Bourne & Leigh (Ltd)






 

Location and period of operation:

Bourne & Leigh (Ltd)

Burslem

1892

1941

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Albion Pottery (which was later renamed to the Leighton Pottery), Orme Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The original partners were Mr E Bourne and Mr J E Leigh - it appears that in 1913 Bourne left the partnership.

  • In 1913 Leigh was joined by Mr A W Potter until 1937.

  • In 1937 the company was incorporated as Bourne & Leigh Ltd when Gerald Wood, the principle partner of Arthur Wood & Son (Longport) Ltd, with others, aquired an interest in the business.

  • Bourne & Leigh closed in 1941 as part of the wartime concentration scheme and did not reopen. 

 

Previously: E Bourne was in partnership as Blackhurst & Bourne (1880-92) at the Hadderidge Pottery Burslem. 

Subsequently:  Leighton Pottery Ltd (c.1940-54)

 



Bourne & Leigh
(Late Blackhurst & Bourne)
Albion Pottery, Burslem

Pottery Gazette - January 1906

 

 


Orme Street
Bourne and Leigh,
Earthenware manufacturers,
Albion Pottery

 

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

 

 

 

 

 


flow blue butter pat dish in the Ophir pattern
OPHIR
E.B & J.E.L.
England 

 1892 - c.1912

 

 


Willow pattern dish 
E.B & J.E.L.
England 

 1892 - c.1912

 

 

 

 

ironstone mug in the comic TYKE pattern manufactured by BOURNE AND LEIGH
mug marked Albion Pottery

A YORKSHIREMAN'S ADVICE TO HIS SON: 
SEE ALL, HEAR ALL, SAY NOWT. 
On the lower part of the cup under the sleeping dog it reads: 
EAT ALL, DRINK ALL, PAY NOWT AND IF EVER THA DOES OUT FOR NOWT ALLUS DO IT FOR THISEN.

 


Bourne & Leigh covered serving dish 

 


Vase in the Chinese Rose pattern


Leighton
Pottery
B & L
B 

"Chinese Rose" is the pattern name

B stands for Burslem - the town where the works were situated

mark used in the 1930+

 

 

 

 


1910-1935
Silver Jubilee
King George V  Queen Mary


Produced at 
the
Leighton Pottery
Burslem, Eng
Made in England

this style of mark was continued 
by Leighton Pottery Ltd. 

 

 

 

 


coffee set in pattern number 4613 

c.1930s 
Leighton
Pottery
B & L
B 

 


not all items in the set carry the full Leighton Pottery mark  
- this was not uncommon, when speed of production was more important -

photos courtesy: Jeremy Green

 

 

Initials and marks used on ware for identification:

B & L

Bourne & Leigh 

B & L
B

Bourne & Leigh 
Burslem

E B & J E L

E. Bourne & J.E. Leigh 

E B J E L

E. Bourne  J.E. Leigh 

E B & J E L
B

E. Bourne & J.E. Leigh
Burslem 

 

 


E.B & J.E.L.
England 

 1892 - c.1912

OPHIR is the pattern name

 

 

    
E.B & J.E.L.
England 

 1892 - c.1912

Mark incorporating the Royal Arms

 


E. Bourne & J.E. Leigh
Royal Semi-Porcelain
Burslem
England
EBJEL 

 c.1912+

OPHIR is the pattern name

 

 

printed mark c.1912+
Albion Pottery
E.B. & J.E.L.
B

 c.1912+
B stands for Burslem - the town where the works were situated
TYKE is the pattern name

The registration number 579814 dates from 1911

"Asiatic Pheasants" is the pattern name
EB & JEL

"Asiatic Pheasants" is the pattern name


Leighton 

The registration number 300714 dates from 1897

 


Leighton
Pottery
B & L
B 

"Chinese Rose" is the pattern name

mark used in the 1930+

printed mark used in the 1930's
Leighton
Pottery
B & L
B 

"POMEGRANATE" is the pattern name

mark used in the 1930+

this mark with the name "Royal Leighton" 
was continued by Leighton Pottery Ltd

 


1899 OS map showing the Albion Pottery

 


1924 OS map - the works have been renamed to the Leighton Pottery

 

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