Earthenware manufacturer at Elder Road, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, England

• Following involvement in previous partnerships - from 1851 Jacob and Thomas Furnival (brothers) became partners as J & T Furnival. 
  As well as Earthenware manufacture they were in business as Grinders of Potters' Materials at Etruria Vale, in the borough of Hanley.

• In 1859 Jacob Furnival, Thomas Furnival and Francis Joseph Emery applied for a patent for 'Improvements in apparatus for supporting articles of china and earthenware in kilns and ovens'.

• In May 1864 the partnership between Jacob and Thomas Furnival was dissolved and the business was continued by Thomas Furnival. 

• Around 1871 Thomas Furnival the younger joined the business which became Thomas Furnival and Son.   

• In 1876 another son, Samuel Bourne Furnival joined the business - which became Thomas Furnival and Sons. 

• Around 1883 the company found itself in financial difficulty with liabilities of £60,000 (around £5 million in 2020 terms). In 1884 there was a notice of 'Liquidation by Agreement' which allowed the company to trade out of its difficulties. 

• Thomas Furnival senior retired in 1890 and the business was continued by his sons Thomas, Samuel and Arthur (who had joined the company). The style of the business became Furnivals. 

For a detailed history of the various people, partnerships and patterns see the excellent web site: Furnivals Pottery

T. Furnival & Sons 

"Established in 1851, T. Furnival & Sons occupied two old Cobridge manufactories, one formerly belonging to Adams and the other to Blackwell, and ranked high as manufacturers of white granite and vitrified ironstone and decorated toilet ware for the United States, Canadian, and Continental markets. For the home trade, they produced 'patent ironstone' dinner and other services in various styles of decoration. Among their specialities were dinner services, etc., of Italian design, in plain, white ware, the ornamentation on which was indented from an embossed mould, the lines being as fine and delicate as if cut in by the graver so as to have the appearance of chasing; and the lines being filled with glaze, the surface was still even. Another noticeable feature was the clever combination of transfer-printing, hand-painting, enamelling, and gilding, which characterise some of the services. 

Figure 7 (reproduced below) shows a group of Furnival's general goods from the 1862 Exhibition. Among the most successful of their toilet services were the 'Swan' and 'Nautilus', which were of great beauty. These were produced in white, heightened with gold, and enamelled in colours. The early mark of the firm was simply FURNIVAL impressed in the ware. From 1890, many printed name or initial marks were used. 

In connection with these works, Mr. F. J. Emery of the Bleak Hill Works introduced in about 1865 a method of crayon drawing and painting on the unglazed surface of earthenware and china, which came much in repute, and drawings were made in it by some of the artists as well as by lady and other amateurs. The unglazed articles and prepared crayons and colours were supplied by Mr. Emery, who afterwards became a partner with Edward Clarke at Longport, and proprietor of the Bleak Hill Works. Thomas Furnival & Sons continued under the style Furnivals (1913) Ltd until the 1960's."

Source: Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900

Figure 7. Furnival's general goods,
1862 Exhibition

Source: Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900

Indian Jar is the pattern name

this belt mark appears with and without 
a registration diamond 

Messina is the pattern name

The Trade Mark of a crossed anchor and
rapier was registered in 1878 but was in 
use at an earlier date 

This mark uses the Royal Arms

plate in the Cairo pattern 

this pattern is in the Aesthetic Style

T. F. & S.

FURNIVAL
(impressed) 

Cairo is the pattern name 

a full range of dinner and tea ware was produced in this popular pattern, 
generally in a pink-brown transfer. Sometimes hand painted with red or blue.

also including an impressed mark 'FURNIVALS'

The Lorne is the pattern name

The anchor and rapier crossed mark was registered in 1878 but was in use before that date

It can be also found on marks of '& Son'
1871-76 

Trade Mark No. 14,722
In 1878 a new trademark was registered, featuring an anchor and rapier crossed, with royal arms and scrolls containing "Thomas Furnival and Sons" and "England"  

the registration diamond shows that the date of registration of the pattern was 24 Oct 1878

T Furnival & Sons

KENT is the pattern name

The registration number dates to 1888

Thomas Furnival & Sons
England 

CHANTILLY is the pattern name