R Hammersley & Son






 

Location and period of operation:

Ralph Hammersley & Son

Burslem  & Tunstall

1885

1905

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Overhouse Pottery, Burslem and the Black Works, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • 1862 Ralph Hammersley started manufacturing with a Mr. Eardley at the Church Bank Works in Tunstall. 

  • In 1868 Eardley left the business and Ralph Hammersley continued on his own at the Church Bank Works until 1870 when he moved to the newly rebuilt Over House Pottery in Burslem.

  • 'The new manufactory was opened in 1870 by Ralph Hammersley, who removed here from the Church Bank Pottery at Tunstall and who had previously been engaged for twenty years with Mr. Challinor. In [1885], the firm’s style was changed to Ralph Hammersley & Son and as such remained until sold in 1905 to T. Gater. 
    Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900

  • It is probably that Ralph Hammersley died in December 1882 - the business was continued by his son Thomas Gallimore Hammersley. 

  • The partners were Thomas Gallimore Hammersley, Margaret Hammersley and Susan Annie Corn.

  • In November 1897 Susan Annie Corn retired from the business.   

  • The business closed in 1905 and the works sold to Thomas Gater.

Previously: Ralph Hammersley

Subsequently: Thomas Gater

 

 

 


Ralph Hammersley & Son
Overhouse Pottery, Burslem
and Black Works, Tunstall
manufacturers of
Ironstone China, & General Earthenware
Egyptian Black, and Rockingham

 The Pottery Gazette,  January 1885

 

 


The London Gazette
14th December 1897 

 


Notice that Susan Annie Corn retired from the business which was continued 
by Thomas Gallimore Hammersley and Margaret Hammersley 

 

 

 

  
platter in the Ascot pattern 

many of the Hammersley patterns were in the Aesthetic style

 

 

 

 

  
plate in the Ormonde pattern 

the pattern was registered on the 30th April 1895

 


    
platter in the Stanley pattern 

the pattern was registered on the 17th April 1885

 

 

  
chamber pot with lid in the Pandora pattern 

the pattern was registered on the 11th June 1885

 

 


platter in the Pandora pattern 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

 

R H & S


R H & S

 ASCOT is the pattern name 

 


R H & S

 the registration number shows that the
pattern was registered on the 30th April 1895

ORMONDE is the pattern name 

 


R H & S

 the registration number shows that the
pattern was registered on the 17th April 1885

 STANLEY is the pattern name 

  

 

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