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North
Staffordshire Pottery
Co Ltd |
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Location and period of operation:
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North
Staffordshire Pottery Co Ltd |
Cobridge &
Hanley |
1940 |
1971? |
Earthenware manufacturer at the Globe Pottery, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent until 1934 and the Bedford Works, Shelton (Hanley), Stoke-on-Trent until c.1948.
In 1940 the North Staffordshire Pottery Co. Ltd was founded at the Globe pottery works by Thomas Lawley and James Hasall.
In 1948 the business became part of the Lawley Group Ltd when Edgar and Thomas Lawley combined their pottery companies.
As part of Allied English Potteries Ltd (from 1964), the North Staffordshire Pottery Co. Ltd factory became the production unit for Ridgway Hotel ware inclding Ridgway 'Steelite' vitreous hotelware and the North Staffordshire Pottery Co. Ltd hotel ware marketed under the 'VITROCK' trade name.
The North Staffordshire Pottery Co. Ltd was the last pottery company to occupy the Globe Pottery Works. The site was eventually sold off and became a car showroom.
much of this information courtesy of Michael Perry 'A Handbook of British Pottery Manufacturers 1900-2010'
Formerly: Globe Pottery Co Ltd
gravy boat produced by North
Staffordshire Pottery in 1958
 Egg cup for RAF canteens |
 North Staffordshire Pottery Co Ltd Globe Pottery Cobridge |
 as opposed to souvenir ware, these egg cups were for use in the armed forces canteens |
 North Staffordshire Pottery Co Ltd GVIR |
recovered from an old US Army
Camp in Devon
photos courtesy: Les Sims
| Under the Wartime
Concentration Scheme the North Staffordshire Pottery Co. was one of
the potteries allowed to continued production during the Second World
War. A number of pottery companies that produced catering ware also produced ware for the armed forces canteens during the war time, sometime they were marked with the cypher for King George VI instead of the A, B, C letters. |
Marks used on the ware for identification:
"Strong as the Rock"
"VITROCK"
Trade names used on North Staffordshire Pottery Co. Ltd hotel ware
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mark used 1940 -1952 'WILLOW" is the pattern name
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mark used 1952+ same mark as the earlier period but with the addition of 'Ridgway' |
 Strong as the Rock trade mark registered in 1944
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mark used c.1945-52
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the numbers 5/58 indicate the production date of May 1958 this mark was used 1952+ it was used after the pottery became part of the same group as Ridgway Pottery the use of the trade name continued |
N. S. POTTERY Co. Ltd.
Strong as the Rock
HANLEY
ENGLAND
mark used c.1945-52
the use of the town name 'HANLEY' indicates
that the piece was made at the Bedford Works
the number 11 stands for
November -
the year date which would have appeared below is missing
this fragment
was found (2015) in the garden of a
Staging Accommodation House near Wellington, New Zealand
the Globe Works in Cobridge
- click picture for more information -
the Bedford Works in Shelton
(Hanley)
- click picture for more information -
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