Barkers & Kent






 

Location and period of operation:

Barkers & Kent

Fenton

1889

1941

 

Earthenware manufacture at the Foley Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The business was incorporated as a Limited Company in 1898.

  • Barker & Kent ceased production in 1941 and was concentrated with W. H. Grindley at their Woodlands Pottery. Barker & Kent did not re-open at the end of World War II. 

  • The business was wound up by voluntary liquidation in September 1947. Louisa Barker was Chairman of the Members meetings held in November 1946.  

 

The London Gazette
9th September 1947 


notice of voluntary liquidation

 

 

Barkers & Kent Ltd cheese dish
cheese dish 		Barkers & Kent Ltd dish
moulded serving dish

 

 


small tureen in the Coburg pattern 

 

 


moulded plate in the Clematis pattern 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

B & K

[initials used with standard printed mark 1889-1898]

B & K L

B & K Ltd

["L" or "Ltd" was added from 1898]

B & K Co

Some marks have 'Co' instead of 'Ltd'
this style of mark appears in
a 1917 directory 

 


B & K 

1889-1898 
B & K 
Ltd

1898 - 1941
Barkers & Kent were incorporated 
as a Limited Company in 1898 
B & K Co

Some marks have 'Co' instead of 'Ltd'
this style of mark appears in
a 1917 directory 

printed marks incorporating the Trade Mark of a globe with wings
often the name of the pattern is included 

 

 


The Foley Pottery, Fenton - 1937

- click for more on the potworks in the Foley area -

photo courtesy: Britain from Above

 

 


The Foley Pottery, Fenton - 1925

map courtesy: old-maps.co.uk

 

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