G W Turner & Sons






 

Location and period of operation:

G W Turner & Sons

Tunstall

1873

1895

 

Earthenware manufacturers at the Victoria Works, High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

  • From 1861 to 1873 as Turner & Tomkinson when Tomkinson retired and the business was carried on by George Wardle Turner and his sons under the style of G.W. Turner & Sons.

  • From c.1887 to 1892 they also operated at the Alexandra Pottery, Scotia Road, Tunstall

  • "The goods produced were ordinary printed and enamelled earthenware in dinner, toilet, and other services for the home and colonial markets." Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900

 

Previously: Turner & Tomkinson

 

 


blue transferware plate in the Heron pattern - marked G.W.T. & Sons


aesthetic movement brown transfer serving dish in the Brazil pattern



this pattern was also supplied hand coloured 

 


brown transfer jug in the Beatrice pattern

photo courtesy: Kay Anderson

 

 


tureen - marked with the Royal Arms 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

TURNERS

G. W. T. & Sons

G. W. T. S.

G. W. T. & S.

G. T. & S.

 


G. W. T. & Sons

1873-95 

'Heron' is the pattern name 


G. W. Turner & Sons
Tunstall

1873-95 

'Brazil' is the pattern name 


TURNERS
Tunstall
England

1891-95 

Between 1891 & 1895 they used a mark comprising the word 'Turners' above the Royal Arms of Great Britain, with Tunstall/England below.


the Victoria Pottery, Scotia Road, Tunstall

- click for more on the Victoria Pottery - 

Subsequently the works were operated by Alfred Meakin

 


From c.1887 to 1892 G W Turner & Sons also operated 
at the Alexandra Pottery, Scotia Road, Tunstall

- click for more on the Alexandra Pottery - 

Subsequently the works were operated by Johnson Bros

 

Questions, comments, contributions?   email: Steve Birks