New Wharf Pottery Co

New Wharf Pottery Co

Location and period of operation:

New Wharf Pottery Co

Burslem

c.1878

1894

Earthenware manufacturer at Navigation Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

The name New Wharf was derived from the Wharf that was built on the nearby Burslem Branch of the Trent & Mersey canal at that time.
In 1877 Thomas Francis Wood, along with his brother William, purchased for £5075 a site in Navigation Road, which they called New Wharf Pottery, and which they had probably been tenants or since 1875.
The partners were Absalom Wood and two of his sons Thomas Francis and William, together with Ebenezer Swann.
Absalom Wood and Thomas Francis Wood also owned Wood & Son
In December 1882 Ebenezer Swann left the business.
In 1894 the works were absorbed into the larger Wood & Son business.

Previously: Daniel & Cork

Subsequently: Wood & Son

on the Wood family of potters

The London Gazette
8 December 1882

notice that Ebenezer Swann had left the business

The New Wharf Pottery Company, Burslem
Manufacturers of Earthenware for Home and Foreign Markets
The Pottery Gazette, American and Canadian Edition, January 1st 1880

New Wharf Gravy Boat

New Wharf Flow Blue Plate

mug in the Japonais pattern

this is in the aesthetic style

N. W. P. Co. B

c.1878-91

the "B" after the initials is for the town of BURSLEM

mug in the YEDDO pattern

the pattern is in the aesthetic style
- the mug is the same shape used for the Japonais pattern shown above

Yeddo is a Romanised form of Edo ("bay-entrance" or "estuary"), the former name of Tokyo. Japan. A number of British pottery companies used Yeddo as a pattern name.

New Wharf Pottery Co
Burslem

The registration diamond shows that the pattern/design was registered on the 11th October 1882

The registration was actually to Wood & Son of the Trent Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire - Wood & Son were effectively the parent company of New Wharf Pottery Co

photos courtesy: Malcolm Meenaghan

New Wharf Jug in the WINDSOR pattern

c.1891-94

meat platter in the Daisy pattern

N. W. P. Co.
B

c.1878-91

photos courtesy: Leesa

shallow dish in the Floral Pattern

A printed design with three sprays of blossom and fruit on branches around the border

N. W. P. Co.
B

the registration number 77129 shows that the pattern was registered on the 20th July 1887

the impressed mark 1/88 shows that the dish was made in January 1888

photos courtesy: Julian Roughton

Marks and initials used on ware for identification:

N W P Co

N W P Co
B

N W P Co
BURSLEM

N W P Co
B

c.1878-91

the "B" under the initials is for the town of BURSLEM

"TENNYSON" is the pattern name

the registration number 709 shows that the
pattern was first registered in 1884.

the impressed 7 / 86 is the month/year of manufacture - July 1886

N W P Co
B

c. 1887-1891

the registration number 77129 shows that the pattern
was first registered in July 1887

this fragment found (2023) on a beach on the east coast of Australia

photo courtesy: Patricia MacHugh

Semi-Porcelain
New Wharf Pottery
England

Melrose is the pattern name - the inclusion of 'England' as the country of origin dates the manufacture to c.1891-94. This was a requirement of the 1890 McKinley Tariff Act

this fragment was found (2025) in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, USA

photo courtesy: Caryn Hederman

N. W. P. Co. B

N. W. P. Co.
B

c.1878-91
(from 1891 onwards 'ENGLAND' is generally included)

the "B" after the initials is for the town of BURSLEM

often the name of the pattern is included

pre 1891	c.1891 +
Melrose is the pattern name - in the right hand example the inclusion of 'England' as the country of origin dates the manufacture to c.1891-94. This was a requirement of the 1890 McKinley Tariff Act