Bates, Brown-Westhead & Moore

Location and period of operation:

Manufacturers of earthenware and china at Cauldon Place, Hanley (Shelton area), Stoke-on-Trent.

• The partners were William Bates, Thomas Chappell Brown-Westhead and William Moore.

• In December 1861 William Bates retired from the business, which was carried on by Brown-Westhead and Moore.  

Formerly: J. Ridgway, Bates & Co.

Subsequently: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co

London Gazette,  December 10, 1861

notice that William Bates had retired from the business

Marks & Initials used on ware for identification:

B. B-W & M.

 
Bates, Brown-Westhead & Moore mark

Bates, Brown-Westhead & Moore Plate

The Cauldon Place works 

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