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Location and period of operation:

Subsequently: Job Meigh

 

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London Gazette
27 November 1802
 

Notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
Peter Walthall and Job Meigh

 

"Hanley, Staffordshire, November 11, 1802. THE Partnership between Peter Walthall and Job Meigh, Manufacturers of Earthen-Ware, at this Place, being this Day determined; all Persons having Claims upon, or standing indebted to the same, are requested forthwith to transmit an Account of such Claims, and discharge such Debts at the said Manufactory, which will be carried on in future by the said Job Meigh, on his own separate Account." P. Walthall. Job Meigh.

 

 

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Ware produced

Trade directories of the time listed Meigh & Walthall as 'manufacturers of Staffordshire-ware'. Early output probably focused on functional earthenware, featuring simple floral or quasi-Chinese transfer printed designs, though the more complex "Zoological Sketches" series appeared shortly after this period - around 1812+.   "White stone - ware, salt-glazed, was made at Hanley by Christopher C. Whitehead; and about 1780, Job Meigh took the works, and the firm of Meigh & Walthall succeeded him. They produced work from designs by Garinelli, a sculptor, whose name appears on a specimen. The mark of their work was the name Meigh..." Prime, William Cowper; Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations; with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors; 1878 New York, Harper & Brothers. p.347

 

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The Old Hall Works

1790-1902

The Old Hall Works in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, was one of the most significant pottery factories of the 19th century, famously operated by the Meigh family from its inception until its later transition into a limited company and beyond.

 

- more on the Old Hall Works -

 

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