Bishop & Stonier

China and Earthenware manufacturer at the Stafford Street Works, the Church Works and the Waterloo Works, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Bishop and Stonier were successors of a number of companies firstly established in 1851.
Earthenware was made at the Stafford Steet Works (the head office) and the Church Works. China was made at the Waterloo Works
The previous partners (Edwin Powell and Frederick Bishop) died in 1890 and 1891 and this new partnership was formed between James Watson Bishop and John Stonier to form Bishop & Stonier.
John Stonier dies in 1900 and the business was continued by James Watson Bishop - the name 'Bishop & Stonier' was retained.
In 1914 and again in 1926 the company got into financial difficulties and a Liquidator was appointed for the purpose of winding up - however the company managed to continue trading.
In 1933 the business was bought out by George Jones and Sons Ltd. Manufacture was moved to their Crescent Pottery, the name Bishop & Stonier was kept.
Around 1936 the name 'Stonier' was dropped from the back stamp.
The business closed in 1939 and did not reopen after the war.

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

Notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
James Watson Bishop and Mary Stonier, William Henry Bishop
and William Stonier Yates (as executors of John Stonier, deceased)

The London Gazette
24th March 1914

notice of appointment of Liquidator

The London Gazette
3rd August 1926

notice of appointment of Liquidator

Boscobel Pattern Tureen set
marked Bishop And Stonier England / Imperial Semi Porcelain.

Bishop & Stonier began producing Aztec Ware in the 1920's,

This large fruit bowl or punch bowl perhaps measures 10 1/4 inches in diameter, and just over 5 inches in height.
It features a Shakespearian repeating pattern of attendants and verse that reads: "May good digestion wait on appetite and health on both better be merry with the fruitful grape than sadder after none, or bitter, fruit. Unborn to-morrow and dead."

PATTERN NAME, "FLORENCE",

Canadian Tumbler Company were a retailer and supplier of hotel and catering ware
they purchased pottery from a number of English potters including:
Bishop & Stonier, Deans (1910) Ltd, Globe Pottery, Ridgways

This mark was registered as a trade mark by
Powell, Bishop & Stonier in 1880 the mark was also used by
subsequent partnerships including Bishop & Stonier.

This mark (Caduceus) was registered as a trade mark by Powell & Bishop in 1876 the mark was also used by subsequent partnerships including Bishop & Stonier.

Caduceus: A winged staff with two serpents twined around it, carried by Hermes (Greek God) it is a symbol of commerce.

- see Wikipedia article on the Caduceus

The "BISTO" trade name was only used by Bishop and Stonier and often appeared (but not always) with the two marks shown above.

Imperial Semi Porcelain
Bishop & Stonier
England
'GRANT' is the pattern name

these two printed marks are similar in style
to those first introduced by Powell & Bishop