Unwin & Holmes






 

Location and period of operation:

Unwin & Holmes

Hanley

Sept 1867

Jan 1873

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Upper Hanley Works, the High Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  • The partners were Ralph Unwin and Charles Holmes

  • The partnership was dissolved on the 28th January 1873 -  the business then continued as Holmes, Stonier & Hollinshead 

 

Previously: Unwin, Holmes & Worthington 

Subsequently: Holmes, Stonier & Hollinshead 

 

 

London Gazette
31st January 1873

 
notice of the dissolution of the partnership
between Unwin & Holmes 

 

 


hand coloured transferware plate in the Mandarin pattern  

 


cup and saucer in the Mandarin pattern  

 

 


dish in the Pekin pattern  

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:


U & H 

UNWIN & HOLMES 


U. & H.

'MANDARIN' is the pattern name 


Ironstone
U. & H.

'PEKIN' is the pattern name 


Upper Hanley Works

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