Ann Warburton & Son

Location and period of operation:

The factory was in Hot Lane (on the boundary of Burslem and Cobridge) in the North Staffordshire Potteries. 

The output was primarily cream-coloured wares. 

Ann Warburton (neé Daniel) (b.1713-d.1798) was the eldest child of Thomas Daniel, their family was amongst the oldest connected with the pottery industry of North Staffordshire. 

Ann married John Warburton (b.1720-d.1761) who was the son of an important potter - Joseph Warburton (b.1694-d.1752)

• Ann succeeded her husband John by 37 years and became a pottery manufacturer in her own right - she took Thomas, their son, as a partner. 

• The factory was also engaged at this period in independent enamelling, much of it for Wedgwood who sent quantities of tableware to Hot Lane for this purpose.

• The manufacturer of the cream-ware was much improved during Mrs. Warburton's management of the business. She introduced a number of improvements including a process which made on-glaze enamelling of cream-ware possible. 

• With her brother Ralph she developed an export trade in salt glaze ware to Holland. This trade is said to have encouraged Dutch enamellers to come to Cobridge. 

• Her brother Ralph Daniel is credited with the introduction of plaster of paris moulds, after a visit to France about 1745.

• She was exporting to Russia by 1774.

• Ann died in 1798 and was buried in St. John's churchyard, Burslem.

People of the Potteries. A Dictionary of Local Biography

The Warburton family of potters

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