Humphreys Brothers






 

Location and period of operation:

Humphreys Brothers

Tunstall

1893

1896

 

Earthenware manufacturers at the Gordon Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

  • Joseph Humphreys was in partnership with William Myatt Cumberlidge as Cumberlidge & Humphreys 

  • John Humphreys jnr joined the business and in October 1893 Cumberlidge left. The business continued as Humphreys Brothers. 

  • In 1896 the business was bankrupt

 

Previously:  Cumberlidge & Humphreys

 

 

London Gazette
October 31, 1893 


notice of the dissolution of the previous partnership between 
Cumberlidge & Humphreys - the business continued
as Humphreys Brothers 

 

London Gazette
September 14, 1897 



notice for the creditors of Humphreys Brothers

 

 


 jug in the Worcester pattern

 

 


washbasin & water jug in the Dresden pattern
the jug has been converted into a lamp  

 


water jug in the Lucerne pattern

 

 


Marks and initials  used on ware for identification:

HUMPHREYS BROS
ENGLAND

 

HUMPHREYS BROS
TUNSTALL
ENGLAND


Humphreys Bros
England

"DRESDEN" is the pattern name 



Humphreys Bros
Tunstall
England

"LUCERNE" is the pattern name 

 

 

- click picture for information on the Gordon Pottery -

 

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