Salisbury Crown China Co

Salisbury China Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Salisbury Crown China Co

Longton

c.1927

1949

Salisbury China Co

Longton

1949

1961

Salisbury China Co 
(at Chadwick Street)

Longton

1961

post 1973

   

Bone China manufacturer operating at the Salisbury Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
  • The business was founded by Leslie H. Bradley in about 1927 and operated as the Salisbury Crown China Co.

  • During the 1941-46 period the works were probably closed as part of the Wartime Concentration Scheme. 

  • In the 1947 Pottery Gazette Leslie H. Bradley was recorded as managing director and S. C. Bradley as Works Manager. 

  • In late 1949 the name was changed to Salisbury China Co. 

  • In the 1960 Pottery Gazette the officers were recorded as: managing director - Leslie H. Bradley; works manager - S. C. Bradley; export sales director - A. G. Devall; home sales director - S. B. Young; London Sales - David Bradley; decorating manager - J. S. M. Graham.

  • In November 1961 the business was purchased by a member of the Thomas Poole Group (probably Royal Stafford China) and operated as a subsidiary of Thomas Poole and Gladstone China Ltd. Manufacturing was moved to Chadwick Street, Longton.

  • In 1973 the business became part of the Alfred Clough group of companies following the sale of Thomas Poole and Gladstone China Ltd interests to Alfred Clough Ltd

Previously the works were operated by  Wild Bros

 


 

 


Salisbury
Crown China Co
 

Pottery Gazette Reference Book 1949 


Salisbury
China Co
Ltd

Pottery Gazette Reference Book 1960 

 


 

Marks used on ware for identification:

SALISBURY CHINA

ROYAL YORK BONE CHINA

EGGSHELL BONE CHINA

most marks incorporate
a crown device


 


Royal York
Bone China
England
 

c.1940


Royal York
Bone China
Made in England
 

c.1940


Royal York
Bone China
England
 

c.1952+


Royal York
Fine Bone China
England
 

perhaps post the 1961 takeover by the Thomas Poole Group

 


Salisbury China
Bradley's
England 

c.1927-37

'Bradley' was the name of the founder of the business


Salisbury 
Bone China
England 

c.1937-41 ?

 

 

 


Salisbury 
China
Fine Bone 
Made in England

c.1946+

 


Salisbury 
China
Made in England
Fine Bone 

c.1946+


Salisbury 
Bone China
Made in England

c.1946+ 


Salisbury 
Bone China

c.1959-61

 

 


 


Eggshell Bone China
Salisbury
England

Eggshell bone china is just very fine bone china 
- no eggshells involved!


Salisbury 
Bone China
Made in England

perhaps post the 1961 takeover by the Thomas Poole Group

 


 

Salisbury Crown China Works
Salisbury Crown China Works

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