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W
Barker |
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Location and period of operation:
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W
Barker
& Son |
Burslem |
c.1850 |
c.1860 |
Mufacturers of earthenware at the Hill Works, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
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Selected by the Committee for the Staffordshire Potteries
to exhibit at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855
 plate in the Corrella pattern the Corrella pattern was popular and
Barker & Son |
 Corrella B & S
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 lidded serving platter in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern |
 Asiatic Pheasants B & S |
 Willow pattern plate - unusual purple transfer |
 Stone Ware Barker & Son |
 Willow pattern plate in the more usual blue colour |
 W. Barker and Son Porcelain Opaque In the mid to second half of the ninteenth century British manufacturers found their markets being eroded by inexpensive Continental porcelain and so invented names to include 'Porcelain' |
photos courtesy: Kate Buckeridge
 lidded tureen and stand in the Missouri pattern |
 Missouri B & S |
 porcelain style plate |
 B & S Warranted |
Marks & initials used on ware for identification:
B & S
BARKER & SON
The Hill Works
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