A.E. Jones (& Co)

A.E. Jones (& Co)

A.E. Jones (Longton) Ltd

Location and period of operation:

A. E. Jones & Co	Longton	1905	1929
A. E. Jones (Longton) Ltd	Longton	1930	1946

earthenware manufacturer at the Garfield Works, and Palissy Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Albert Edward Jones started manufacturing in 1905 at the Garfield Works, Upper Hill Street, Longton
In 1913 the business moved to the much larger Palissy Works, Chancery Lane, Longton.
In January 1929 the company was bankrupt. The following year the business was restarted as Albert E. Jones (Longton) Ltd
The business stopped production in 1941 under the Wartime Concentration Scheme. It re-opened in 1946 as Palissy Pottery Ltd.

Subsequently: Palissy Pottery Ltd

Jones, Albert E., and C., Garfield Pottery, Upper Hill-street. Earthenware

Upper Hill-street
Jones, Albert E., and Co.,
earthenware manufacturers,
Garfield Pottery

from: 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 'Business Reference Guide
to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

The Edinburgh Gazette
29 January 1929

notice of an order under the Bankruptcy Act

plate in the PEKIN pattern

this pattern was first registered in 1908 and was
widely produced by Albert E. Jones & Co

hand coloured plate in the PEKIN pattern

this pattern was more commonly produced in blue transferware

lidded tureen in the York pattern

Marks used on ware for identification:

Albert E Jones & Co

A E J & Co

PALISSY

PALISSY was a trade name used by A. E. Jones
after they moved to the Palissy Works in 1913

Albert E Jones & Co
England

1909 - 1929

'PEKIN' is the pattern name

the registration number 538202 gives 1909 as
the date when the pattern was first registered

A E J & Co

1909 - 1929

'PEKIN' is the pattern name

Palissy
A. E. Jones & Co

1913 - 1929

PALISSY was a trade name used by A. E. Jones
after they moved to the Palissy Works in 1913

Palissy
England

c. 1929 +

printed or impressed mark -this design mark was used by A. E Jones and subsequent companies until the closure of Palissy Pottery Ltd in 1989

Blue bird pattern ware

In 1922 A. E Jones introduced a range of ware featuring stylised blue birds in flight on a light blue background with white clouds.

Hollow ware usually had a silvered lid or rim.

The registration number 693121 shows that the pattern was first registered in 1922.

Ware appears with and without the stylised initials 'GF.B'

British Anchor Pottery also produced the same pattern - on ware produced by them a small anchor appears underneath the initials 'GF.B', sometimes accompanied by a mark with the letters BPL intertwined over an anchor.

The initials 'GF.B' have sometimes, mistakenly, been attributed to George Frederick Bowers. Although the owner of the initials is unknown.

teapot, milk jug and caddy in the stylised blue bird pattern

wash and dressing set in the blue bird pattern

Rd No 693121
GF.B
Made in
England
Palissy
England

Rd No 693121
GF.B
Made in
England
Palissy

Rd No 693121
Palissy
England

marks on the blue bird pattern produced by Albert E Jones and subsequent companies

GF.B
Made in
England

mark on the identical blue bird pattern produced by British Anchor Pottery

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