Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd

Burslem

1921

1981

Earthenware manufacturer at Ellgreave Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Established in 1921, on the site of the Dale Hall Brick & Tile Works, by Harry Wood (who, at this time, was chairman of the large pottery company Wood & Sons). Ellgreave pottery operated as an associate company of Wood & Sons. A number of the Wood family were on the board of directors.
Around 1923 Charlotte Rhead, who had been working at Wood and Sons since 1912, designed for the Ellgreave Pottery and had a considerable hand in modernising their designs. Much of her work was sold by Ellgreave under the trade name of Lottie Rhead Ware.
The Ellgreave pottery also produced the ordinary or tubby Toby Jug around 1925, painting the jugs in bright colours such as orange, blue and yellow, which made it necessary to use the enamel over glaze technique. The production of Toby jugs fell into decline and was not revived until the early 1950s.
In 1937 the pottery was a Listed Exhibitor at the British Industries Fair and were exhibiting Ellgreave Tiles. Comprehensive range of White Body Tile and Faience Fireplaces. They exhibited "Several departures from orthodox ideas, including one Suite having Built-in Aquarium, giving revolutionary method of fireplace decoration".
The 1947 Pottery Gazette Directory listed the company officers as: Managing Director - H. F. Wood, Works Manager - B. Capper. H. F. Wood was also listed as the Managing Director of Wood & Sons.
Ellgreave Pottery Co. Ltd. remained operational during the Second World War period producing 'jugs and beakers only'.
In 1953 Ellgreave were advertising that they produced "More than 1,500,000 teapots per year" as well as "jugs, coffee pots and cocoa jugs in Rockingham and Samian, Fancies and comic animals".
The 1956 Pottery Gazette Directory lists the company officers as: Chairman of Directors - H. F. Wood, Managing Director - B. Capper, Director - H. Francis Wood, Secretary - A. R. Oulsnam.
In 1967 the company was put into voluntary liquidation, along with a couple of other Wood companies. Production was taken over by Wood & Sons and moved to the recently modernised Trent and New Wharf Pottery where the name Ellgreave continued.

Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd
The Leader for Insulated Tableware

Now used exclusively by:-
Bursley Manufacturing Co.
"Heatmaster," Kosy Kraft Ltd.
A.E. Medway & Co Ltd.
"Mirabelle," "Regal,"
"Regency," "Teamaster"

Pottery Gazette and Glass Review, August 1956

see details of the 'HEATMASTER' range

Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd
In each working minute we
produce 10 teapots

Pottery Gazette Reference Book 1956

teapot in the PEEL pattern

Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd
Burslem England

teapot in the Tonquin pattern
this popular transfer-ware pattern was produced in green, brown and pink

ELLGREAVE ENGLAND

TONQUIN
Royal Crownford Ironstone
Staffordshire England

gilt decorated teapot
produced for export under the Wartime Concentration Scheme

Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd
Burslem
England

the letter 'B' likely denotes that the ware was produced under the Wartime Concentration Scheme

c.1941-52

plain undecorated jug
likely produced for domestic use under the Wartime Concentration Scheme

Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd
Burslem

the letter 'B' likely denotes that the ware was produced
under the Wartime Concentration Scheme

c.1941-52

Dalphinium pattern c. 1930s	floral decorated teapot with gilt highlights probably post 1952
Ellgreave Pottery Co Ltd were a major producer of teapots - in the 1950s they were manking one and a half million teapots a year.