William Hackwood |
Location and period of operation:
William Hackwood |
Hanley |
November 1827 |
1843 |
Earthenware and
Jasper ware manufacturers at Eastwood, Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent, England
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Previously: Hackwood & Co
Subsequently: William Hackwood & Son
Summary of the operations of the Hackwood family:
Operator
Works location
operation date
Hackwood & Co
(also known as Hackwood, Dimmock & Co)Eastwood, Hanley
1807-27
William Hackwood
Eastwood, Hanley
1827-43
New Hall, Shelton
1842-49
New Hall, Shelton
1849-56
William Hackwood
"Potter of Hanley, 1774-1849"
courtesy: R. K. Henrywood
Staffordshire Potters 1781-1900|
NOTE: This is not the same William
Hackwood
who was a modeller at Josiah Wedgwood's Etruria works
The London Gazette
4th September 1829
Notice of the dissolution of
the previous partnership
of Hackwood, Dimmock & Co
William Hackwood jnr continued on his own account
reticulated platter in The Repast pattern |
Arabian Sketches The Repast W H |
platter in the Arabs Watering
pattern
there are some twelve known scenes in
the Arabian Sketches series, including...
Arabs Halting, Arabs Watering, Arab Family, Arabs, The Alarm, The March, The
Repast and The Sentinel
transfer ware plate in the Arabs Halting pattern
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Arabian Sketches Arab's Halting W H
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handleless cups with saucers in a light blue branches and leaves pattern |
Hackwood |
Hackwood miniature toy dinner
service in the
Institution pattern (monastery on the hill)
impressed mark HACKWOOD
for scale - the plates are 3.5in (9cm) diameter
bowl in the Maritime pattern |
W. H. No. 37 Maritime - see R. K. Henrywood notes on numbered transferware patterns of the Hackwood firms |
photos courtesy: Noel Fowles
Marks and
initials used on
ware for identification:
"Since several of the above [Hackwood partnerships] may have used the surname 'HACKWOOD' or the initial H, it is not always easy tp attribute wares with certainty." Coysh & Henrywood. |
HACKWOOD
W. H.
H
Hackwood
impressed mark
Ironstone China
"This printed mark occurs on wares with the impressed name 'Hackwood'"
c. 1830-40
Encyclopaedia
of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks
Geoffrey Godden
Numbered
transferware patterns
shard from Nevis, West Indies courtesy: Shoona Cook
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impressed: Hackwood courtesy: Dick Henrywood
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for further information see R.
K. Henrywood notes on numbered transferware patterns of the Hackwood firms
Arabian Sketches series
Arabian Sketches series printed marks with the initials W. H.
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