Meakin
Bros
(& Co)
|
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Location and period of operation:
Meakin Bros (& Co) |
Burslem |
c.1865 |
c.1873 |
Manufacturers of earthenware, particularly white ironstone, at the Trent Pottery, Peel Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
NOTE: There were a number of people with the name Meakin who were pottery manufacturers - Meakin Bros & Co should not be confused with Meakin & Co at the Elder Road Works, Cobridge or J & G Meakin of Hanley - the relationship between Meakin Bros & Co these other businesses (if any) is uncertain. |
ironstone sugar bowl
ironstone soup tureen
![]() hand decorated tureen this decorated ware is unusual - the
vast majority of Meakin Bros & Co's |
![]() Ironstone China Meakin Bros & Co |
Marks used on ware for identification:
MEAKIN BROS
MEAKIN BROS & CO
The name appears
as printed or impressed mark (sometimes as both)
sometimes the town name "BURSLEM" is included.
Ironstone China
Meakin Bros & Co
[printed]
Meakin
Bros & Co
Burslem
[Impressed]
Some ware has an impressed
number or letter
the meaning of this is uncertain - it could
be a size or mould indicator
Ironstone China
Meakin Bros & Co
Meakin Bros & Co backstamp
incorporating the Royal Arms
Shard of ironstone ware produced
by Meakin (Bros & Co)
found (2025) in a pasture on a ranch in Floral
City, Florida, USA
photo courtesy: Alyssa Ganci
OS map - surveyed 1865-77,
published 1881
Trent Pottery, Peel Street, Burslem
map source: National Library of Scotland
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