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Melba |
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The name 'Melba' was used by four different pottery firms
Location and period of operation:
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Ridgways |
Shelton, Hanley |
1879 |
1920 |
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Mayer
& Sherratt |
Longton |
1906 |
1941 |
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H.
A. Wain |
Longton |
1946 |
mid 1980's |
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Melba
China Co. Ltd |
Longton |
1946 |
1951/3 |
how to
identify the different uses of 'MELBA'...
Ridgways
(1879-1920)
Earthenware
used
MELBA as a
name for one of their patterns
Mayer
& Sherratt (1907-41) |
Mayer
& Sherratt (1907-41) |
Melba
China Co. Ltd (1946-51/2)
Bone China
H
Wain & Sons Ltd (1946-mid
80's)
Earthenware
used
the name 'MELBA WARE'
after the name of their
factory 'Melba Works'
'MELBA
WARE' is printed in
a script form
Ridgways used the name MELBA as a pattern name.
They produced earthenware - using the trade name 'Royal Semi-Porcelain'
- click for more on Ridgways -
China pattern trade card for Ridgway MELBA pattern
- sold by Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co. at their Boston Store
on the reverse is a calendar for 1914
platter in the Ridgway MELBA pattern
detail of the MELBA pattern
this style of Ridgway
mark was introduced c.1912
Mayer & Sherratt:
Mayer & Sherratt used the name MELBA as a trade name. It appeared on their ware after c.1921.
They produced china - using the trade name 'Melba China'
 MELBA CHINA ENGLAND |
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marks used c.1921+
 MELBA BONE CHINA GUARANTEED MADE IN ENGLAND |
 MELBA BONE CHINA GUARANTEED MADE IN ENGLAND FINE GRADE mark with and without 'FINE GRADE' |
| NOTE:
the mark on the right is often wrongly attributed to Melba
China Co. Ltd as it is listed (mark 2643) in Geoffrey
Godden's 'Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks'.
However it actually belongs to Mayer & Sherratt as demonstrated by the King George VI Coronation souvenir ware shown on the Mayer & Sherratt page. The Coronation was in May 1937 and Melba China were not operational until 1946. |
Melba Bone China
Made in England
this
mark with 'Melba' in script
was probably produced by Mayer & Sherratt
H. A. Wain:
H A Wain operated at the Melba Works
They produced earthenware - and used MELBA WARE as a trade name.
H. WAIN & SONS LTD
Melba Works
LONGTON
Stoke-on-Trent
Made in England
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H. WAIN
& SONS LTD |
 Melba Ware England |
 Melba Ware Staffordshire Made in England |
Melba Ware
England
sticker used on animals made by H Wain
Melba China Co Ltd:
Short lived company (1946-51/2) who produced bone china.
MELBA CHINA Co Ltd
English Bone China
Made in England
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