Holmes,
Stonier & Hollinshead
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Location and period of operation:
Holmes, Stonier & Hollinshead |
Hanley |
1875 |
July 1882 |
Earthenware manufacturer at the Upper Hanley Works, the High Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England
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Previously: Unwin & Holmes
Subsequently: Stonier, Holinshead & Oliver
London Gazette
1st August 1882
notice of Liquidation by Arrangement of
Charles Holmes, John Stonier and John Hollinshead
Holmes,
Stonier & Hollinshead
Upper Hanley Works, Hanley
Manufacturers of
Earthenware of all Descriptions
The Pottery Gazette, February 2nd 1880
Holmes,
Stonier & Hollinshead
Upper Hanley Works, Hanley
Manufacturers of the Ivory or Queen's Ware,
which is equal in tint to any yet produced
The Pottery Gazette, July 1st 1880
![]() polychrome printed ware in the Tea Plant pattern the pattern is illustrated in the July
1880 advert shown above |
TEA PLANT' is the pattern name |
photos courtesy: Susan Layton
hand coloured transferware
platter in the Avona pattern
![]() blue transferware in the Avona pattern this pattern is in the aesthetic style |
'AVONA' is the pattern name the registration
diamond gives a date of |
![]() wash set in the Beatus pattern |
![]() Holmes Stonier & Hollinshead |
photos courtesy: Carole Demmy
originally this slop bucket would have had a lid |
![]() H. S. & H. 'SHANGHAI'' is the pattern name the registration diamond shows that the pattern was first registered on the 15th January 1881 NOTE: The Shanghai and Avona patterns were bother registered on the same day
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photos courtesy: Christine Hutchinson
Marks & initials used on ware for identification:
H. S. & H.
H. S. & H.
initials associated with a
registration diamond
Holmes Stonier &
Hollinshead
name within a belt mark
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