Chapmans Longton Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

Chapmans Longton Ltd

Longton

1916

 1966

 

China manufacturer at the Albert Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • Chapmans (Longton) Ltd were founded in 1916 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas C. Wild & Sons.

  • The business closed in 1966 when Allied English Potteries (who in 1964 had acquired the Wild companies) reorganised production. 

 

 

 

 


Cup and saucer in the Imari style by Chapmans Longton Ltd

bearing the marks used c.1916-30

 

 


STANDARD CHINA
ENGLAND

date likely to be 1940-50s

 

photos courtesy: Dennis Drew 

 

 

 

Marks and trade names used on ware for identification:

 

STANDARD CHINA

 

ROYAL STANDARD

 

ROYAL MAYFAIR

 

 


STANDARD CHINA
ENGLAND


STANDARD CHINA
MADE IN ENGLAND 

marks c.1916-30

 

 


STANDARD CHINA
MADE IN ENGLAND

 the registration number 788697 shwos that
the design was registered in 1934

 

 


Royal Standard
Fine Bone
China
ENGLAND 
STANDARD CHINA
ENGLAND 

c.1930-49

 


Royal Mayfair
BONE CHINA
ENGLAND 

c.1938-41

 


Royal Standard
Bone China
ENGLAND 
Royal Standard
Fine Bone
China
ENGLAND 

1949 onwards

 

  

 


1953 map showing the location of the Albert Works on the High Street, Longton 

 

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