H A Wain and Sons Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

H A Wain and Sons Ltd

Longton

1946 - 

 

(See sources)

Manufacturer of earthenware, animals... at the Melba Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

 

Initials used on ware for identification:

H. WAIN & SONS LTD

 

MELBA WARE

[note: "Melba China Co Ltd" also used the name MELBA]

 

printed marks used 1951 onwards......

This mark appears on the little dog shown below
This mark appears on the little dog shown below

 


Melba Ware
H. WAIN & SONS LTD
MELBA WORKS
LONGTON
STOKE-ON-TRENT
MADE IN ENGLAND

 

Typical "Melba Wear"
Typical "Melba Wear"

 

H Wain & Sons answer to Sylvac and Wade with their animals during the 1940s.
H Wain & Sons answer to Sylvac and Wade 
with their animals during the 1940s.

 

 

 

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email: Steve Birks

updated: 31/12/2002