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Hines
Bros |
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Location and period of operation:
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Hines Bros |
Fenton |
1886 |
1907 |
Earthenware manufacturer at Heron Cross Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken over by Grimwades Ltd in 1907.
Initials used on ware for identification:
H B
Heron Cross Pottery
Messrs. Hines Brothers built this pottery in 1886.
Good Quality 'Opaque Porcelain' and 'Ivory'
ware was produced into the twentieth century.
The firm was taken over by Grimwade's in
1908.
From: Jewitt's 'Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900.
Printed marks used 1886-1907
banner reads:
'Opaque Porcelaine Manufacturers'
above the Heron is the
Staffordshire knot
with the wording:
'HINES BROS'
Thomas Hines, the owner of Hines Bros.
Pottery,
and his wife and ten children outside their home Clyde Villa on Clyde St.
Thomas Hines is the old gentleman with the beard.
1881 census:
Dwelling: 106 Pool Dole
Census Place: Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
| Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| Thomas HINES | M 43 M | Head | St Martins, Shropshire | Potters Placer |
| Mary HINES | M 35 F | Wife | Fenton | |
| Richard C. HINES | 14 M | Son | Hanley | Scholar |
| Annie E. HINES | 12 F | Daur | Longton | Scholar |
| Mary C. HINES | 10 F | Daur | Fenton | Scholar |
| Thomas W. HINES | 8 M | Son | Fenton | Scholar |
| Caroline E. HINES | 5 F | Daur | Fenton | Scholar |
| Arthur J. HINES | 4 M | Son | Fenton | |
| Fred. Leonard HINES | 6 m M | Son | Fenton | |
| Gertrude M. HINES | 3 F | Daur | Fenton |
The above information may
not be available
for all potters - if you have information to
help complete the records then I would be
happy to include it.
email: Steve Birks
updated: 19/02/2002
