Bridge
Street Pottery Co |
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Location and period of operation:
Bridge Street Pottery Co |
Burslem |
1915 |
post 1949 |
Decorator
and wholesaler of earthenware
and china dinner sets and Hotel and Catering Ware at Burslem,
Stoke-on-Trent, England.
The Bridge Street
Pottery Co. was a decorator and wholesaler that did not produce its own
earthenware and china. Instead, the company purchased undecorated
"blanks" from other potteries and applied its own designs. It
appears that most if not all of the blanks were supplied by Alfred
Meakin Ltd.
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"Mr Tittensor is Managing
Director of both the
Bridge Street Pottery Co. of Burslem, and
the Washington Pottery Ltd. of Shelton"
Staffordshire Sentinel
Newspaper
30 July 1949
announcement of the death
of Harrison Tittensor
- the founder of the Bridge Street Pottery
Staffordshire Sentinel
Newspaper
29 April 1992
Bridge Street Pottery
Catalogue
Bridge Street Pottery
Catalogue for Wholesale & Export
scan of the catalogue kindly supplied by Paul Mayo
![]() Cup in the Rosaline pattern |
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this pattern appears in the Bridge Street catalogue
'Spitfire Fighter Fund'
![]() Fighter Plane Fund Derby
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Badged Ware
Badged Ware
Clubs, Restaurants, Institutions, Etc.
The Bridge
Street Pottery Co. |
The logo
is of the cap badge of the Durham Light Infantry The crown is the Kings Crown (it was changed to the Queens Crown in 1953)
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plate and mug from St. Paul's Church in Clarence Street, Penzance. Bridge Street Pottery used undecorated blanks from Alfred Meakin |
![]() Wall Nook Methodist |
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![]() City Golf Club St. David's |
![]() these marks clearly show that the manufacturer of the white ware blanks was Alfred Meakin |
photos courtesy: Margaret Nolan
Marks used on ware for identification:
Bridura
'BRIDURA' used
as a trade mark
probably a contraction of 'Bridge'
and 'durability'
BRIDGE STREET POTTERY Co
![]() THE BRIDGE STREET POTTERY Co BURSLEM STAFFS |
![]() THE BRIDGE STREET POTTERY Co BURSLEM STAFFS Alfred Meakin these marks clearly show that the manufacturer of the white ware blanks was Alfred Meakin |
![]() BRIDGE STREET POTTERY BURSLEM England |
BRIDGE STREET POTTERY Co
BURSLEM
Bridura
Hotel Ware
the Bridge Street mark on the
left is
printed over
the Alfred Meakin mark
Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks
Page created 26 Nov 2020 Updated 22 Nov 2021: Catalogue added Updated 26 June 2023: Page tidied up; 'Bridura' marks added. Updated 24 Aug 2025: Introductory section expanded; St. David's City Golf Club ware added. |