Earthenware manufacturers at the 'Pearl Pottery' in Brook Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

• Previously the works were operated by Wood and Bennett - the Pearl Pottery Co. took over in July 1892. 

• The original partners were: George Allen, James Boulton, Stephen Hawthorn, Harry George Coleman, Samuel George Bennett, and George Hassall.

• Harry G Coleman retired in December 1892.

• By 1906 the partners were George Allen, George Timmis, James Boulton and Stephen Hawthorn. In October of 1906 George Timmis left the business. 

• Pearl Pottery were known to have exhibited at the 1922 and 1929 British Industries Fairs.

• In 1936 the New Hall Pottery Co Ltd "purchased the New Pearl Pottery to enlarge its capacity". The Pearl Pottery business continued and was renamed the New Pearl Pottery Co. Ltd. 

• The works were closed down in 1941 under the Wartime Concentration Scheme and did not reopen when restrictions were lifted.  Godden notes that "the factory was sold in 1947".

"A descriptive account of The Potteries (illustrated)" and 1893 advertising and trade journal. Page 26 

click to see the article in the trade journal

1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of General Earthenware and Semi-Porcelain including Finest Selection of dinner and Tea Ware, with a special new Dull Glaze range of Fancies called "Cranston Ware." (Stand Nos. G.42 and F.1)

Ware produced for Eisler often bore his mark instead of, or as well as that of the manufacturer. 

Rodolfo Eisler was of Austrian descent and an importer of quality ceramics, silver and homewares that were primarily made in England. His goods were sold through the opulent Grande Tienda “Ciudad de Londres” (City of London) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

By the late 1920s Eisler opened his own establishment at 325 Florida Street, in a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires that had many British shops and restaurants fitted out with great style. Some of the locations survive - just around the corner is the “New Brighton”, once an elegant men’s haberdashery and now a beautiful restaurant. Other “neighbours” included the Richmond Tea Room, Claridge's Hotel and further down Florida Street, Harrod’s Department Store.

Rodolfo Eisler imported ware from a number of North Staffordshire potteries including Grimwades and Newport Pottery (Clarice Cliff ware).

Pearl Pottery, along with other English potteries, produced ware in and "Oriental style" which sought to replicate or draw inspiration from Asian designs, especially Chinese porcelain, which was highly fashionable in Europe.

The prominent white/blue rampant dragon and rich gilding on a cobalt blue ground are characteristic elements of this Oriental-inspired style, meticulously crafted by Pearl Pottery to emulate the elegance of genuine Chinese wares.

Dragons in Chinese culture are powerful symbols of strength, good luck, and imperial power, often depicted amidst clouds, representing their association with rain and water.

Double Gourd Vase

A double gourd vase is predominantly derived from Chinese art, with a distinctive shape of a round lower bulb topped by a smaller round upper bulb, connected by a narrow waist. 
Symbolically representing good fortune, fertility and prosperity. 

Tianqiuping style vase

A tianqiuping "celestial sphere vase" is a Chinese vase with a globular body and a tall cylindrical neck, a shape that symbolically represents the celestial sphere or heaven. 

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Art Deco cubist shape tea set

 This cubist shape was used for some of the Edna Best patterns 
that Pearl Pottery produced in the 1930s

source acknowledgement: worthpoint.com 

The patterns were bold and colourful art deco style no doubt to compete with the popular style of Clarice Cliff.  The ranges were produced exclusively for Lawley's of Regent Street in London.

two globes with PPC Co Ltd 
on a banner & a crown above

Printed mark used 1912+