• Edward Walley had previously been in partnership with Elijah Jones at the Villa Pottery. In February 1845 Elijah Jones left the business and Edward Walley continued on his own account.  

• From 1856 the style of the business was E Walley & Son / Edward & William Walley. 

• By 1860 to cope with expanding production needs the business additionally worked the Scotia Pottery at Burslem.

• By 1861 the business employed 360 people. 

• In January 1862 William Walley left the partnership which was continued by Edward Walley. 

• In 1865 Edward Wally retired from manufacturing and was in business as a commission agent and potter's valuer. He died on the 13th December 1872, in the trustee's notice he was described as 'Potters' Valuer & Agent'

WALLEY, Edward (1810-1872), pottery manufacturer, Burslem. 

Edward Walley was born at Hanley and baptised on 6 May 1810, the son of Edward Walley and his wife Elizabeth.

He operated the Villa Pottery at Cobridge from about 1840 until 1865 initially with Elijah Jones (as Jones & Walley); from 1845 on his own and then from about 1856 with William Walley.

By 1860 he also worked the Scotia Pottery at Burslem. 

He produced relief moulded jugs for the home market and exported ironstone ware, particularly to Canada, where he supplied churches with ware decorated with individualised markings. He employed 360 hands in 1861. After withdrawing from manufacture he was in business as a commission agent and potter's valuer. 

Edward Walley was a member of the Burslem Board of Health from 1850 to1863 and served as chief bailiff in 1860-1. In 1849 he complained of the inadequacy of the street lighting in Cobridge. 

He married Margaret Turner and a son Edward was born at Hanley in 1837. By 1861 the family were living at Grove House, Cobridge and later in Clifton Terrace, Waterloo Road, Burslem where he died on 13 December 1872. 

'People of the Potteries' 
Sources: Information from Mr J W Bentley, Lytham St. Annes; Census 1861; Dir. 1851, 1860; IGI Staffs; Jewitt; Oldham, .

the registration diamond shows that this design was registered on the 29th November 1856 to Edward Walley 

The printed initial W is generally attributed to Edward Walley

E Walley Cobridge
Registered 10 May 1845
Ranger

This design was registered to "Edward Walley and J G R Boote" at the Villa Pottery, Cobridge, Staffordshire. 

It was the first design registered after William Walley left the partnership.

It is unsure who 'J G R Boote' was - it could be someone connected to business of T & R Boote

platter in the Wreath pattern 

this platter carried both the printed and impressed marks shown

Paris White Ironstone China was a trade name used by Edward Walley

 

Paris White Ironstone China
Walley

impressed mark 

E. Walley

printed mark 

part of a dinner set in the Star & Garter pattern

the pattern consists of copper lustre bands with green trim,
the stars look more like tiny green dots

the back stamps vary from both impressed and printed marks, printed marks
hand painted decorator/pattern numbers and no marking
 

Ironstone China
Edwards Walley

printed mark 

CERES is the pattern name