• Charles Waine had previously been in business with Thomas Bates as Waine & Bates. Bates left the partnership in February 1891 and the business was continued by Charles Wain. 

• Around 1903 Charles Waine acquired some patterns from Robinson & Son who ceased trading in 1903. 

• In 1906 the business advertised for a London Agent - "London Agent Wanted for sale of medium-class China - C. Wain & Co, Sutherland Road, Longton" The Pottery Gazette, February 1906.

• 1913 the business became incorporated as a Limited company

Charles Waine & Co., china manufacturers, of Sutherland-road, Longton, were summoned at Longton [Magistrates Court] for contravening Special Rule 14, by allowing a saucer-making shop to be "cleansed" by a boy instead of by an adult male. 

Miss Vines [factory inspector] stated that she found a little boy lying flat on his chest on the floor of the shop, sweeping up dust and pieces of clay under the jollying bench with the head of a broom. "The boy was lying with his mouth almost touching the floor, in which position I he would inhale the dust, and, as likely as not, sow the seeds of potters’ rot or other chest diseases".

The firm denied that the boy was "cleansing" the floor, and contended that he was simply collecting scraps of clay which had not fallen into a box kept for their reception, with a view to taking the old clay to the slip house. 

A man was employed to do the cleansing of the workshop, and it was urged that the employers had taken every precaution to prevent any breach of the rules. — A fine of 20s. and costs was imposed. 

The Pottery Gazette, January 1907

Charles Waine, Ltd. — Registered capital £7,000 in £1 shares ; to carry on the business of manufacturers, potters, dealers in china, earthenware, sanitary stone, porcelain, parian and ceramic ware, tiles, glass, &c., and to adopt an agreement with C. Waine for the acquisition of the business carried on by him at Longton.

The subscribers are A. G. Alcock, Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, china manufacturer ; R. T. Lewis, Belgrave-road, Newcastle, Staffs., china manufacturer. 

Private company. The first directors are A. G. Alcock and R. T. Lewis. Registered office, Derby Works, Sutherland -road, Longton.

The Pottery Gazette, May 1913

C W
Longton 

1891 to 1913 

  Longton is the town where the pottery was based 

1891 to 1913 

C W & Co

1891 to 1913 

C W Ltd

1913 - 1920