Wood, Rathbone & Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Wood, Rathbone & Co

Cobridge

c.1865

Nov 1868 

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Villa Pottery, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The main output was white ironstone china for the North American market.

  • The principle partners were Absalom Wood and James Rathbone operating as Wood, Rathbone & Co. Absalom Wood was a descendant of the Moses Wood branch of the Wood family of potters.  

  • The '& Co' were Thomas Francis Wood (son of Absalom), Enoch Colclough and William Dunn. 

  • In November 1868 Rathbone left and the business became Wood, Son & Co. 

 

Subsequently: Wood, Son & Co. 

 

 

 

The London Gazette
17 November 1868


notice that James Rathbone
had left the business 

 

 

 

 


White Ironstone relief moulded forget-me-not  pattern 
Ironstone China
Wood, Rathbone & Co
Cobridge, Staffordshire

mark incorporates the American Eagle 

- more on ironstone china - 

 

 

 


White Ironstone relief moulded teapot

 

 

 

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

 


Ironstone China
Wood, Rathbone & Co
Ironstone China
Wood, Rathbone & Co
Cobridge, Staffordshire

 

 



 

 

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