William Baddeley (IV)

[disambiguation of the 'William' name in this Baddeley family]




 

Location and period of operation:

William Baddeley

Longton

1862

  1875

 

Earthenware and Terra Cotta figure manufacturer, also producing rustic ware at The Drury Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • A member of the Baddeley family of potters. 

  • This William Baddeley (IV), b. 1837, was the son of Henry William Baddeley (William III) and Elizabeth Taylor (ne้ Caulkin) who were both pottery manufacturers and the great-grandson of William Baddeley (I), the potter & lathe maker who commenced making brown ware at Eastwood, Hanley in 1750. 

  • In 1862 William Baddeley (IV) married Lucy Ball.

  • He.. "commenced manufacturing in the Normacot Road in 1862 and continued to 1875. His productions were rustic terra-cotta articles for floral, horticultural, useful and decorative purposes.." 

  • These business was continued by his wife Lucy from around 1875 to 1882. 

  • In the 1881 census William is described as a Commission Agent and Lucy as a Terra Cotta Manufacture

Also see: The Baddeley family of potters

 

account of William Baddeley (III)
in Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1878

 

"Their son, William Baddeley, commenced manufacturing in the Normacot Road in 1862 and continued to 1875. His productions were rustic terra-cotta articles for floral, horticultural, useful and decorative purposes - the principal articles being fern-stands, vases, flower-stands, hyacinth pots, flower-pots, garden seats, flower baskets, crocus pots, globe-stands, brackets and inkstands.

The designs were all taken from nature, and appropriate to to the intended use of the vessel. His imitations of bark, and of various woods and plants, was remarkably good."

Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain, 1878, pp401,402


 

 

 

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  • Last Updated: 19 April 2026 - page reformatted and introduction expanded.