John Alcock  




 

Location and period of operation:

John Alcock  

Cobridge

1853

1861

 

Earthenware and Ironstone manufacturer at the Cobridge Works, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • The Alcock family had been associated with the Cobridge Works (later renamed the Elder Pottery Works) in Cobridge since 1835. 

  • John Alcock operated here on his own account from 1853 and in 1848 he rebuilt the front of the range. According to Jewitt, Ceramic Art of Great Britain the business manufactured white granite ware 'exclusively for the American markets'.  

  • In 1861 Henry Alcock succeeded John Alcock and the business operated as Henry Alcock & Co. 

 

Subsequently: Henry Alcock & Co (Ltd)

 

 

 


brown transfer-ware platter in the Vincennes pattern
John Alcock
Cobridge 

VINCENNES is the pattern name 
- COBRIDGE is the name of the town where the works were situated 

 

 


  
 lidded tureen in the Vincennes pattern

 

 

 


white ironstone jug in a wheat pattern


John Alcock
Cobridge

impressed mark

the registration diamond shows that the pattern was registered on the 7th May 1853

       

 


 

Marks used on ware for identification:

JOHN ALCOCK
COBRIDGE

 

Imperial Ironstone China

 

  
John Alcock
Cobridge

printed mark

'VINCENNES' is  the pattern name
the right hand example has a pattern registration diamond 

 

 

 

 

         
John Alcock
Cobridge

printed mark

'CELESTE' is  the pattern name

 

 

    

varying printed marks were used with the John Alcock name and the place name 'Cobridge'
often including the pattern name  

 

 


Imperial
Ironstone China
John Alcock

printed mark incorporating the Royal Arms

 

Ironstone China
John Alcock
Cobridge

impressed mark

 


John Alcock
Paris Shape

the registration diamond shows that the pattern was registered on the 20th March 1857

Imperial
Ironstone China
John Alcock

       - more on ironstone china -  

 

 

 


Imperial
Ironstone China
John Alcock

printed mark incorporating a rampant lion and unicorn either side of a central shield with a crown, very similar to the royal arms

shard found in Louisiana, US on the site of a former sugarcane plantation

photo courtesy: Amy Breaux

   

 

 

 

 


The Cobridge Pottery Works (later called Elder Works) 
in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent

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see a 'walk' around the Cobridge area where the potworks were located

 

 

Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks