J T Hudden






 

Location and period of operation:

J T Hudden

Longton

1859

1884

 

earthenware manufacturer at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • John Thomas Hudden established a factory in Stafford Street in 1859 and then at the British Anchor Works in Anchor Road in c.1874 - 1884. He was recorded as an 'important manufacturer' 

  • In 1881 Hudden was 65 years old and his works employed 100 people. 

  • Hudden became bankrupt in 1883 and around 1884 the works were taken over and became "British Anchor Pottery Co. Ltd"  

 

 

Subsequently: British Anchor Pottery Co. Ltd

 

 

 

London Gazette - 31 August 1883 


notice of the proceedings for liquidation

 

 

London Gazette - 29 January 1884 


notice of the meeting to discharge John Thomas Hudden
from bankruptcy 

 

 

At the time of the 1881 census John Hudden (who never married) was living as a boarder with the Swift family in nearby Trentham. 
The census notes that Hudden's pottery company employed over 100 people. 

1881 census:

Dwelling: Hunt Stables
Census Place: Trentham, Staffordshire, England

Name

Marr | Age | Sex

   Birthplace Occupation
Charlotte SWIFT  W 84 F Head Grimsthorpe, Lincoln Retired Farmer
Fanny K. SWIFT  M 45 F Daur Trentham  
Henry C. SWIFT  U 23 M  G Son Trentham Mercantile Clerk
John T. HUDDEN  U 65 M  Boarder Hackney, Middlesex Manufacturer Employing Above 100 Hands (Pottery)
Sarah WILDE  U 17 F  Servt Blythe Bridge Gen Servt

 

 


large meat platter in the "Orleans" pattern 


J T H 
LONGTON

"ORLEANS" is the pattern name

the registration diamond gives a date of 6th June 1865 for the pattern registration

 

 

   
black transfer ware jug in the "florentine" pattern 

 

 



jug in the "Chusan" pattern

black transfer print with hand colouring 
J T H
LONGTON

 

  

 

brown transfer ware plate in the LASSO pattern
brown transfer ware plate in the LASSO pattern


Warranted Staffordshire
STONE CHINA
JTH

"LASSO" is the pattern name

 

 

 


Large platter in the Willow pattern 
J T Hudden
Longton 

 


J T Hudden & Co
Longton 

marks with J T Hudden and occasionally J T Hudden & Co
appear on ware in this typical Willow pattern 

 

 


dish in the transfer pattern PELEW


J T H 
LONGTON

"PELEW" is the pattern name

the registration diamond gives a date of 6th June 1865 for the pattern registration

PELEW (Palau) is a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean 

photos courtesy: Antonio Silva  

 

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

J.T.H.

J.T. HUDDEN

J.T. HUDDEN & Co

The above often appears with "LONGTON" 
which is the town where the factory was located

 


J T Hudden
Longton 

sometimes this mark appears with 
J T Hudden & Co 

 


J T HUDDEN
LONGTON

"CHOICE" is the pattern name

This fragment was found in field in Tasmania, Australia - Dec 2003


J T H
LONGTON

"CHUSAN" is the pattern name

 


J T H

"FLORENTINE" is the pattern name

 


Warranted Staffordshire
STONE CHINA
JTH

"LASSO" is the pattern name

 

 

   

pottery fragment found in the River Derwent at Matlock in Derbyshire, England

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