Davenport, Beck & Co

Location and period of operation:

(See sources)

Earthenware and majolica manufacturers at the Castlefield Pottery Works, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent

• The partners were John Davenport and Augustine Beck. 

• Earthenware and teracotta vases in the same style of the former company Davenport, Banks & Co continued to be produced. 

• Davenport & Beck entered into bankruptcy in 1874, however the company actually continued to 1880. 

Formerly: Davenport, Banks & Co  

London Gazette, 24 Nov 1874 

Davenport & Beck  bankruptcy arrangements

Davenport, Beck & Co 
terracotta stoppered bottle vase with rose decoration

Davenport, Beck & Co 
black-ground, guilded, earthenware bottle 

 Iny Greek mythology Ganymede (a divine hero) feeds Zeus (in the fom of an Eagle)

Initials and marks used on ware for identification:

D B & Co

these initials were also used by
the previous company 
Davenport, Banks & Co.  

Trade Mark
D B & Co
Etruria 

Davenport, Becks & Co used 
this mark of a castle, the initials D B & Co
and 'Etrurua' inside an oval garter

the former Castlefield Pottery Works in 1928

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