James Sadler was founded in 1882, and was one of the leading manufacturers of teapots in the UK. It all began with James Sadler, who built a factory in Burslem at the heart of the ceramic industry in Stoke-on-Trent, and made a name for himself by making fine earthenware teapots. He soon became famous, and a James Sadler teapot became synonymous with quality and good taste. In 2000 Sadlers business was acquired by Churchill Pottery and in 2007 the Sadlers site was cleared to make way for the Sadlers Park housing development. 
 

"James Sadler was founded in 1882, and is one of the leading manufacturers of teapots in the UK. It all began with James Sadler, who built a factor in Burslem at the heart of the ceramic industry in Stoke-on-Trent, and made a name for himself by making fine earthenware teapots. He soon became famous, and a James Sadler teapot became synonymous with quality and good taste.

The first teapots were made using a red clay with a dark brown glazed surface. The Rockingham Brown, or 'Brown Betty' as it is affectionately known, is still in production today using a more elegant, less utilitarian, white clay. From these beginnings, the company has flourished and grown to the size it is today.
It is an encouraging thought that the original James Sadler, whose great-grandson is the current chairman, would have approved of the diversity and design of the range today. His vision and commitment to understanding what the customer really wanted is the foundation on which the company was built, and is our philosophy today.

The rapid growth of the ceramic industry in the nineteenth century brought prosperity to Staffordshire, and the world passion for English pottery in the middle of this century, meant that James Sadler products very quickly became world famous. You can find our ranges on sale in over 100 countries around the world, from the USA to Australia, and from Russia to Brazil!"
 

Photo taken in 2000 showing the view along New Street (taken from Wedgwood Place)
The old pottery works of Sadler's can be seen on the left of New Street
 

The pottery factory on the right once housed The Central Works (dating from 1842).
This passageway ran from High Street (was renamed Greenhead Street) to Market Street,
on the skyline is the clock tower of the old Town Hall

Letterhead (dated 15th May 1928) from the James Sadler potteries