Ford
& Sons |
Location and period of operation:
Ford &
Sons |
Burslem |
1893 |
1938 |
Earthenware
manufacturer at the Lower
Manufactory, Newcastle Street, Burslem,
Stoke-on-Trent, England
|
Previously: Ford & Riley
Subsequently: Ford & Sons (Crownford) Ltd
NOTE: Crownford was a
trade name introduced by Ford & Sons and continued by Ford & Sons (Crownford)
Ltd
there was a later company called Crownford
China Co. Ltd. who neither of the Ford companies had any connection
with.
There was also an unrelated American importer called variously Crownford China and Crownford Giftware.
The London Gazette
24th January 1902
notice that Thomas Ford had
left the business
which continued as Ford & Sons
set of jugs in the Poppies pattern |
c.1893-1908 |
Gravy boat in the transfer-ware Weir pattern |
"LTD" appears after 1908 |
Milford Ware - covered cheese dish |
1930's |
Imperial Windsor, hand painted bon-bon dish |
1930's
|
photos courtesy: Mark Hawley
Sandford Ware salad dish and serving dish |
1930's
|
Hand painted plate Dorothy Dale |
1930's |
serving dish with lid
coffee pot in TULIP
pattern
Marks & initials used on
ware for identification:
F & S
F & S
B
"B" stands
for the town of BURSLEM
F & S
BURSLEM
F & Sons LTD
"LTD" may
appear after 1908
Trade names used in the 1930's
DOROTHY DALE
NEWCRAFT WARE
IMPERIAL WINDSOR WARE
CrownFord
Crownford Ware
Milford Ware
Oxford Ware
Sandford Ware
Ford
& Sons used a number of trade names
with the word 'ford' in them
this Trade Mark with the bee
symbol |
|
|
c.1893-1908
often the pattern name is
included
"B" stands
for the town of BURSLEM
F & Sons
BURSLEM
c.1893-1908
BALMORAL is the pattern name
C.W.S. stands
for the
Co-operative
Wholesale Society
who were the retailer
F & Sons Ltd
Burslem
England
"LTD" appears after 1908
WEIR is the pattern name
BURSLEM F&S ENGLAND
Crownford
BURSLEM
F&S ENGLAND
MOORLAND is the pattern name
these marks were used from the
1930's by Ford & Sons
it was continued by Ford & Sons
(Crownford) Ltd from c.1938
F & S B England Sandford Ware |
F & S B England Milford Ware |
marks from the 1930's
"B" stands
for the town of BURSLEM
Crownford F & Sons BURSLEM ENGLAND |
CrownFord Made in England |
marks from the 1930's
|
F & Sons Ltd Cranford Ware Burslem England |
photos courtesy: Lucia Morales
Newcastle Street,
Burslem
Ford and Sons,
earthenware manufacturers
from:
1907 Staffordshire Sentinel
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'
Ford & Sons - Lower Manufactory - 1929
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