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Earthenware
manufacturer at Shelton,
Stoke-on-Trent
, England
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The
business was previously operated by the brothers John (d.1828) and William
(d.1825) Yates and then continued by members of the Yates family until c.1835
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Dr.
Samuel Scriven (appointed by The Government Commission into Child
Labour in the Pottery Industry) visited the works of Yates and May in
1840 and placed them in 'Class 2' - 'with very few exceptions; are either
low, damp, close, small, dark, hot, dirty, ill ventilated, or unwholesome,
or have all these disadvantages.'
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Scriven
reported that the works were 'Partially suspended' and that only 4 under
thirteens worked there.
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October
1843 the works were advertised to let, apply John & William Yates;
moulds and copperplate engravings for sale. [Pottery references in the
Staffordshire Advertiser 1795-1865; Rodney Hampson]
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