Earthenware manufacturers at the Top Bridge Works (Longport) from c.1882-3 and the Cleveland Works from c.1884-1904, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

• The partners were Thomas Taylor, Henry Prall, Robert White, Ann Mellor and Marmaduke Mellor. In January 1888 Robert White retired from the business. 

• 'Hard durable granite or ironstone china was made for the American market. Goods were also made, to some extent, for the home trade.'

• It appears that Mellor, Taylor & Co shared the Top Bridge Works with Davenports - it was not at all uncommon for potters to share or rent part of a works. 

• Note that although Godden records Mellor, Taylor & Co as occupying the Cleveland Works from c.1884, Jewitt states that they succeeded Thomas Hughes at the Waterloo Works (Cobridge, Burslem) in 1883. 

• Kelly & Keates trade directories records them at Bournes Bank (Burslem) between 1880 and 1884; and from 1887 to 1900 at Waterloo Road (Burslem)

• At the time of the bankruptcy of the business the named partners will Marmaduke Mellor, Ann Mellor and Thomas Taylor.  

Octagonal shaped tureen with lid - Chelsea pattern. 

Semi Porcelain
Mellor, Taylor & Co
England

SUPERB is the pattern name

The registration number 206866
shows that the the pattern was registered on the 1st February 1893

Semi Opaque China
Mellor, Taylor & Co
England

 
Semi Porcelain
Mellor, Taylor & Co
England

OCEANA is the pattern name

Semi Porcelain
Mellor, Taylor & Co
England

EMBLEM is the pattern name

Semi Porcelain
Mellor, Taylor & Co
England

fragment found in 2010, on the beach of Lake Michigan - halfway between Ludington and Manistee, Michigan, US

photo courtesy: Christopher Noel