T Elsmore & Son






 

Location and period of operation:

Elsmore (Thomas) & Son

Tunstall

1872

1887

 (See sources)

Earthenware manufacturer at the Clayhills Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Formerly Elsmore & Forster.

 

Initials used on ware for identification:

ELSMORE & SON
ENGLAND

Thomas Elsmore & Son used the word England pre-1891,
 [the date when the country of origin was mandatory for ware destined for America]


 

Black transfer-printed 7" ABC plate with hand-painted colors,
Black transfer-printed 7" ABC plate with hand-painted colors,
 "THE GUARDIAN" - dog standing over sleeping child outdoors.

Impressed mark on back: "ELSMORE & SON ENGLAND"


Elsmore & Son Pitcher
Elsmore & Son Pitcher 
7" across by 8 1/4" high


ronstone 8 1/2 inch plate in "Wheat" pattern
Ironstone 8 1/2 inch plate in "Wheat" pattern by 
Thomas Elsmore and Son. Has scalloped interior edge.

THOMAS ELSMORE & SON
Printed black mark on back: 
IRONSTONE CHINA 
above a variation of the Royal Arms
THOMAS ELSMORE & SON 
ENGLAND 
below.

PARISIAN GRANITE
Printed mark 
PARISIAN GRANITE
THOMAS ELSMORE & SON 
ENGLAND 
.

 


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

updated: 30/01/2003