Knight & Wileman

Location and period of operation:

 Earthenware manufacturers at The Foley Potteries, Foley, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

• John King Knight had run the business as the sole proprietor from 1847 to 1853.

• In 1853 J K Knight was joined in partnership by Henry Wileman. 

• Henry Wileman was a wholesale china dealer from London. Sometime in the early 1800's Wileman joined with three other partners and took the  Church Gresley Pottery in Derbyshire. After he joined J K Knight, Wileman retained his interest in the  Church Gresley Pottery.

• 1856 John King Knight retired - at that time the business was employing about 220 people. 

 

Formerly: John King Knight

Subsequently: Henry Wileman

Marks and initials used on ware for identification:

K & W

Knight & Wileman

the place name FOLEY often occurs with the mark 

K & W
FOLEY
Stone China 

KNIGHT & WILEMAN
FOLEY
Stone China 

The Knight & Wileman marks follow the same style
of J K Knight

1879 map showing the Foley Potteries

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