T W Barlow 
T W Barlow & Son Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

T W Barlow

Longton

1857

1882

T W Barlow & Son Ltd

Longton

1882

1940

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Coronation Works, Commerce Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Not to be confused with the unrelated company - Barlows (Longton) Ltd

  • Thomas Waterhouse Barlow was in partnership with William Cotton as earthenware manufacturers from 1850. In February 1857 the partnership was dissolved and Thomas W Barlow continued on his own.  

  • It is recorded that he produced earthenware 'in all the usual varieties for the Sounth American, African and Indian markets'  

  • In 1875 a Charles Barlow was recorded as being the 'Potters' Manager' at the works.

  • '& Son' was added to the title in 1882.   

  • In the 1920s the business was bought by Thomas C. Wild & Sons - it continued under its own name as a part of the Wild group of companies.  

 

Previously: Cotton & Barlow

 

The London Gazette
24th February 1857 


Notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
 William Cotton and Thomas Waterhouse Barlow

 

 


Barlow, T. W. and Co.,
earth'ware manufacturers

 

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

 


Dinner Set - marked  T W Barlow & Son Ltd 

 

 


Serving dish in the TOKIO pattern 

 

 


cup and saucer in the SYDNEY pattern 

 

 


Casserole with lid 

 

 


Platter - handcraft Ware 

 

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

Early ware was generally not marked. 

Often the trade name 'Coronation Ware' was used along with a crown
but often without the company name.


TWB

1850-82 

B 

B & S

early ware was generally not marked
occasionally an impressed 'B' or 'B & S' was used 

 

Coronation Ware
England
T W Barlow & Sons Ltd

c.1910 - 28 

 


Coronation Ware
England

TOKIO is the pattern name

The registration number 753579
shows that the pattern was first 
registered in 1910

- more on registration numbers -

c.1910 - 28 

 
Coronation Ware
Made
In England 

printed or impressed mark
1928 - 36

 


Coronation Ware
Made in England
Est. 1873
Handcraft Ware

1936 - 40


"Est.1837" refers to the date of the building
of the pottery factory rather than the founding of the company

 



1878 map showing the location of the Coronation Place Works 

 


Red oval - Coronation Works
Blue square - Union Hotel
Yellow Square - Court House
Purple line - Commerce Street
 


1937 photograph of  Commerce Street, Longton
showing the Coronation Works and the surroundings

- Britain from Above - 


the Coronation Works

 

Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks