T Elsmore & Son

Location and period of operation:

 (See sources)

Earthenware manufacturer at the Clayhills Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Formerly Elsmore & Forster.

Initials used on ware for identification:

ELSMORE & SON
ENGLAND

Thomas Elsmore & Son used the word England pre-1891,
 [the date when the country of origin was mandatory for ware destined for America]

Black transfer-printed 7" ABC plate with hand-painted colors,
 "THE GUARDIAN" - dog standing over sleeping child outdoors.

Impressed mark on back: "ELSMORE & SON ENGLAND"

Elsmore & Son Pitcher 
7" across by 8 1/4" high

Ironstone 8 1/2 inch plate in "Wheat" pattern by 
Thomas Elsmore and Son. Has scalloped interior edge.

Printed black mark on back: 
IRONSTONE CHINA 
above a variation of the Royal Arms; 
THOMAS ELSMORE & SON 
ENGLAND 
below.

Printed mark 
PARISIAN GRANITE
THOMAS ELSMORE & SON 
ENGLAND 
.

The above information may not be available
for all potters - if you have information to
help complete the records then I would be
happy to include it.
email: Steve Birks

updated: 30/01/2003