G T Mountford






 

Location and period of operation:

George Thomas Mountford

Stoke

1880

1898

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Alexander Pottery, Wolfe Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • "George Thomas Mountford established this pottery in Wolfe Street in about 1880. Good class earthenware was produced to 1898, when Messers. Myott Son & Co (Ltd.) succeeded"  Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain - Revised by Geoffrey A. Godden.  

  • G. T. Mountford died on the 2nd January 1898. He was living at Linton Villa, Regent Street, Stoke-on-Trent. The London Gazette 25 Feb 1898

  • In 1895 an Ashley Myott was apprenticed to G. T. Mountford. On Moundtfords death in 1898 the Myott family (James Myott, the father) purchased the Mountford business. James's son Ashley Myott, aged 19 at the time, became manager of the business. 

NOTE: this George Thomas Mountford may have been previously associated with the Marlborough Works in Hanley:

Hall, Miller & Mountford (1881)

Hall, Mountford & Thomas (1881)

Mountford & Thomas (1881-1888) 

 

Subsequently: Myott, Son & Co

 

 


transferware vase / water jug in
the Blenheim pattern
G. T. M.
Stoke

the registration number shows that the pattern/design was first registered on the 6th June 1890

photos courtesy:  Christopher Gerrard

 

 


moulded plate in the Orchid pattern with a relief border
transferware with hand painted accents 


G. T. M.
Stoke

the registration number dates 
from 1888

 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

G T M
STOKE

the name of the pattern is often included

 
  

 

    

 


 

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