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Charles
Barlow |
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Location and period of operation:
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Charles
Barlow |
Hanley |
1880
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1892 |
China and earthenware decorator and dealer at the Smithfield Works, in Lower Mollart Street, Hanley.
It is likely that Charles Barlow rented part of the works for use as a decorator and purchased the fired (but unglazed) ware from a manufacturer and then decorated and glazed the ware himself.
Initials used on ware for identification:
RECHERCHEE - DECORATION
BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT
CHARLES BARLOW
SMITHFIELD WORKS
HANLEY STAFF
Former Smithfield Pottery & Bottle Oven
Photo October 1999
1881 census:
Dwelling: 88 Mollart St
Census Place: (Stoke Upon Trent) Shelton, Staffordshire, England
| Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| Charles BARLOW | W 38 M | Head | Hanley | China Decorator |
| Elizabeth BARLOW | U 14 F | Daur | Hanley | Pot Paintress |
| Thomas BARLOW | 12 M | Son | Hanley | Pot Painter |
| Sarah Ann BARLOW | 10 F | Daur | Hanley | Scholar |
| George BARLOW | 8 M | Son | Hanley | Scholar |
| Madeline BARLOW | 6 F | Daur | Hanley | Scholar |
| Charles J. BARLOW | 3 M | Son | Hanley | |
| Thomas G. WILLIAMS | 15 M | Step Son | Hanley | Pott Painter |
| Mary E. WILLIAMS | 14 F | Step Daur | Hanley | Pott Painter |
| John WILLIAMS | 13 M | Step Son | Hanley | Plumber |
| Frederick HARRINGTON | M 35 M | Boarder | West Bromwich | Roll Turner (Iron) |
| Mary HARRINGTON | M 32 F | Housekeeper | Hanley | House Keeper (Dom) |
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