Thomas
Booth & Co |
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Location and period of operation:
Thomas
Booth (& Co) |
Litchfield Street |
Britannia metal goods |
1845 |
c.1865 |
Thomas
Booth |
Britannia Works, High Street |
Britannia metal goods |
1865 |
c.1866 |
Thomas
Booth |
Britannia Works, High Street & Waterloo Works, Nelson Place |
Britannia metal goods & earthenware |
1867 |
1871 |
Thomas
Booth & Sons |
New Hall Works |
Britannia metal goods & earthenware |
1872 |
1877 |
NOTE: dates are approximate and might be overlapping.
Britannia metal goods
and earthenware
manufacturer at various locations in Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent, England.
NOTE: There is no known relationship between this Thomas Booth and Thomas Booth of Burslem & Tunstall |
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| Britannia Works | Registered Designs | New Hall Works |
| London Gazette announcements | Census Records |
Britannia Works
Lichfield Street, Hanley
Advertisements:
These adverts from various directories show the development of the partnerships and location of the works.
adverts
courtesy
of: Henrywood, Staffordshire Potters 1781-1900
Thomas Booth & Co
MOUNTERS
and Exporters of
Hot Water and Molasses Jugs
Britannia Works
Litchfield Street, Hanley
advert from
1852 Slater Directory
![]() Established 1845 Thomas Booth Manufacturer of Britannia Metal Goods Mounter and Exporter of Hot Water Jugs, Molasses Jugs, Teapots, &c., Britannia Works High Street, Hanley The Greatest Assortments in the Kingdom advert from 1865 Keates Directory |
![]() same advert, two years later, with the addition of... Earthenware
Manufacturer, advert from 1867 Keates Directory |
Registered Designs: Between 1867 to July 1871 there were at least 6 earthenware design registrations made by Thomas Booth, Britannia Works, High Street, Hanley. From 1872 the company name and location changed and between May 1872 to March 1875 there were at least 5 earthenware design registrations made by Thomas Booth & Sons, Newhall Works, Hanley. Details of the registrations can be found at the National Archive. Many of the ware made includes a registration diamond mark |
![]() 212194 - Thomas Booth - 10 October 1867 - Jug |
![]() 229627 - Thomas Booth - 26 May 1869 - Jug |
the design for both of these jugs was registered by Thomas Booth of the Britannia Works, High Street, Hanley
Examples of ware:
more designs can be be found here
![]() moulded earthenware teapot with a Britannia metal lid Registered design number: 242234 |
![]() T. B. Hanley Dresden the registration
diamond gives a date of 7th June 1870 for the registration of the
design. 'Hanley' is the name of the town where the factory was located.
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photos courtesy: Ann Tattam
![]() moulded earthenware teapot in the Sweeprace design with a Britannia metal lid
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![]() T. B. Hanley Sweeprace
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photos courtesy: Sharon Petriello
Thomas Booth
& Sons
New Hall Pottery, Hanley
Thomas Booth & Sons were at the New Hall Works c. 1872-77
New Hall Works: It appears that around 1872 the business of Thomas Booth relocated to the New Hall Works in Hanley and Thomas took his two sons, Walter & Henry into partnership
".... in 1872 Messrs. Harding gave up the business, when Mr. John Aynsley, china manufacturer, of Longton, purchased the back portion of the works and let it to its present occupiers, Messrs. Thomas Booth & Sons. The entire front of the New Hall Works was purchased by Mr. Henry- Hall, metal mounter of jugs, teapots, &c., so that the manufactory became divided into two distinct properties. The portion occupied by Messrs. Booth having been burnt down has been rebuilt. The productions of Messrs. Booth & Sons are the usual classes of ordinary earthenware in printed, painted, enamelled and gilt services ; stone ware of good quality, in which a large variety of jugs and teapots are made ; and jasper ware, in various ornamental articles. Among their shapes of toilet ware are the "Eldon," "Globe," "Alexandra," and "Cottage;" and among their specialities in other goods are a self-closing hot-water jug, and a molasses jug, which are considered very successful."
NOTE: It was common practice for manufacturers and landlords to rent potworks to a succession of pottery manufacturers. It was also a regular practice for the larger works to be let to a number of manufacturers at the same time. |
Established
1845
Thomas Booth & Sons
New Hall Pottery, Hanley
Manufacturers of Earthenware
generally
Jasper, Stone, Majolica
Porous Bottles
Acid-proof Mortars and Pestles
Britannia Metal Mounted Hot Water Jugs, Teapots, &c
Two Minutes Walk from Hanley Railway Station
advert from 1875 Keates Directory
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![]() printed: Britannia Seated Trade Mark |
patent self-closing hot-water jug with Britannia metal lid and spout cover - the registration diamond shows that the design 284936/7 was registered on the 7th September 1874 to Thomas Booth and Sons of the Newhall Works, Hanley, Staffordshire. | photos courtesy: Sarah Jagoda |
![]() platter - unnamed (English Ivy) |
![]() Booth & Sons Hanley New Hall Pottery c. 1872-77 |
source acknowledgement: Adrienne T. Boggs (artworkarchive.com)
The London
Gazette Notice of the
dissolution of the partnership between |
The London
Gazette notice of liquidation of the business and the first notice issued for a meeting of creditors |
Census Records
1851 census:
Litchfield Street, Hanley
Name |
Age |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
Thomas Booth | 51 | Head | York Sheffield | Britannia metal worker (employing 6 males and 6 females) |
Lydia Booth | 47 | Wife | York Sheffield | |
Maria Booth | 24 | Dau | York Sheffield | metal polisher |
Sarah Ann Booth | 18 | Dau | York Sheffield | metal polisher |
Emma Booth | 15 | Dau | York Sheffield | |
Walter Booth | 12 | Son | York Sheffield | |
Henry Booth | 7 | Son | York Sheffield |
1861 census:
5 Litchfield Street, Hanley
Name |
Age |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
Thomas Booth | 61 | Head | Sheffield Yorkshire | Britannia metal worker (employing 4 boys and 6 girls) |
Lydia Booth | 57 | Wife | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
Walter Booth | 22 | Son | Sheffield Yorkshire | assistant |
Henara ? | 23 | Dau-in-Law | Hanley Staffs | |
Henry Booth | 17 | Son | Sheffield Yorkshire | warehouse boy |
Harry ? | 8 mo | Grandson | Hanley Staffs | |
Frederick ? (not Booth) |
? | Grandson | Hanley Staffs |
1871 census:
Staffordshire -Hanley
Thomas Booth (71) and wife Lydia (67), along with several grandchildren. (Wanda -Ada -Emma Teophilia-and Thomas Henry Broskowski (Broczkozki). He is listed as an earthenware manufacturer. They had a daughter Sarah Ann Booth b-abt 1833 who married a Constantine Broczkoski in Birmingham on 3rd January 1856.
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