Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe






 

Location and period of operation:

Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe

Burslem

c. July 1877

1879

 

Earthenware manufacturers at the Hadderidge Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • The partners were Abraham Blackhurst and a Mr. Tunnicliffe.

  • Abraham Blackhurst was also a junior partner in the business of Wood, Challinor & Co

  • The partnership of Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe. was dissolved in in 1879. Abraham Blackhurst continued at the Hadderidge Pottery as Blackhurst & Bourne.

 

 

Formerly: Heath & Blackhurst

Subsequently: Blackhurst & Bourne


 

 


Willow pattern platter

the significant part of the output of Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe appears to
have been Willow pattern ware
Stone Ware
B & T

 

 

 

 

 


flow blue - Delhi pattern 


DELHI
B & T

printed

 Stone Ware
B & T

impressed

 

 

 

 

 

 


plate in the Vicenza pattern 

Vicenza is a city in northeastern Italy (in 157 BC, the city was a de facto Roman centre and was given the name of Vicetia or Vincentia, meaning "victorious")
Vicenza 
B & T

photos courtesy: Lara Gabel 

 

 

 


black transferware jug - 'Fiddle Nuisance'  
Vicenza 
B & T

photos courtesy: Darren Burd  

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe did not have a standard mark 
- each pattern had its own ornamental cartouche incorporating the  initials

B & T

various printed and occasionally impressed marks with these initials
the name of the pattern is sometimes included

 

 

 


The Hadderidge Pottery

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Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks