Adams and Bromley

Location and period of operation:

Operated the Victoria Works in Broad Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. 

Previously: John Adams & Co

Adams, J., and Co. This firm flourished in the third quarter of the nineteenth century (not at the beginning of the century as frequently stated) and has been confused, because of its productions, with the older firm of Adams of Stoke and Tunstall. The firm was styled J. Adams & Co. until 1873 when it became known as Adams & Bromley. Their manufactures included jasper, majolica and parian (busts of Tennyson, Gladstone and Lord Derby). marks (impressed) include: ADAMS & BROMLEY J. ADAMS & Co. from: Concise Encyclopaedia of English Pottery & Porcelain

Initials used on ware for identification:

Printed or Impressed marks:

A & B

A B
SHELTON

ADAMS & BROMLEY

Victoria Works - Broad Street, Hanley  (picture around 1893)

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