette, January 1880
Elijah Cotton
Lichfield Street Works,
Eastwood, Hanley
Earthenware Jugs, Teapots, &c., of every description
Metal Mounter to the Trade
The Pottery Gazette, May 1880
London Gazette, April 6, 1894
notice that
the partnership between Elijah Cotton,
Thomas Bond Cotton and Samuel Boden at the
Victoria Pottery, Hanley was dissolved on the 25th March 1894
London Gazette, December 20, 1895
announcement of the death of Elijah Cotton
Marks used on
ware for identification:
Lord Nelson Pottery
NELSON WARE
LORD NELSON WARE
ELIJAH COTTON
the date of
manufacture was sometimes included
such as:
8-70
which gives the month/year the pieces was produced
i.e. August 1970.
marks such as: #82 may well be the shape number.
c.1913+ |
c.1913+ |
this
BCM/Nelson Ware mark |
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1956+ |
1956+ A crown was added to some [the
item this mark appear on was made in January 1978] |
Lord Nelson Ware
Elijah Cotton Ltd
Established 1758
Advert from Pottery Gazette - August 1956
although the
advert says 'established 1758' Elijah Cotton actually started his
business in 1880. He opened the Nelson Pottery in 1885 on the site of a former
pottery works - it was these works that was established in 1758
Elijah Cotton Limited
Nelson Pottery, Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
1962 advert
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