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Ridgway
Potteries Ltd |
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Location and period of operation:
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Ridgway
Potteries Ltd |
various works |
Feb 1955 |
1964 |
Earthenware Manufacturer - Formerly Ridgway & Adderley Ltd and Booths & Colclough Ltd
On January 1st 1955 continued with Booths & Colclough's Ltd as "Ridgway, Adderley, Booths & Colcloughs Ltd" and then renamed Ridgway Potteries Ltd from Feb 28th 1955.
One of the largest pottery combines in existence, eight factories comprised the group, the oldest of which is Booths, which was already established in the eighteenth century as producers of high-grade earthenware.
Potteries in the Ridgway Group included:
Booths, Church Bank Pottery, Tunstall.
Colcloughs, Regent Works, Longton
Paladin Works, Fenton
North Staffordshire Pottery, Cobridge
(previously the Globe Pottery)
Portland Pottery, Cobridge
Bedford Works, Shelton
Adderly Floral China, Longton
Gainsborough Works Longton
Ash Hall - the headquarters
of Ridgway Potteries Ltd
1956 Article on Ridgway Potteries Ltd
1955 advert for Ridgways, 1955
article on Ridgways.
many of the original marks and names continued to be used
example of the basic Ridgway mark
(introduced by Ridgways (Bedford Works) Ltd)
and continued to be used c.1955-62
"Standard" Ridgway mark - used for ware produced
at
the Portland Works, Cobridge
The following
marks were used by Ridgway's
associate potteries
1962-64
Ridgway Potteries Ltd
Royal Adderley
"Alberta Tartan" is the pattern name
Ridgway Potteries Ltd
Royal Adderley
1964
"Maple Leaf Tartan" is the pattern name
Colclough
a product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd
Royal Vale
a product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd
Ridgway Potteries Ltd
VITROCK
Strong as a rock
The following
marks were used by the main
"Ridgway Potteries Ltd" company
1962-64
Ridgway of Staffordshire
"Queenston" is the pattern name
"HERITAGE" is the series name
Ridgway Potteries Ltd
Made in Staffordshire
"HOMEMAKER" is the style name
Ridgway
Made in Staffordshire England
"White Mist" is the pattern name
SR
Ridgway
IRONSTONE
Staffordshire
England
"Canterbury" is the pattern name
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The Potteries Museum comments on this mark:- "We have a handwritten note in our edition of Godden stating "SR with lion on each side and crown on top. Ridgways". Unfortunately, there is no note to explain this. I have to say that the mark looks recent, and not particularly like at Staffordshire mark. However, it could have been a late Ridgways production for the American market." This comment, coupled with the previous Ridgway mark which has "SR" at the top and also is marked "IRONSTONE" seems to support Ridgway Potteries as the maker. |
The above information may
not be available
for all potters - if you have information to
help complete the records then I would be
happy to include it.
email: Steve Birks
updated: 25 January 2005
