Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd

Longport

Jan 1962

  Oct 2003
the trade name continued after 2003

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Top Bridge Pottery, Longport, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. 

  • The pottery manufacturing companies of Price Bros. (Burslem) Ltd and Kensington Pottery Ltd were both subsidiaries of Arthur Wood & Son (Longport) Ltd.

  • In January 1962 they were amalgamated to make one company: Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd. which operated from the Longport works that Price Brothers already occupied. 

  • From 1962 to 2003 Price & Kensington were prolific manufacturers of everyday earthenware, tea and coffee sets, novelties and souvenirs. Up to 2003 all the ware was made in England. 

  • In October 2003 the Arthur Wood Group, which included Price and Kensington, went into administration due to financial dfficulty. Shortly afterwards the brand names of Arthur Wood, Price & Kensington and Pristine were sold to Rayware, a houseware importer. It was also announced that manufacturer of this ware would be moved abroad. 

  • The name Price & Kensington still continues as part of the Rayware Group - manufacture is abroad, typically China.    

Previously: Price Bros. (Burslem) Ltd and Kensington Pottery Ltd  

Subsequently: a trade name of the Rayware Group 

 

 


coffee set

 

 


cottage ware biscuit barrel
- an earlier example - 
cottage ware biscuit barrel
- a later example - 
water ewer and bowl 

a range of novelty teapots for the tourist market 

 

Marks used on ware for identification (upto 2003):

Price Kensington marks used 1963 to 2003 when the company operated from the Top Bridge Works, Longport, Stke-on-Trent, England. 



KENSINGTON WARE
P K P
ENGLAND


PRICE BROS
MADE IN
ENGLAND

marks from the previous companies continued to be used to c.1963



Price
Kensington
Made in England
Cottage Ware
the registration number 845007 dates to 1945 - this is when the previous company of Price Bros first registered the pattern
Hand Painted
Price
Kensington
Potteries
Made in England



Price
&
Kensington
moulded-in mark 

 

 


Price
Kensington
Potteries

this mark says 'ENGLAND' and not 'MADE IN ENGLAND' it is likely dated 2004+  after manufacturing had been moved to the Far East 

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification (post 2003):

Following the acquisition in October 2003 of the Arthur Wood Group (which included Price and Kensington) by the Rayware Group, manufacturing was moved abroad - typically to the Far East. 

Although the ware is made abroad Rayware trys to keep an attachment to "England" through design and development statements such as "British brands", "from our headquarters in England we design and develop..."


'designed in England'
manufactured in China

 

 


 

 

1896 is the date that the Price Brothers first started their pottery business in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.  

 

 

 

 

Ware carrying the backstamp Price & Kensington in a black square is post 2003 and produced abroad.   

 

 

Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd
Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd
Top Bridge Works

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