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Wallis
Gimson & Co |
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Location and period of operation:
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Wallis Gimson & Co |
Fenton |
1882 |
1890 |
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Earthenware manufacturer at the Lane Delph Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England
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formerly: Pratt & Simpson
London
Gazette
February 21, 1888
notice of the dissolution
of the partnership btween
Joseph Gimson the younger and Thomas Wallis Gimson
London
Gazette
March 7, 1890
notice of a Deed for
Assignment for Creditors
small vase made by Wallis Gimson
& Co
HAMILTON is the pattern name
A small tureen in the
GARFIELD pattern
the mark includes a beehive, the company name and a registration number
8844
the pattern was first registered on the 25th June 1884
the pattern is in the aesthetic style
 lidded serving dish with under plate in the Alexandria pattern full dinner sets were produced in this
popular pattern which is in the aesthetic
style |
 The mark has the pattern name - Alexandria with the registration number 39268. The manufacturers name is not included, the registration number shows that the pattern was registered on the 8th December 1885 by Wallis Gimson & Co. |
Rd No 39268
Alexandria
Wallis Gimson & Co
this mark for the Alexandria
pattern
includes all the elements of the
Wallis Gimson mark
The World - Wallis Gimson & Co.
one of the plates in THE WORLD series
Windsor Castle
and the Albert Memorial
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The World - Wallis Gimson & Co. Influenced by the Aesthetic Movement, the patterns in this series reflect the period’s keen interest in nature and travel to exotic lands. Wallis Gimson's designs featured exotic blooming orchids and wildflowers mixed often with maiden hair fern fronds and butterflies. The central elements of the design are two cartouches each with a separate world-renowned city, building, architectural feature, or monument. All of the patterns were printed in dark brown with two versions produced; one in the single underglaze brown and the second printed in brown and painted with four vibrant colors underglaze. Gilding on the edge of the border is occasionally found on the printed and painted version. This series of patterns was first registered on May 27, 1884, with production ending sometime prior to the close of the factory in 1890. |
 THE WORLD Rd No 7624 |
 THE WORLD WALLIS GIMSON & Co |
M B & Co are likely to be retailers or distributors |
these various
marks used on The World series shows the differing
styles used by Wallis Gimson & Co
William Gladstone Plate made by Wallis Gimson
& Co
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This is not a memoriam plate as sometimes assumed (Gladstone passed away in 1898). This plate was produced about 10 years earlier as part of a series which celebrated the achievements of many Victorian figures. The octagonal shaped series was made by Wallis Gimson & Co and this example is marked - many are not. |
Queen Victoria Jubilee Plate
WALLIS GIMSON & Co
Mark on the Portrait Series plates
- No. 54 was the Queen Victoria Jubilee Plate above -
 plate produced to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 |
 Manufacturered for Silber & Fleming Ltd 57 Wood St London E.C. although there is no manufacturer mark
on the plate the registration number 613164 shows that the design was
registered by Wallis Gimson & Co.
of Fenton on the Silber & Fleming were a large London based retailer |
Marks used on ware for identification:
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Wallis Gimson & Co were not consistent in marking their ware - often the company name is included. Sometimes only the pattern registration number is used. A beehive (symbol of industry) was sometime used - with or without the company name. Note that other pottery manufacturers used a beehive mark. |
WALLIS GIMSON & CO
WALLIS GIMSON & Co
'HAMILTON' is the pattern name
registration number 7624 - corresponds to the year 1884
GRAPES is the pattern name
A printed mark of a beehive was used
with
the name Wallis Gimson & Co
although they included the words
'TRADE MARK'
it was probably not registered to them as the beehive
mark was widely used by pottery manufacturers
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