Doric China Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Doric China Co

Fenton 

1924

1926

Longton

1926

1948

 

China ware manufacturer in Fenton (c.1924-6) and then at the Clarence Works, Longton (c.1926-48), Stoke-on-Trent 

  • The partners were Martha Dale and Harry Meigh

  • Operating in China Street, Fenton from 1924 and then, from 1926 at High Street, Longton.

  • On 30 December 1933 the partnership between Martha Dale and Harry Meigh was dissolved and Harry Meigh continued with the business. 

  • Harry Meigh took Ernest Edwin Spanton Reid as a partner. 

  • In 1935 Meigh and Reid entered into an arrangement with their creditors and the business was taken over by Royal Albion China Co. in about 1935 but continued to operate under its own name of Doric Chona.

  • In 1948 the owner J. H. Dale sold the assets of both Doric China Co. and Royal Albion China  to the Jason China Co Ltd.

  • July 1951 Doric China Co Ltd was wound up. On the 21 June 1954 an application was made to the High Court for the restoration of Doric China Company Ltd. - however the company did not seem to manufacture or trade after 1948.  

 

 

 

Formerly: Beresford Brothers


Subsequently: Jason China Co

 

London Gazette
16 March 1934

 
notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
Martha Dale and Harry Meigh on 30 Dec 1933
the business was continued by Harry Meigh 

 

 

London Gazette
20 December 1935


notice of a Deed of Arrangement between Harry Meigh
and Ernest Edwin Spanton Reid and their creditors
13 June 1935

 

 

London Gazette
3 July 1951


notice of the winding up of Doric China Company

 

 

Examples of typical Doric China Co ware: 

Some of the pattern produced by Doric China were variations on the Imari style

 

 


gilded blue vase
 impressed mark DORIC 

probably 1924-6 at Fenton

 

 

 


Doric China sugar bowl 

with the printed Crown Mark

c.1926-35

 

 


Doric China trio 

with the printed Crown Mark

c.1926-35

 

 


cup and saucer in the Indian Trees pattern 

with the printed Crown Mark

c.1926-35

 

 


from a tea set decorated in the Imari style 
 the gilt, colour patches and cobalt blue accents were painted by hand
consequently there are slight variations from item to item and sometimes
some of the cobalt blue accents are missed   

 

the sugar bowl is marked 'RUTH' and all the cups are marked 'RUHR' with the number 523
of the set of 8 saucers 4 are marked RUTH and 4 RUHR

 

- more on the Imari pattern -

 

The pattern RUHR and RUTH are identical - it is not known why there is the difference in name

 

photos courtesy: Patricia Begley 


"RUHR"
Doric China
Fenton England 

Fenton is the name of the town where the factory was located


"RUTH"
Doric China
Fenton England 

1924-26 

in 1926 Doric China moved from Fenton to the adjoining town of Longton

 

 

 


Doric China trio in the Imari style 

c.1926-35
DORIC
CHINA
Longton
Made in England

in 1926 Doric China moved from the town of Fenton to Longton 

 

 

 

 

 
Doric Bone China saucers

with the 'script' Doric Mark

c.1934-48

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

Many of these marks were continued when Doric China Co was owned by Royal Albion China Co. (1935-48)

 

DORIC

printed or impressed mark
(1924-35) 

the Crown Mark used by Doric China Co has a capital 
letter M inside a diamond shape

 


- Crown Mark -
Made in England
- Crown Mark -
Made in England
Bone China

c.1926-35 

the mark with the crown and letter 'M' in the diamond
shape were shared with Royal Albion China

 

 


DORIC
CHINA
Fenton
England

c.1924-26

'PEARL' is the pattern name

Doric China moved from Fenton to Longton in 1926 


Bone China
DORIC
CHINA
Longton
Made in England

c.1926-48 


DORIC
CHINA
Longton
Made in England

c.1926-48 

 

 

 

 


Doric
Bone China
Made in England

1934-48

 

 


- click photo for information on the Clarence Works -  

 

 

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