Pinder Bourne & Co

 Location and period of operation:

 (See sources)

     Earthenware manufacturer at Nile Street , Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

In 1877/8 the firm and works of Pinder, Bourne & Co were purchased by the London (Lambeth) pottery company Doulton & Co. The name Pinder, Bourne & Co continued to be used until early in 1882 when it became Doulton & Co. Ltd.

Previously: Pinder, Bourne and Hope (c.1851 to Jan 1962)

 

Pinder, Bourne & Co
Black jug with lid

 

Initials used on ware for identification:

P. B. & Co

PINDER BOURNE
& CO

NOTE: on some ware there is an impressed date
giving the month and year of manufacture.
e.g. 6.80 for June 1880

Rudyard Kipling's father - Lockwood Kipling pursued a career as artist and craftsman. He was taken on as an apprentice by Pinder, Bourne & Co., the earthenware manufacturers of Burslem in Staffordshire, while concurrently studying (and winning prizes) at Stoke and Fenton School of Art. After two years working in London and elsewhere for an architectural sculptor, he joined the Department of Science and Art at South Kensington. It was during his four years with the Department that, going to and fro between London and the Potteries, he met Frederic Macdonald and became engaged to Alice. Rudyard Kipling was born to Alice and Lockwood in India.
In 1863 Lockwood Kipling and Robert Edgar were awarded joint first prize in the competition for the design of the facade and elevation of the Wedgwood Memorial Institute in Burslem

Rudyard Kipling was named after a lake and beauty spot near Stoke-on-Trent called Rudyard Lake  

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updated: 25 October 2006