Hulme & Christie






 

Location and period of operation:

Hulme & Christie

Fenton

1893

June 1900

 

Manufacturer of earthenware at the Sutherland Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The partners were Joseph Booth Hulme and John James Christie   

  • J B Hulme left the business at the end of June 1900 and Frank Beardmore joined with John J Christie - the business continued as Christie & Beardmore.  

  • Note that Godden (Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks) give the operating dates of Hulme & Christie as 1893 to 1902 although the London Gazette announcement gives the date of the change of partnership as June 1900. 

 

Formerly Forester and Hulme

Subsequently Christie & Beardmore

 


The London Gazette
4 January 1901

 
notice that Joseph B Hulme left the business

 

 

 

 


Hulme & Christie black transferware ware jug in the aesthetic style

- more on the aesthetic style - 

 

 


moulded plate, printed pattern with hand colouring
 Vera pattern  


H & C
F

the 'F' under the initials stands for the town of Fenton where the company was based

The dove with the olive branch was a registered trade mark of Hulme & Christie

VERA is the pattern name 

   

 



transferware lidded tureen in the Ida pattern  

 

 

 


plate with hand painted daffodil pattern and gilt edging 
H & C
2-1
F

impressed mark 

manufacture attributed to Hulme & Christie because of the letter 'F' (for the town of FENTON, at the bottom of the mark 

 

photos courtesy: Jo Barnes

 

 

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

 

H & C
F

 

the "F" stands for FENTON - the town were the factory was based

 


H & C
F
ENGLAND

the bee mark (a sign of industry) was introduced by
Forester & Hulme and also continued by other potters
at the Sutherland Works, including Frank Beardmore 

 


H & C
F

typical marks with a dove with and olive branch
-this dove mark, first introduced by Hulme & Christie was
continued by subsequent manufacturers 

 

 

- click for information on the Sutherland Pottery -

NOTE: The Sutherland Pottery in Fenton is not to be 
confused with the Sutherland Works (in Longton)
which was occupied by Hudson & Middleton.

 

Questions, comments, contributions?  Steve Birks