A
J Wilkinson Ltd |
Location and period of operation:
A J
Wilkinson Ltd |
Burslem |
1886 |
1964 |
Earthenware and
ironstone manufacturer at the Royal Staffordshire Pottery (and
formerly at the Central Pottery),
in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Formerly: Wilkinson and Hulme
A. J. Wilkinson Ltd
Royal Staffordshire Pottery
Burslem
Pottery Gazette - January 1906
ironstone ware plate in the tea-leaf pattern mark was pre-1896 (without 'LTD') |
'Pastoral Davenport' pattern
originally produced (1840) |
Clarice Cliff designed pattern 'Day by Day' |
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c.1947+ |
Candle holder in the form of a kneeling female figure
holding aloft a basket of fruit
decorated in a matt purple and turquoise glaze
with the Wilkinson Ltd lion and crown mark
matt glazed ware was produced by Wilkinson in the 1920 and 30s
hand coloured transfer plate in the Imari style |
impressed 3/33 - this is most likely the month/year of manufacture - in this instance June 1933
"Stafford" is the pattern name |
simple printed pattern in a quasi oriental style |
Royal Staffordshire Ceramics Made in England "Mandalay" is the pattern name |
Marks used on ware for identification:
WILKINSON
"Ltd" was added to the marks from c.1896
ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY
'Royal Staffordshire Pottery'
and other trade names
appear with and without the Wilkinson name
ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN
ROYAL STAFFORDSHIRE CERAMICS
'Royal Staffordshire Pottery'
is the most common trade name
occasionally 'Royal Staffordshire Porcelain' and
'Royal Staffordshire Ceramics' were used
Ironstone China Royal Staffordshire pottery Wilkinson Ltd England |
Royal Staffordshire Porcelain A. J. Wilkinson Ltd England |
The Biarritz Royal Staffordshire Great Britain Regd. No. 784849 |
Ceramics
by Clarice Cliff Royal
Staffordshire Ceramics |
Royal Staffordshire Ceramics by Clarice Cliff Made in England |
Royal Staffordshire Dinnerware by Clarice Cliff Made in England |
- click for details on Wilkinson marks -
teapot on the famous hand painted crocus pattern |
Royal Staffordshire Ceramics by Clarice Cliff Made in England
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Clarice Cliff
Clarice Cliff was born (1899) into a working class family in Tunstall. She showed artistic promise at school and left at age 13 to work as an apprentice enameller at a local factory 3 years later moving to another firm as an apprentice lithographer, at the same time she attended evening classes at Tunstall School of Art. In 1916 at 17 she joined A J Wilkinson's pottery where her drawing brought her to the attention of the owner, Colley Shorter and he allowed her to experiment on some old stock. In 1927 he arranged for her to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. Later in 1927 she studied in Paris. After a few months there she returned to Stoke-on-Trent where Shorter set her up in a decorating studio. By 1929 her designs went into full production as 'Hand Painted Bizarre by Clarice Cliff'. By 1931 she was an Art Director of the factory with a decorating team of around 150. Clarice Cliff and Shorter eventually married in 1940 after his first wife died. Colley Shorter died in 1964 and Clarice in 1972. See: "in the footsteps of Clarice Cliff"
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