Hopkin and Vernon






 

Location and period of operation:

Hopkin & Vernon

Burslem

 c.1836

c.1839

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Central Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • the partners were Peter Hopkin and James Vernon - these were probably Peter Hopkin of Market Place and James Vernon & Co of High Street, Burslem.

  • the business closed in May 1839

 

Central Pottery 

These old-established works, the property of Mr. Alcock, of Bradwell Lodge, and carried on by his son, Mr. Richard Alcock, were formerly worked by Messrs. Hopkin & Vernon, next by Messrs. Hulme & Booth, next by Thomas Hulme, and then by Messrs Burgess & Leigh, who were succeeded by Mr. Richard Alcock, by whom they have been considerably enlarged, rebuilt, and remodelled.

Llewellynn Jewitt, 1878 - The Ceramic Art of Great Britain

 

The London Gazette
14 May 1839


notice of the dissolution of the partnership of Hopkin & Vernon 

 

 


platter in the Willow pattern by Hopkin & Vernon

- more on the Willow pattern -
H & V

 

photos courtesy: Dee Downes 

 

 

 
red printed transferware plate with impressed mark - Hopkin & Vernon, Burslem

 

 

 

   
transferware plates by Hopkin & Vernon

 

 

  
Asiatic Scenery 

 this series was produced by a number of potters

photos: Transferware Collectors Club

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:


 HOPKIN & VERNON
BURSLEM

 

H & V

 

 


HOPKIN & VERNON
BURSLEM

 

 


H & V

 

Questions, comments, contributions?  email: Steve Birks