Heath & Blackhurst

Heath,  Blackhurst & Co






 

Location and period of operation:

Heath & Blackhurst

Burslem

1859

July 1877

 

Earthenware manufacturers at the Hadderidge Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • The partners were John Bourne Heath and Abraham Blackhurst. The business was also listed in records as Heath, Blackhurst & Co (probably this name used in the early 1860's) 

  • John Bourne Heath and Abraham Blackhurst were also junior partners in the business of Wood, Challinor & Co

  • The partnership of Heath, Blackhurst was dissolved in July 1877. Abraham Blackhurst continued at the Hadderidge Pottery as Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe.

 

Formerly: Heath & Tunnicliffe 

Subsequently:  Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe  

 

The London Gazette
28th September 1877


Notice of the dissolution of the partnership
between Heath & Blackhurst 

 

 

 

 


cake stand in the transferware GOTHIC pattern 
H & B

garter mark with the intials H & B
'GOTHIC' is the pattern name

  

photos courtesy: Paul Tennant 

 

 

 

 


plate in the Park Scenery pattern 
Park Scenery
H & B

 

 

 


earthenware mug with railway scene  

transfer printed in brown with hand-coloured red and green blocks of colour 

The steam train, named Express, is shown pulling two first class carriages and a wagon truck 
carrying a horse drawn carriage through an English rural landscape. 

H & B

RAILWAY 

 

photo source: sellingantiques.co.uk 

 

Wood, Challinor & Co made a similar 'Railway' mug

Heath and Blackhurst were also partners in the business of Wood, Challinor & Co

 

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

 

H & B

H B & Co

 


H & B

garter mark with the intials H & B
'GOTHIC' is the pattern name

The Hadderidge Pottery "came into the hands of Heath & Blackhurst in 1859, who were succeeded by Blackhurst & Tunnicliffe, and then in 1880 by Blackhurst & Bourne. The mark is a garter, encircling the initials H & B., B & T., or B & B." 

Jewitt's 'Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900' 

 

 


Asiatic Pheasants
H & B
Asiatic Pheasants
H, B & Co

Heath & Blackhurst and Heath & Blackhurst & Co produced ware in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern

 

 

 


Park Scenery
H & B

 

 

 


The Hadderidge Pottery

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Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks

 

 


Page History:

Page created 21 July 2021

Updated 22 December 2024: Introduction expanded, examples of ware added.

Last updated 10 February 2026: Example of Railway mug added.