Ford
& Sons |
Location and period of operation:
Ford &
Sons |
Burslem |
1893 |
1938 |
Earthenware
manufacturer at the Lower
Manufactory, Newcastle Street, Burslem,
Stoke-on-Trent, England
See more on the Shufflebottom family |
Previously: Ford & Riley
Subsequently: Ford & Sons (Crownford) Ltd
NOTE: Crownford was a trade name introduced by Ford & Sons and continued by Ford & Sons (Crownford) Ltd - the Crownford name was continued by a later company called Crownford China Co. Ltd which was also owned by the Shufflebottom family. There was also an unrelated American importer called variously Crownford China and Crownford Giftware.
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The London Gazette
24th January 1902
notice that Thomas Ford had
left the business
which continued as Ford & Sons
set of jugs in the Poppies pattern |
c.1893-1908 |
Gravy boat in the transfer-ware Weir pattern |
"LTD" appears after 1908 |
Milford Ware - covered cheese dish |
1930's |
Imperial Windsor, hand painted bon-bon dish |
1930's
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photos courtesy: Mark Hawley
Sandford Ware salad dish and serving dish |
1930's
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standard
shapes were produced and decorated in the different patterns |
1930's
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photos courtesy: R. Rowe
Hand painted plate Dorothy Dale |
1930's |
serving dish with lid
coffee pot in TULIP
pattern
Marks & initials used on
ware for identification:
F & S
F & S
B
"B" stands
for the town of BURSLEM
F & S
BURSLEM
F & Sons LTD
"LTD" may
appear after 1908
Trade names used in the 1930's
DOROTHY DALE
NEWCRAFT WARE
IMPERIAL WINDSOR WARE
CrownFord
Crownford Ware
Milford Ware
Oxford Ware
Sandford Ware
Ford
& Sons used a number of trade names
with the word 'ford' in them
this Trade Mark with the bee
symbol |
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c.1893-1908
often the pattern name is
included
"B" stands
for the town of BURSLEM
F & Sons
BURSLEM
c.1893-1908
BALMORAL is the pattern name
C.W.S. stands
for the
Co-operative
Wholesale Society
who were the retailer
F & Sons Ltd
Burslem
England
"LTD" appears after 1908
WEIR is the pattern name
BURSLEM F&S ENGLAND
Crownford
BURSLEM
F&S ENGLAND
MOORLAND is the pattern name
these marks were used from the
1930's by Ford & Sons
it was continued by Ford & Sons
(Crownford) Ltd from c.1938
F & S B England Sandford Ware |
F & S B England Milford Ware |
marks from the 1930's
"B" stands
for the town of BURSLEM
Crownford F & Sons BURSLEM ENGLAND |
CrownFord Made in England |
marks from the 1930's
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F & Sons Ltd Cranford Ware Burslem England |
photos courtesy: Lucia Morales
Newcastle Street,
Burslem
Ford and Sons,
earthenware manufacturers
from:
1907 Staffordshire Sentinel
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'
Ford & Sons - Lower Manufactory - 1929
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