Thomas Booth & Son






 

Location and period of operation:

Thomas Booth & Son

Tunstall

1872

1876

 

Earthenware and ironstone manufacturers at the Church (Bank) works in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent 

  • Thomas Booth (the founder of the business) had died in 1872 and his son Thomas Gimbert Booth took over the business on his own account. The title became Thomas Booth & Son. 

 

Formerly: T Booth & Co

Subsequently: T. G. Booth

 

 

   
Thomas Booth & Son shallow dish in the Indian Ornament pattern

this pattern was continued through the successive iterations
of the Booth companies



hand coloured transferware soap dish in the Royal Ribbon pattern
marked with T. B & S

 


 
small bowl in the Royal Ribbon pattern

photos courtesy:  David Rawson

 

The Royal Ribbon pattern was introduced by the predecessor Thomas Booth & Co 

 

 


plate in the popular MADRAS pattern 

the pattern was first produced and registered by Thomas Booth & Co

 

         
 various marks on MADRAS pattern ware

this and other patterns were produced by previous
and subsequent BOOTH companies

the registration diamond shows that the pattern 
was first registered on 14 August 1872

J.D. and H & L are probably the initials of retailers

 

 

fragment of ware in the MADRAS pattern found (2024) in Burin, Newfoundland, Canada

photo courtesy: Darrell Butler

   

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

 

T B & S


T B & S

'Indian Ornament' is the pattern name 

 

 


T B & S
IRONSTONE
 (impressed mark )

'VASE' is the pattern name
this pattern was introduced by the predecessor: Thomas Booth & Co


the registration diamond shows the 
pattern was registered on 14th September 1868

 

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