Adams & Scrivener

Adams, Scrivener & Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Adams & Scrivener

Longton

1862

1867

Adams, Scrivener & Co

Longton

1867

1869

 

Manufacturers of china and earthenware at the Sutherland Road Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • The partners were Harvey Adams, Robert George Scrivener and Titus Hammersley (the '& Co')

  • On the 1st November 1869 Scrivener left the business and Harvey Adams and Titus Hammersley continued as 'Harvey Adams & Co'

  • Titus Hammersley also had an interest in the company 'Hammersley, Freeman & Co' who operated at the adjoining Prince of Wales Works.

 

Subsequently: Harvey Adams & Co 

 



Adams, Scrivener & Co
manufacturers of 
China, Earthenware, Stoneware
Longton, Staffordshire Potteries

1869 advert from Keates directory

courtesy of R. K. Henrywood
Staffordshire Potteries 1781-1900 

 


London Gazette,  
November 2, 1869


notice that Robert Scrivener left the partnership
to leave Harvey Adams and Titus Hammersley 
to continue the business 

 

 


plate from a dinner set in a shamrock pattern 

the registration diamond shows that the pattern was registered to Adams, Scrivener & Co on the 11th May 1869 


photos courtesy: Sian Smith 

 

 

 

 


Registered design - 216451 - Adams, Scrivener & Co - 05 February 1868 - Jug

The moulded decoration on this jug is of plants, each the emblem of the nations comprising the United Kingdom, the Shamrock for Ireland, the Thistle for Scotland, the Oak for England and a fourth unidentified plant, possibly emblematic of Wales.

The National Archives

 

 

Sutherland Road Works


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