• The business was started in 1866 at the Grosvenor Works, Foley Place, King Street. (situated between the pottery towns of Fenton & Longton).    

• In 1909 Jackson & Gosling moved to the existing St. Gregory Works in Gregory Street Longton, and renamed the factory to the Grosvenor Works.

• In the 1920s the business was acquired by Mr. Arthur Edward Hewitt and Mr. Harold J. Plant. (Arthur E. Hewitt also had in interest in Hewitt Brothers). In 1928 the business was incorporated as a limited company.

• The business was incorporated as Jackson & Gosling Ltd in 1928. 

• Around 1931 Jackson & Gosling Ltd was acquired by W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd. A. E. Hewitt remained as managing director of Jackson & Gosling and also joined Ronald and Gresham Copeland as directors of the enlarged Copeland business. 

• In 1941 under the Wartime Concentration Scheme the production of Jackson & Gosling was concentrated at the Shelley Potteries factory. Jackson & Gosling continued trading under its own name but some ware was produced with both the Shelly &  Grosvenor name. 
  The registered address of Jackson & Gosling was transferred to W. T. Copeland Spode China Works Stoke-upon-Trent. 

• In December 1950 W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd. sold Jackson & Gosling Ltd to Mr. Donald Poole (who was the former production manager of the company and a director of Thomas Poole & Gladstone China Ltd.). The Grosvenor Works were sold to Shelley in 1953 and the factory demolished the year after. 

• The 1956 Pottery Gazette Reference Book records the directors of Jackson & Gosling as D. L. Poole and L. L. Poole. The Jackson & Gosling address is given as "Grosvenor Works, Longton" (The Pottery Gazette Reference Book 1956 p.143) 

• In August 1957 the Jackson & Gosling business and Grosvenor trade name was acquired by the New Chelsea China Co. 

• The 'Grosvenor China' trade name continued in use. 

• The 1960 Pottery Gazette Reference Book records the directors of Jackson & Gosling as T. H. Spruce and G. H. Webb-Bowen. The entry for the New Chelsea China Co. lists T. H. Spruce as General Manager and G. H. Webb-Bowen as Production Manager. 

• A 1960 advert for Jackson & Gosling give the address as "Chelson Street, Longton" (The Pottery Gazette Reference Book 1960 p.146) 

• On 1961 a newly formed company acquired the Jackson & Gosling business and took over the New Chelsea China Co. Ltd's Chelson Street Works.

c. 1912+

the company name incorporated in a Stafford Knot with a crown above

c. 1912+

c. 1914+

Printed star badge mark
with the trade name "GROSVENOR CHINA" 

First example of the use of initials "J&G" instead of the full name.
"L" stands for "Longton" - the town where the company was located.

star badge mark with crown inside 
and J G underneath

c. 1919+

sometimes the mark included the town name "Longton" as well as England. 

c. 1924+

the registration number 727816 shows that the pattern was registered in 1927

c. 1934+

Introduced in the 1930's
this mark was listed in the 1951 Pottery Gazette

'Rutland' is the pattern name

Around 1931 Jackson & Gosling was acquired by W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd and some marks reflect this

c. 1941-45

In 1941 under the Wartime Concentration Scheme the production of Jackson & Gosling was concentrated at the Shelley Potteries factory. Jackson & Gosling continued trading under its own name but some ware was produced with both the Shelly &  Grosvenor name.