Hibbert & Boughey

China and earthenware manufacturer at Cyples Old Pottery, Market Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

The partners were William Hibbert and Joseph Shelley Boughey. Their first three patterns were registered on the 16 Nov 1888.
William Hibbert died in 1890 and the partnership was dissolved on 12th September 1890.
J. S. Boughey continued on his own account and he was joined in partnership with Samuel T. Wiltshaw trading as Boughey & Wiltshaw

notice of the dissolution of the partnership
following the death of Joseph S Boughey

Hibbert & Boughey were in operation for just under two years, in this period they registered 8 patterns.

A number of the patterns were continued by the subsequent manufacturers at the Cyples Old Pottery.

Patterns 135869 and 135870 are most commonly found.

Registration No	Date registered	Pattern description
114212	16 Nov 1888	A printed design for the segment of a border comprising rosettes, swags and foliate scrolls, and outer band of clover leaves in a scrolling arrangement
114213	16 Nov 1888	A printed design comprising a clump of snowdrops and wild grasses
114214	16 Nov 1888	A printed design comprising shamrock leafs and oak leaf swags in a repeat mot
135869	17 Oct 1889	A printed/painted motif in Oriental taste comprising a bell- flower with lateral shoots, one ending with a vase and scroll, an inner dark band with flower heads and scrolls
135870	17 Oct 1889	A printed/painted design in Oriental taste comprising dark and light ground fan shaped panels with stylised flower heads, an outer band of the same motifs, the centre plain
135871	17 Oct 1889	A printed design in Oriental taste comprising a shaped band of diaper motif with overlying and trailing flower heads and leaves
138197	13 Nov 1889	A printed design comprising a shaped scroll ground band with overlying floral sprays
148146	18 Apr 1890	A printed design comprising a repeat motif in oriental taste of a vase of flowers in a lobed panel, rosettes and leaves in small panels between

this pattern (135869) seems to be the most popular one produced by Hibbert & Boughey
the pattern was continued by the successor companies

the registration details are:

135869	17 Oct 1889	Hibbert & Boughey
Border motif - Pattern		Longton, Market Street
"A printed/painted motif in Oriental taste comprising a bell- flower with lateral shoots, one ending with a vase and scroll, an inner dark band with flower heads and scrolls"

a trio in the same pattern but
different manufacturers

The tea plate has backstamp mark of Hibbert & Boughey,
the cup and saucer has backstamp of S T Wiltshaw & Co.

the two companies operated at the Cyples Old Pottery at different times
- and produced the same pattern

H. & B. - Hibbert & Boughey (1888-90)

S.T.W. & Co - S T Wiltshaw & Co (1894-96)

A printed/painted design in Oriental taste comprising dark and light ground fan shaped panels with stylised flower heads, an outer band of the same motifs, the centre plain

H & B

the pattern was registered on the 17 Oct 1889

The Hibbert & Boughey mark was the initials H&B underneath a crown generally with the pattern registration number underneath.

Occasionally some ware is unmarked but can be attributed by the pattern.

Note that an unrelated manufacturer named Hampson & Broadhurst also used the initials H & B.

typical mark with the initials H & B underneath a crown and the pattern registration number under

miss-stamped mark

mark with the initials H & B
underneath a crown

Page created 2 Sept 2007

Updated 5 June 2020:- Tea set 135869 added; Gazette record of dissolution added; Cyples Old Pottery added.

Updated 2 April 2024:- Pattern Reg 135870 details added.

Updated 20 August 2025:- Page tidied up and additional photos added; Table of registration numbers added; Marks section expanded.