Ford
& Sons (Crownford) Ltd. |
Location and period of operation:
Ford &
Sons |
Burslem |
1938 |
June 1964 |
Earthenware
manufacturer at the Lower
Manufactory, Newcastle Street, Burslem,
Stoke-on-Trent, England
|
previously: Ford
& Sons
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
3rd July 1964
notice that the business to be
wound-up
Small (6 inches high) vase
- marked Crown Ford
"JONQUIL"
Crownford
BURSLEM ENGLAND
14 inches x 10 inches (36 cm x
25 cm)
Marks used on ware for identification:
CROWNFORD
CrownFord
Made in England
Crownford
FS
Burslem England
"
JONQUIL" is
the pattern name
Typical Ford & Sons
(Crownford) mark: 1938-64
the FS logo
was also previously used by Ford & Sons
Ford & Sons - Lower Manufactory - 1929
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