Wood & Barker






 

Location and period of operation:

Wood & Barker Ltd

Burslem

1897

1903

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Queen Street Potteries, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
  • The business closed in 1903 and the Queen Street Works were demolished around 1904 to provide the site for the Burslem School of Art. 

 

Formerly: Thomas Wood & Sons 

 


 


small serving dish in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern 

W & B Ltd 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

marks for Wood & Barker always include 'Ltd" - marks with just 'W & B' are likely to be Wood & Baggaley

 

W & B LTD

 

W & B LTD
B

the 'B' stands for the pottery town of Burslem
where the works were located
 


 


W & B Ltd 

W & B Ltd 
B

usually the pattern name is included on the diagonal band 

 


 


W & B Ltd 

W & B Ltd 
B

initials used on the Asiatic Pheasants pattern


 

 


1879 map showing the location of the Queen Street Works

Queen Street was named after the pottery ware Wedgwood made for Queen Charlotte in 1765. 

The Queen Street Works were demolished around 1904 to provide the site for the Burslem School of Art. 

 


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