Adderleys Ltd  




 

Location and period of operation:

Adderleys Ltd

Longton

1906

1952 

 

The 'Adderley' and 'Royal Adderley' names were continued as fine china brands by Ridgway Potteries Ltd until 1964 and then by its successors Allied English Potteries Ltd (1964-71) and Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd (1972 onward). The Adderley name was discontinued by Doulton in the mid-1970s. 

China and Earthenware manufacturer at the Daisy Bank Pottery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • Formerly W.A. Adderley & Co. 

  • Adderleys was an important supplier of mid-range tableware in the 1920s and 30s. 

  • In 1941 production was stopped under the wartime concentration scheme and the business was concentrated with that of Myott, Son & Co. 

  • Adderleys was one of the first pottery companies to receive a government licence to re-start production in 1945.

  • In 1947 Adderleys Ltd was acquired by Lawleys Ltd and became the base for Edgar Lawley's 'Adderley Group' of companies servicing his chain of retail shops. 

  • In October 1952 the operations of Adderleys Ltd and Ridgways (Bedford Works) Ltd - both Lawley owned - were combined as Ridgway & Adderley Ltd.  

  • In 1955 the Adderley business became part of Ridgway Potteries Ltd. 

much of this information courtesy of Michael Perry 'A Handbook of British Pottery Manufacturers 1900-2010' 

 

Previously:  William Alsager Adderley and Co    (1876 - 1905)

Adderley also operated 'Adderley Floral and Figurine China Co Ltd'

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

 

ADDERLEY ENGLAND

ADDERLEY & Co

ADDERLEYS LTD

ADDERLEY WARE

 

 

 

a printed TRADE MARK of a ship was used from 1906-26
 this style of mark was also used by 
William Alsager Adderleys

mark with the introduction of a crown
used 1912 - 1926

mark used 1912 - 1926

 

 

mark with the saling ship but the words
'Made in England' in place of 'Trade Mark'
used 1926 +

marl used 1926 +

Adderley Ware - Porcelaine Moderne
Adderley Ware - Porcelaine Moderne 

mark used 1929 - 1947


'OLD WILLOW' is the pattern name 

this mark was introduced c.1929 and used to 1947

 

Marks used 1947 onwards

The 'Adderley' and 'Royal Adderley' names were continued as fine china brands by Ridgway Potteries Ltd until 1964 and then by its successors Allied English Potteries Ltd (1964-71) and Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd (1972 onward). The Adderley name was discontinued by Doulton in the mid-1970s. 

 

 


1789
Adderley
fine bone china
England

in 1947 Adderleys Ltd were taken over by Ridgway Potteries Ltd
the name "Adderley" continued to be used
it was after the take over that the 1789 date was
incorporated in the mark.

 

mark used 1947-50 

mark used 1950-62 

these marks appear in a 1960 trade directory - 
they are all catogorised as belonging to Ridgway Potteries Ltd.  

 

Ridgway Potteries Ltd. Royal Adderley
Ridgway Potteries Ltd. Royal Adderley

this style of mark introduced in 1962 

 

 


Adderley Ware
Lawleys Regent Street
Phillips's Estd 1860

this style of mark c.1964 - 71

At sometime the Phillips name was acquired by Lawleys and some ware 
produced in the Lawley Group was sold with a Lawleys/Philips mark.

 

 


bottom centre is the Daisy Bank Works
In 1952 the works were renamed the Gainsborough Works

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