Wiltshaw, Wood & Co






 

Location and period of operation:

William Wood & Co

Burslem

1869

1873

 

 China manufacturer at the Albert Street Works, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The partners were Thomas Wiltshaw, William Wood and Enoch Colclough - trading as Wiltshaw, Wood & Co.

  • They produced architectural china ware including door furniture. A 1870 adverts lists: mortice-lock furniture, finger plates, shutter and hall-door knobs, drawer knobs, beer engine and other handles, castor bowls, bedstead vases, and rosettes, jug-stands, door-labels, &c. 

  • In July 1873 Thomas Wiltshaw left the business which was continued by William Wood and Enoch Colclough as William Wood & Co. 

 

Subsequently: William Wood & Co

 

 


The London Gazette
8th July 1873 


notice that Thomas Wiltshaw left the partnership
which was continued by William Wood and Enoch Colclough

 

 

 

 

Initials and marks used on ware for identification:

 

W W & Co

initial generally inside a Stafford Knot 

 

 

printed mark without the crown: 1880-1915
W W & Co 

this style of mark was continued by William Wood & Co. 

 

 

 


Albert Street Works

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