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

  • William Hackwood had started a manufacturing partnership in 1807. In November 1827 this partnership was dissolved and William Hackwood continued on his own account.

  • In 1840 Hackwood's factory was one of 173 pottery works visited by Dr. Samuel Scriven to collect evidence to be presented to the House of Commons' Commissioners to aid their report into working conditions in English factories & mills. - read Scriven's interviews at Hackwood's factory.

  • John Ward noted that "William Hackwood occupies a pot-work in Hanley, near the Caldon Canal"; History of the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent 1843   

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

William Hackwood & Son

New Hall, Shelton

1842-49

Thomas Hackwood

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

A romantic scene with prominent figures on horseback with stylised buildings and trees in the background. "The central scenes appear within a border which features scenic vignettes separated by linked foliate-scroll floral cartouches, with an inner band of radiating leafy fronds"

See R. K Henrywood notes on the Arabian Sketches series. 
Arabian Sketches
 Arab's Halting
W H

 

 

 

 

 


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 

 

 


plate in the Marine Flowers pattern

Marine Flowers — a blue transfer-printed earthenware pattern produced by William Hackwood of Eastwood, Hanley. The design consists of scattered floral sprays enclosed by a distinctive scrolling border. Examples are known marked with the printed initials "W.H." together with the impressed "HACKWOOD" mark. The pattern is known among the known Hackwood designs, although no pattern number has yet been identified.
Marine
Flowers
W. H.

HACKWOOD
(impressed)

photos courtesy: Marga van Geuns

 

"Other Hackwood patterns on which no pattern numbers have been recorded or are not yet known include "Arabian Sketches" (series), "Berry", "British Lakes", "Circassian", "Forest", "Fruit Garden", "Game Keeper", "Indian Scenery" (series), "Marine Flowers", "Oriental Birds", "Pascalia", and some untitled designs such as the standard Willow pattern, the common Wild Rose pattern and the popular Institution or Monastery on Hill toy dinner wares, plus some other toy plates."

R. K. Henrywood 

 

 

 

 

 


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


Pomegranate
H
No 25 

shard from Nevis, West Indies

courtesy: Shoona Cook

 


Macao
W H
No 26 

impressed: Hackwood 

courtesy: Dick Henrywood

 


No 37
Maritime
W H



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.

 

Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks

 

 


Page History:

  • Page created: 7 April 2007

  • Updated: 10 March 2024 - additional examples of ware and typical marks added.

  • Last updated: 23 June 2026 - example of Marine Flowers pattern added.