Tams & Lowe






 

Location and period of operation:

Tams & Lowe

Longton

1865

1874

 

Earthenware manufacturer at St. Gregory's Pottery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The partners were John Tams and William Lowe.

  • The partnership ended in 1874 when John Tams left and set up in business on his own account at the Crown Pottery, Longton. William Lowe remained at the St. Gregory's Pottery. 

 

Subsequently: William Lowe

Subsequently: John Tams

 
"The goods produced comprise all the usual varieties of articles in useful ordinary earthenware, and in china of an average quality. In the former, dinner, tea, toilet, and other services, &c., are made in white, sponged, printed, ground-laid, and gilt varieties; in the latter only the ordinary common classes are made, principally for the home trade. The quality of the body is firm and good, and the mosaic jugs and tea-pots, mounted and otherwise, are well formed and decorated. In these and in the reeded turquoise tea-pots, &c., the ground colours are clear and even."

The Ceramic Art of Great Britain Vol II, 1878; Llewellynn Jewitt

 


transfer ware Willow plate by Tams & Lowe

 

 


small Willow platter

measuring 17 x 21.5cm (6¾ x 8½in)

 

 

 

Initials and marks used on ware for identification:

"The usual mark in the common willow pattern is a garter, with the words STAFFORDSHIRE IMPROVED, enclosing the name of the pattern and the Staffordshire knot; the ribbon is surmounted by a crown, and beneath are the initials of the firm, T. & L."

The Ceramic Art of Great Britain Vol II, 1878; Llewellynn Jewitt

 


Staffordshire Improved
T & L 

 



St. Gregory's Pottery

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