Brown-Westhead,
Moore & Co |
Location and period of operation:
Brown-Westhead,
Moore & Co |
Hanley |
1862 |
1904 |
Manufacturers of high-grade earthenwares and porcelain at Cauldon Place, Hanley (Shelton area), Stoke-on-Trent, England. Also manufacturers of sanitary ware.
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Previously: Bates, Brown-Westhead & Moore [1859-61]
Subsequently: Cauldon (Brown-Westhead & Moore) Ltd. [1905-20]
1893 trade journal entry for Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
T C Brown-Westhead, Moore &
Co
The
Pottery Gazette, American and Canadian Edition, January 1st 1880
T C Brown-Westhead, Moore &
Co
Advert in the hnadbook to the 1893
'World's Columbian Exposition', Chicago
London Gazette, June 6, 1882
notice that James Moore (deceased) was no longer
a partner in the business
sanitary ware by Brown-Westhead
Moore & Co - possibly a water tank
T.C. Brown-Westhead
Moore & Co
the impressed numbers are
probably workman marks - added by
the people producing the ware - as a form of quality control
bowl in the Trentham pattern |
B W.M. & Co |
Registered design number: 226910 Registered: 1 February 1869 Proprietor: T C Brown-Westhead, Moore and Company. Address: Cauldon Place, Staffordshire Potteries, Staffordshire. Subject: Tea service.
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The registration diamond shows that this design was registered on the 1 February 1869 |
part of a large dinner set the pattern is of game or farm birds with floral spray on the left side of the scene |
T C Brown-Westhead Moore & Co impressed mark
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photos courtesy: Sandra Hafenrichter
gilded plate in the registered pattern 92932 the registration number 92932 shows
that the pattern was registered on the 6th February 1888 |
T C Brown-Westhead Moore & Co impressed mark the other painted and impressed numbers are probably workman marks - added by the people producing & decorating the ware - as a form of quality control |
photos courtesy: Barry Green
NATURE
NATURE
T.C. Brown-Westhead Moore & Co
Cauldon Place
Staffordshire Potteries
England
The 'Nature' series draws on the
Arts & Craft movement and mostly depicts a range of
birds and plants. Predominantly produced in blue and white - occasionally hand
coloured.
photos of hand coloured examples supplied
by: Annette Clark
Marks and initials used on ware for identification:
B W M
B W M & Co
click for more information on marks...
1893 article on Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.
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