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Thomas Till & Son |
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Location and period of operation:
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Thomas Till
& Son |
Burslem |
1850 |
1928 |
Earthenware manufacturer at the Sytch Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Note: many
potters liked to put a date on their pottery as far back as possible and a date
may be the date the works started of an earlier date of a different partneship.
On some Thomas Till ware a date of "1825" is displayed. I am not sure where this date comes from -
as the earliest recorded date
is Barker, Sutton & Till which dates from 1834.
An advertisement for Thos. Till & Sons in "The Pottery Gazette and
Glass Trades Review Diary 1922" p. 24. also states "Estd.
1825" on the advert. The Sytch Pottery would appear to have been
worked by John Hall & Sons in 1825, so Till must have been operating
elsewhere.
Formerly: Barker & Till.
"From 1850, it [Sytch Pottery] remained in the hands of Thomas Till, who joined in partnership with his sons and the firm became Thomas Till & Sons. The ware produced was good middle- class earthenware. Besides earthenware of the usual average quality - in which services and innumerable useful articles were made by them - Messrs. Till produced coloured bodies of various kinds (cane, sage, drab and lilac); stoneware of a hard and durable kind for jugs, etc.; jet glazed ware; terra-cotta; enamelled ware; and various coloured lustres. These were principally intended for the home trade. At the Paris Exhibition of 1855, the firm received a certificate of merit. The mark used was the name of the firm in various forms. Messrs. Thomas Till & Sons (Ltd.) continued to 1928."
From "Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britian"
1881 census:
at the time of the 1881 census Thomas Till and one of his sons William were evidently living in the same house:-
Dwelling: Rocklands House
Census Place: Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England
| Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| Thomas TILL | W 76 M | Head | Burslem | Earthenware Manufacturer Employing 200 Work People |
Dwelling: Rocklands House
Census Place: Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England
| Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| William F. TILL | M 47 M | Head | Burslem | Earthenware Manufacturer |
| Mary TILL | M 48 F | Wife | Oswestry, Shropshire | Wife |
| Sarah MEAKIN | U 21 F | Serv | Uttoxeter | Domestic Servant |
| Elizabeth BROUGH | U 28 F | Serv | Swinnerton | Domestic Servant |
NOTES:
Marks with "& SON" are prior to c.1861 when the style changed to "& SONS"
Marks with a banner and flower branches marked "T.TILL & SONS" are c.1861
Marks with the registration diamond and "TILL & SONS" are c.1867
Marks with a globe and "TILL & SONS" are c.1880
Marks with a globe and "TILL & SONS" and "BURSLEM ENGLAND" are c.1919
Initials used on ware for identification:
TILL
TILL & SON
T.TILL & SONS
"TILLSON WARE"
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updated: 3 Feb 2003