Hancock, Leigh & Co

Location and period of operation:

Earthenware manufacturer at the Swan Bank Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

• The partners were Benjamin Hancock, William Leigh and James Whittingham.

• In March 1862 William Leigh retired from the business and Sampson Hancock joined the business which continued as Hancock, Whittingham & Co. 

 

Subsequently: Hancock, Whittingham & Co. 

London Gazette
6 April 1862

Notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
Benjamin Hancock, William Leigh and James Whittingham 

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H L & Co 
Willow pattern plate 

photo:  Jakob Vandenberghe

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H L & Co 
small milk jug in the Chili pattern

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H L & Co 
bowl in the Chili pattern
the pattern is similar to the popular Chusan pattern 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

H L & Co 

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H L & Co 

WILLOW is the pattern name 

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H L & Co 

CHILI is the pattern name 

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