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Wallis
Gimson & Co |
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Location and period of operation:
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Wallis Gimson & Co |
Fenton |
1882 |
1890 |
Earthenware manufacturer at the Lane Delph Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent
Gimson specialised in making ware in a series such as The World and Achivements of notable Victorians.
in February the patrership between Joseph Gimson the younger and Thomas Wallis Gimson was dissolved and Thomas W Gimson continued on his own account.
At the time of bankruptcy of the business it was Thomas Wallis Gimson who was trading as Wallis Gimson & Co
formerly: Pratt & Simpson
London
Gazette
February 21, 1888
notice of the dissolution
of the partnership btween
Joseph Gimson the younger and Thomas Wallis Gimson
London
Gazette
March 7, 1890
notice of a Deed for
Assignment for Creditors
Marks and initials used on ware for identification:
WALLIS GIMSON &
CO
WALLIS GIMSON & Co
'HAMILTON' is the pattern name
registration number 7624 - corresponds to the year 1884
GRAPES is the pattern name
A printed mark of a beehive was used
with
the name Wallis Gimson & Co
although they included the words
'TRADE MARK'
it was probably not registered to them as the beehive
mark was widely used by pottery manufacturers
THE WORLD
THE WORLD
WALLIS GIMSON & Co
THE WORLD
M B & Co
M B & Co are likely to be importers or distributors
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The World - Wallis Gimson & Co. Influenced by the Aesthetic Movement, the patterns in this series reflect the period’s keen interest in nature and travel to exotic lands. Wallis Gimson's designs featured exotic blooming orchids and wildflowers mixed often with maiden hair fern fronds and butterflies. The central elements of the design are two cartouches each with a separate world-renowned city, building, architectural feature, or monument. All of the patterns were printed in dark brown with two versions produced; one in the single underglaze brown and the second printed in brown and painted with four vibrant colors underglaze. Gilding on the edge of the border is occasionally found on the printed and painted version. This series of patterns was first registered on May 27, 1884, with production ending sometime prior to the close of the factory in 1890. |
one of the plates in THE WORLD series
Windsor Castle
and the Albert Memorial
A small tureen with the pattern name
GARFIELD
the registration number 8844 dates from
1885
small vase made by Wallis Gimson
& Co
the pattern name is HAMILTON
William Gladstone Plate made by Wallis Gimson
& Co
| This is not a memoriam plate as many think
(Gladstone passed away in 1898).
This plate was produced about 10 years earlier as part of a series which celebrated the achievements of many Victorian figures. The octagonal shaped series was made by Wallis Gimson & Co and this example is marked - many are not.
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WALLIS GIMSON & Co
Mark on the Portrait Series plates
- No. 54 was the Queen Victoria Jubilee Plate below
Queen Victoria Jubilee Plate
 plate produced to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 |
 Manufacturered for Silber & Fleming Ltd 57 Wood St London E.C. although there is no manufacturer mark
on the plate the registration number 613164 tells us that the design was
registered by Wallis Gimson & Co.
of Fenton on the |
Silber & Fleming were a large London based retailer
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