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Records of other Pottery Manufacters acquired by the Company:
Jackson and Gosling (Grosvenor):
Grosvenor China was the trade name of a firm called Jackson & Gosling (Ltd) of Grosvenor Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. It was established in c1866 in Fenton and the Longton address dates from c1909.
The association with Copeland/Spode began in the early 1930s when Arthur Edward Hewitt, (Ted Hewitt) of Grosvenor China, was appointed as a director of Copelands. Copelands purchased Grosvenor China and the combined company was incorporated as W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd in 1932. The Chairman was Ronald Copeland, Joint Managing Directors were Ted Hewitt and Gresham Copeland and Tom Hassall was Art Director
Records show that Jackson and Gosling closed in 1969 and the trade name was no longer used'.
Taken from: www.spode.co.uk
Hammersley and Co.:
Hammersley and Co. was based at Alsager Pottery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. The company began in 1887 and in 1970 was bought by Carborundum Ltd who had already purchased W.T.Copeland in 1966 (this is the company that followed on from Spode in the 19th century). In 1976 the companies merged with Royal Worcester to become Royal Worcester Spode Ltd. The Hammersley trade name was taken over by Palissy Pottery Ltd, part of the group, in 1982 and the Hammersley's Works closed in that year. In December 1988 the use of the Hammersley and Palissy trade names ceased and in 1989 Palissy closed and the factory was demolished. The Palissy Company and the Hammersley trade name were sold to Aynsley China in 1989. This Archive Collections holds very little connected with Hammersley and Co. just a few pattern books from the late 1800s and some leaflets and catalogues.
Brownfield:
There are pattern books in the collection for J. Brownfield and for William Brownfield and Son's. In the Spode Museum object collection there are copper plates marked 'Brownfield'. Robert Copeland believed that the copper plates and pattern books came from Wood and Brownfield purchased in a bankruptcy sale. During the cataloguing process (2014) it was found that the pattern books are from J. Brownfield and for William Brownfield and Son', rather than Wood and Brownfield . One of the Brownfield pattern books is directly associated with Jackson and Gosling, a firm purchased by the Spode Company in 1932.
Palissy:
Palissy Pottery was founded in 1946 in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent and made earthenwares. Prior to this the trade name was used by A. E Jones (Longton) Ltd who began in about 1905 and traded from Palissy Pottery from 1930. Spode and Royal Worcester merged to form a new company in July 1976 known as Royal Worcester Spode. In 1958 The Royal Worcester Porcelain Company had bought Palissy. Palissy was closed in 1989 and the pottery was demolished in August of that year. Aynsley China Ltd of Sutherland Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, unconnected with Spode and Worcester, bought the trade name of Palissy in August 1989.
This Archive Collections holds very little material concerning Palissy, which comprises only approximately half a dozen catalogues. One of the popular patterns produced by Palissy was Game Birds and a very similar pattern was produced by Spode called 'Woodland'. |