Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd

Burslem

1943

c.1991

 

Earthenware manufacturers at the Overhouse Works, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • William Barratt (of King & Barratt) had, in 1916, purchased an interest in Gater Hall & Co. Both companies continued to operate untill c.1940 when King & Barratt closed.

  • Gater Hall & Co remained in production and in June 1943 the business, now under the control of William Barratt, was renamed to Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd.

  • Managing Director: W. G. Barratt, Works Manager: J. Y. M. Halsall. (1947 Potteries Gazette).

  • Around 1986 there was a management buyout, the company became "BOS Realisations Ltd" but continued to trade as Barratt's of Staffordshire. The business continued in financial difficulty and in July 1987 there was a notice of voluntary winding up. 

  • The final meeting of creditors was held on the 4th July 1991. 

  • In 1992 the combination of Barratt's of Staffordshire with Royal Stafford China resulted in a new pottery name of Royal Stafford. (Royal Stafford web site archived) 

Previously: Gater Hall & Co.

 

 

The London Gazette
19 June 1987 


BOS Realisations Limited
(Formerly Barratt's of Staffordshire) 

 

The London Gazette
23 July 1987 


notice of the voluntary winding up of the company 

The final meeting of creditors was held on the 4th July 1991

 

 

 

 


Barratt's of Staffordshire Ltd.

Pottery Gazette - 1947 


 

advert form 1977 - City of Stoke-on-Trent Handbook

 

 

 
plate in the Willow pattern 

 

 


1940/50s 
1960/70s
19670/80s

development in style of Barratt's tableware
(dates are approximate) 

 

 

 


plate in the TANYA pattern 

c.1970s 

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

For a couple of years Barratt's continued the use of the name 'CROWN CORONA'  which was a mark of the former  Gater Hall & Co. REGENCY was a style name used from 1945.

Around 1954 the trade name DELPHATIC which was introduced and was extensivly used. 

 

the mark of the former  Gater Hall & Co.
continued to be used for a short period

1943-c.1945 

 


REGENCY
Barratts 
of Staffordshire Ltd
England 

'NAN-KIN' was a pattern name
REGENCY
Barratts of Staffordshire Ltd
Made in England 

 

1945+ 


Barratts 
Made in 
England 

 the letter 'B' shows that this ware was produced under
the Wartime Concentration Scheme

 

 

marks based on the inscription above the entrance to the works
this style of mark was typically used on transferware

 


Barratt's
Delphatic White
Tableware
England 
Delphatic White
Tableware
Barratt's
Ironstone
England 

the registration number 8755897 was for the trade name DELPHATIC
which was introduced c.1954

these marks were used interchangably  and would often be found
on items in the same pattern (e.g. one mark on cups and the other on saucers)

 


Delphatic 
by Barratt's
England
China-White
Earthenware
"Delphatic China" 
an Earthenware Product by
Barratt's England
Barratt's of Staffordshire
Made in England
Fine Earthenware

marks 1961+

although some marks say "Established 1819" this is not the date of Barrat's (which was formed in 1943)
it was a date taken from the inscription over the entrance to the works which reads..

"Edward Challinor commenced business here A.D. 1819, and rebuilt the premises A.D. 1869"

 

 


Barratts of Staffordshire England

c.1970s+

TANYA is the pattern name

 

 

 

- click for information on the occupiers of the Overhouse Works -   

 

In 1787, the record runs, 
"Thomas Wedgwood, Manufacturer of Cream-coloured Ware and China glazed Ware, 
painted with blue" worked the Overhouse Pottery at Burslem.

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