Sytch Pottery, Burslem

Dates are approximate

"Sytch Pottery
Of very old foundation. In the nineteenth century, the Sytch Pottery passed successively into the hands of J. & R. Hall (1802-22) and then J. Hall & Sons. 
In about 1832, Barker, Sutton & Till took to the works; but at subsequent periods, Mr. Barker and Mr. Sutton withdrew from the partnership. 

From 1850, it remained in the hands of Thomas Till, who joined in partnership with his sons and the firm became Thomas Till & Sons. The ware produced was good middle- class earthenware. Besides earthenware of the usual average quality - in which services and innumerable useful articles were made by them - Messrs. Till produced coloured bodies of various kinds (cane, sage, drab and lilac); stoneware of a hard and durable kind for jugs, etc.; jet glazed ware; terra-cotta; enamelled ware; and various coloured lustres. These were principally intended for the home trade. At the Paris Exhibition of 1855, the firm received a certificate of merit. The mark used was the name of the firm in various forms. Messrs. Thomas Till & Sons (Ltd.) continued to 1928."

From "Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain" 

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updated: Oct 2005