• From 1861 to 1873 operated as as Turner & Tomkinson. Around 1872 John 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

• "Victoria Works. — Established and built by Mr. John Tomkinson in 1858, and carried on by him and Mr. G. W. Turner under the style of "Turner & Tomkinson" until 1873, when Mr. Tomkinson retired. The business is now carried on by Mr. Turner and his sons, under the style of "G. W. Turner & Sons" The goods produced are the ordinary printed and enamelled earthenware in dinner, toilet and other services, &c., for the home and colonial markets. The mark used is simply the initials of the firm."  Jewitt, L. The Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878) 
  

The Phileau pattern - there were at least twelve examples of this pattern with various aesthetic style borders and different central scenes featuring lakes or the sea.

Found (2026) on the shore of the Mississippi around old steamboat landings in St. Paul, Minnesota, US.

The mark is for the Phileau pattern - this example depicting a costal scene with sailing ships and cliffs. 

printed Royal Arms mark

1891-95 

'ENGLAND' was added to comply with the US McKinley Tariff Act of 1890.

G. W. T. & Sons

1873-95 

G. W. Turner & Sons
Tunstall 

1873-95 

printed Royal Arms mark

- 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

- more on the Alexandra Pottery - 

Subsequently the works were operated by Johnson Bros