W Barker & Son






 

Location and period of operation:

W Barker & Son

Burslem

c.1850

c.1860

 

Mufacturers of earthenware at the Hill Works, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

 

 


Selected by the Committee for the Staffordshire Potteries 
to exhibit at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855 

 


 


plate in the Corrella pattern

the Corrella pattern was popular and Barker & Son
produced it as complete dinner sets and in a number of colours 


Corrella 
B & S

 

 


 


lidded serving platter in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern 

Asiatic Pheasants
B & S

 


 

 


Willow pattern plate - unusual purple transfer

Stone Ware
Barker & Son

 


 


Willow pattern plate in the more usual blue colour

W. Barker and Son
Porcelain Opaque

In the mid to second half of the ninteenth century British manufacturers found their markets being eroded by inexpensive Continental porcelain and so invented names to include 'Porcelain'  

photos courtesy: Kate Buckeridge 

 


 


lidded tureen and stand in the Missouri pattern

Missouri 
B & S

 


 

 

Barker & Son plate
porcelain style plate 
B & S Warranted
B & S
Warranted 

 


 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

 

B & S

BARKER & SON

 

    

 




The Hill Works

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Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks