Gater, Hall & Co

Gater, Hall & Co

Location and period of operation:

Gater, Hall & Co

Tunstall
Burslem

c.1899
1907

1907
1943

Earthenware manufacturer at Tunstall and then Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Gater, Hall & Co operated at the New Gordon Pottery in Tunstall from about 1899 to 1907.
The main partners were Thomas Gater and Thomas Hall.
Around 1905 Thomas Gater purchased the Royal Overhouse Pottery in Burslem from Ralph Hammersley and the business moved from here from Tunstall.
In 1916 William Barratt (of King & Barratt) purchased an interest in Gater Hall & Co. Both companies continued to operate untill c.1940 when King & Barrett closed.
Gater Hall & Co remained in production and in 1943 the business, now under the control of William Barratt, was renamed to "Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd"

Previously: For a short time prior "Thomas Gater & Co" operated the New Gordon Pottery on his own account.

Subsequently: Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd

milk jug and sugar bowl in the DERBY pattern

blue willow pattern teapot stand dating from c1915.
Made by Gater, Hall & Go. Staffordshire.
Measures 7 x 6 inches.

underneath of stand

gravy boat in the LUXOR pattern

hand painted jug from the 1936+ period

hand painted art deco style jug from the 1936+ period

G. R. VI
Gater Hall & Co
1943

These marks were used on ware produced for and supplied to the British Government; it was ultimately property of the Crown/Government, hence the GR-VI.

Gater Hall (and others) were given government contracts throughout the late 1930s and into the 1940s (WWII) and produced canteen ware - most likely for the armed services.

photo courtesy: Em Golding

Marks and initials used on ware for identification:

G H & CO.

CORONA
the "Corona" name was continued by Barratt's of Staffordshire

CROWN CORONA

G H & Co
CORONA WARE
ENGLAND
'CONTRYSIDE' is the pattern name

printed mark1914+

Gater Hall
Over House
Pottery
BURSLEM
England

'LUXOR' is the pattern name

(date uncertain - but after 1907)

C H & CO mark of 1914+
C H & Co

mark of 1914+
(which appears on the Willow Pattern stand shown above)

Crown Corona
Estd 1819
BURSLEM
C H & Co
ENGLAND

1936-43

- the reference to 'Estd 1819 does not apply to Gater Hall & Co
it was not uncommon for companies to use the date of a previous
pottery on the same works -

Gater Hall & Co
BURSLEM
Made in England

'DERBY' is the pattern name

(date uncertain)

click for information on
the Overhouse Works

- click picture for information on the Gordon Pottery -

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