Venables & Bains, J Venables, Venables & Mann

Venables & Baines, John Venables & Co, Venables Mann & Co.

Location and period of operation:

Venables & Baines

Venables, Mann & Co

John Venables & Co

Burslem

1850

1852

1853

1852

1856

1855

Earthenware and China manufacturers at the Hole House Pottery, Nile Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

The company specialised in transfer printed ware for the American Market.
John Venables was in partnership with a number of individuals, all of them appeared to be on a short lived basis.
John Venables and Arthur Mann registered a number of patents in 1854 & 55
The Hole House Works were inspected in 1840 by Robert Scriven for his report on child labour in the pottery industry,
the Mellor & Venables works were recorded as 'class 2'

"the rooms, with very few exceptions; are either low, damp, close, small, dark, hot, dirty, ill ventilated, or unwholesome, or have all these disadvantages"

Previously Mellor, Venables & Co.

Subsequently: John Venables & Co (at the Trent Pottery)

London Gazette 20 July 1852

notice of the dissolution of the partnership
between Venables and Baines

London Gazette 4 August 1854

London Gazette 26 January 1855

London Gazette 30 January 1855

Notice of patents by Venables & Mann

Registered by Venables & Baines
21st Septr 1850

The printed diamond mark gives the date 5th July 1847
- this is the date of the registration of the Medici pattern
the pattern was registered by the predecessor
Mellor, Venables & Co

The impressed diamond mark give the date 21 September 1850
- this will be the date of the registration of the shape.
the shape was registered by Venables & Baines

- see more on registration dates -

water jug by Venables & Baines - in the UNION pattern

The diamond mark gives the date Aug 5th 1849
- this is the date of the registration of the pattern
the pattern was registered by the predecessor
Mellor, Venables & Co - it was used by the subsequent Venables partnerships.

platter with the same UNION pattern - but produced by Venables & Baines water jug in the UNION pattern - Venables & Baines
transfer ware platter and water jug produced by Venables & Baines - the pattern is called UNION

c.1850-52

platter with the same UNION pattern - but produced by Venables, Mann & Co

c.1852-56

plate with oak leaves and acorns

Venables & Mann
Patent
Tambour
Ware

c.1852 - 1856

photos courtesy: Julia Perry

A significant amount of dinner ware by Venables & Mann and bearing the mark 'Patent Tambout Ware' has been found amungst the wreck of the sailing Ship - The Nashwauk.

The Nashwauk was a three-masted wooden ship, built at River John, Nova Scotia, in 1853.

On 13 February 1855 the vessel sailed from Liverpool , England, for Port Adelaide, Australia, with a general cargo and 300 assisted emigrants, mostly from Ireland. On 13 May after 89 days smooth sailing, poor navigation on behalf of the ship's master contributed to the vessel running aground adjacent to Moana in Gulf St. Vincent. All passengers reached the shore.