Kirklands (Etruria) Ltd

Location and period of operation:

(See sources)

Earthenware manufacturer at the Albion Pottery, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent

• The business of Kirkland & Co was retitled "Kirklands (Etruria) Ltd" c.1938 follow the purchase of an interest in Kirkland 
  by A.E. Gray in around 1936.  

• A.E. Gray were a decorator of bought in 'white ware' - one of their principal suppliers was Kirkland. 

• In 1940, during the Second World War, part of the Albion Pottery works was hit by German bombers - who would be looking to bomb the nearby Shelton Steel Works. 

• The Albion works were closed in 1941 during the government waretime Concentration Scheme. Both Kirkland and Gray continued business from the the Middleport Pottery of Burgess & Leigh.   

• In 1947 the company was voluntarily wound up (an administrative procedure - all the creditors were paid in full). 

Formerly: Kirkland & Co

Subsequently: Kirklands (Staffordshire) Ltd

 

The London Gazette, 18 February 1947

notice of the voluntary winding up of
Kirklands (Etruria) Ltd 

examples of ware made by Kirklands (Etruria) Ltd 

Marks used on ware for identification:

Kirklands
Etruria
England
Embassy Ware

mark used: 1938-47 

Embassy Ware

trade name used by Kirklands (Etruria) Ltd 

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