Earthenware manufacturer at Navigation Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England

• The name New Wharf was derived from the Wharf that was built on the nearby Burslem Branch of the Trent & Mersey canal at that time.

• In 1877 Thomas Francis Wood, along with his brother William, purchased for £5075 a site in Navigation Road, which they called New Wharf Pottery, and which they had probably been tenants or since 1875. 

• The partners were Absalom Wood, two of his sons Thomas Francis and William together wilth Ebenezer Swann. 

• In December 1882 Ebenezer Swann left the business. 

• In 1894 the works were absorbed into the larger Wood & Son company. 

this is in the aesthetic style 

c.1878-91

the "B" after the initials is for the town of BURSLEM

N W P & CO
B

c.1878-91

the "B" under the initials is for the town of BURSLEM

"TENNYSON" is the pattern name

the registration number 709 shows that the 
pattern was first registered in 1884.

the impressed 7 / 86 is the month/year of manufacture - July 1886