Hulse, Nixon & Adderley






 

Location and period of operation:

Hulse, Nixon & Adderley

Longton

1853

1868

 

China and  earthenware manufacturer at the Daisy Bank Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
  • The partners were Richard Booth Hulse, John Nixon, Rupert Adderley and William Alsager Adderley. 

  • In November 1857 Rupert Adderley retired from the business. 

  • Nixon left the business in 1868 - Richard Booth Hulse and William Alsager Adderley continued as Hulse & Adderley

 

subsequently: Hulse & Adderley

 

 


 

 

London Gazette
December 15, 1857
 

Notice of the dissolution of the original partnership
when Rupert Adderley retired from the business
 

 

 

 


 

 

advert for Hulse, Nixon & Adderley - Daisy Bank Manufactory, Longton, Staffordshire
 Hulse, Nixon & Adderley 
Daisy Bank Manufactory, Longton, Staffordshire
Manufacturers of
Whote & Decorated China & Earthenware
for Home, Colonial,
Continental, South America, Africa, India
and other markets

from 1865 Keates Directory

courtesy: R K Henrywood

 

 


 

 

ten sided, pink transferware plate - pattern is MYCENE
ten sided, pink transferware plate - pattern is MYCENE  

Mycene was a daughter of Inachus the king of Argos. Homer's Odyssey referred to her as "Mycene of the fair crown" 

H N & A
H N & A 
MYCENE

 

 


 

 

 


Staffordshire
Stone China
H. N. & A.

photos courtesy: Mark Kiah

 

 

Hulse, Nixon & Adderley platter in the traditional Willow Pattern
Hulse, Nixon & Adderley platters in the traditional Willow Pattern

the same pattern was used by the successors - Hulse & Adderley

 

 

 


 

Initials & Marks used on ware for identification:

H N & A

ware was marked with the initials H N & A

sometimes the initials appear with a design
the name of the pattern is often included
 

 


 

 

H N & A   
H N & A 

H N & A 

the initials H N & A often occurred with an urn

 

 


Asiatic Pheasants
H N & A

Asiatic Pheasants was a transfer printed pattern, which was made by many British potters and by 1880 had achieved universal popularity

 

 


Staffordshire
Stone China
H. N. & A.

mark with the Stafford Knot and crown above, this was used on Willow pattern ware 
- the same style of mark was continued by the successors - Hulse & Adderley



 

Daisy Bank Works

bottom centre is the Daisy Bank Works

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