Lancaster & Sandland Ltd

Lancaster & Sandland Ltd

Location and period of operation:

Hanley

1944

Nov 1968

Manufacturer of earthenware at the Dresden works at an area named Tinkersclough, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

The Lancaster family had been involved in pottery manufacture from 1887 in a company called Lancaster & Barker.
From 1944 the business was renamed Lancaster & Sandland.
The company went into voluntary liquidation in November 1968.

Lancaster & Sandland Ltd
late Lancaster & Sons (Hanley) Ltd
Dresden Works
Tinkersclough, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

1947 Pottery Gazette & Glass Trade Review Reference Book

London Gazette
10 December 1968

notice of voluntary liquidation

character jug of Long John Silver

the design was registered in 1936 by the former Lancaster & Sons
and continued to be made by Lancaster & Sandland

preserves jar

photos courtesy: Nicole Wood

British Crown Ware

Crown Dresden Ware

these marks were introduced around 1935 by the previous company
Lancaster & Sons and continued by Lancaster & Sandland

A
English Ware
Lancasters Ltd
Hanley
England

the letter 'A' indicates that this ware was made
under the provisions of the Wartime Concentration Scheme

English Ware Made in England Lancaster & Sandland Hanley England 1944+	English Ware Lancaster Sandland Ltd Hanley England 1944+	Lancaster Sandland Hand Painted in England 1949+
Sandland Ware Lancaster & Sandland Ltd Hanley England 1949+	SANDLAND CHARACTER WARE Lancaster Sandland Hand Painted Hanley England 1949+	SANDLAND Made in England 1952+
Lancaster & Sandland Ltd Hanley Staffordshire England c.1955+	SANDLAND WARE L & S, LTD. Staffordshire England 1955+	SANDLAND WARE Staffordshire England c.1955+
SANDLAND Hanley Staffordshire Made in England c.1955+	SANDLAND Bone China Staffordshire England 1961+	SANDLAND Staffordshire England 1961+

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