• Davison & Son produced general earthenware for domestic and export. The mark sometime used was a shield with a picture of the "Bleak Hills".

• Hales, Hancock & Godwin were their London agents and they had overseas agents in Canada, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and East Africa. 

• In 1907 became a limited company, this announcement appeared in the January 1907 edition of the Pottery Gazette:

"Davison & Son. — Registered capital, £15,000 in £1 shares. Objects, to acquire the business carried on by John Davison and J. A. B. Davison, at Bleak Hill Works, Burslem, as "Davison & Son," and to carry on the business of manufacturers and decorators of and dealers in china, porcelain, earthenware, stoneware, terra-cotta, Parian marble, &c."

• Davison & Sons Ltd were closed down in 1941 under the "Wartime Concentration Scheme" and production ceased until it was given licence to recommence manufacture in August 1945. Pricing restrictions still applied and Davison & Sons Ltd had to mark their ware with the letter 'B'. Utility restrictions fully ended in August 1952.     

• In 1951 the joint managing directors were Anthony Davison and John Davison. 

• In 1952 the business was acquired by Swinnertons Ltd.  

Davidson & Son Ltd
Burslem
England 

typical mark with a shield and
a picture of the "Bleak Hills" 

The letter 'B' shows that this ware was made between August 1945 and August 1952

Davison & Sons Ltd were closed down in 1941 under the "Wartime Concentration Scheme" and production ceased until it was given licence to recommence manufacture in August 1945. Pricing restrictions still applied and Davison & Sons Ltd had to mark their ware with the letter 'B'. Utility restrictions fully ended in August 1952.