Earthenware manufacturer at the Colonial Pottery, Whieldon Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

• A business between Winkle and Wood started in 1885 at the Pearl Pottery in Hanley.

• In 1888 Frederick Winkle and William Wood jointly opened the purpose built Colonial Pottery Works in Whieldon Road close to the border between Stoke and Fenton.

• Between 14th March 1889 and 25th June 1889 Winkle & Wood, at the Colonial Pottery, registered 7 patterns with the Board of Trade Designs in London. Some patterns registered to earlier partnerships at the Pearl Pottery continued to be made.  

 

• There must have been a significant disagreement between the two because in September 1889 the partnership was dissolved and Frederick Winkle continued on his own at the Colonial Pottery and William Wood continued at the Pearl Pottery works, Hanley.

The pattern features a transfer-printed design in brown-red, depicting wading birds in a natural setting. The rim shows birds in panels between shaped panels of foliate scrolls

W & W
STOKE

 The registration number 80531 shows that the shape was registered on the 10th September 1887 to Winkle & Wood when at the Pearl Pottery, Hanley

121720 shows that the pattern was registered on the 19th March 1889 to Winkle & Wood at the Colonial Pottery, Stoke

A printed design of a pond scene with water lily and bull rushes and also an orchid like flower & foliage. On larger pieces a kingfisher is included. 

 The registration number 109760 shows that the pattern was registered on the 3rd October 1888 to Winkle & Wood at the Pearl Pottery, Hanley.

The 'W & W STOKE' shows that the mug was actually made by Winkle & Wood at the Colonial Pottery in Stoke sometime between 1888 and Sept 1889

Winkle and Wood's factory was situated alongside the Trent and Mersey canal. In the foreground is Whieldon Road.