Meakin & Co

Location and period of operation:

  Earthenware manufacturers at the Elder Road Works, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent

• Meakin & Co specialised in White Ironestone for the American market

Elder Road Works "This pottery, worked by Meakin & Co. from 1865 to 1882, was capable of turning out about 2,500 crates of white graniteware annually for the United States. It passed, in 1882, into the hands of Crystal Porcelain Pottery Co. limited, whose speciality was the production of hard porcelain tiles and plaques, and telegraphic and chemical ware. The mark was the crest - a dove holding a paln-branch. This firm continued, at the above address, until 1886. A later firm, the Porcelain Tile Company, then operated these works." Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900

 

 

12 inch high white ironestone jug
marked 'Meakin & Co. Cobridge' 

white ironestone dish
marked 'Meakin & Co.' 

Marks used on ware for identification:

Meakin & Co
impressed mark

this mark and the arms below appear on the dish shown above 

IRONESTONE CHINA
Meakin & Co

sometimes the mark appears with the place name 'COBRIDGE' 

Many potters used the British Royal Arms on their ware
even though they did not hold a Royal Warrant
more on the use of the Royal Arms

The Elder Road area of Cobridge from a 1877 OS map
Green rectangle was the Elder Road Works of Meakin & Co

Purple line is Elder Road
Yellow line is Waterloo Road  

Dark blue rectangle was the Bleak Hill Works
Light blue rectangle was the Cobridge Pottery of Henry Alcock

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