Paramount Pottery Co Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

Paramount Pottery Co Ltd

Hanley

1946

  late 1950s

 

Earthenware manufacturer at Ranelagh Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England. In the 1860/70s the Ranelagh Works had been worked by James Oldham - 'Earthenware, Mosaic and Ornamental Stoneware' manufacturer. 

  • In 1946 Paramount Pottery was established by Charles Griffith Bowers who was the son of C.H. Bowers [who was the Managing Director of Booths of Tunstall]. Charles Griffith Bowers followed the same career path with Booths, moving to Keele Street Pottery in 1946. C.G. Bowers died in 1961.

  • The Paramount Pottery was the base for C.G. Bower's acquisition of other pottery companies who all became part of the Keele Street Pottery Group

  • In 1950 the group changed its name to Staffordshire Potteries Limited and in 1951 began to lease building at the nearby Meir Airport. 

  • Paramount Pottery became a production unit of Staffordshire Potteries but continued to operate from Hanley.

  • In the 1956 Pottery Gazette Paramount Pottery were listed as a 'member of the K.S.P. group'. They were still operating from the Ranelagh Street in Hanley.

  •  In the 1960 Pottery Gazette they were listed as operating from Meir Airport. C G Bowers continued to be the Chairman and Managing Director of Paramount Pottery Co. Ltd.  - 'a member of the K.S.P. group'

 


 


cheese keep 

 


 


milk jug 

 


 


fox & hounds tea set 

 


 


cottage teapot 

 


 


Staffordshire
Chef Ware
Made in England

 


Chef Ware
by far the vast majority of Chef Ware is blue and white striped 

 

 


occasionally jugs were produced with green & yellow stripes

 

photos courtesy:  Vicki Verheyen  

 


 

Marks and initials used on ware for identification:

 


Paramount Pottery
Co Ltd
England 



Paramount Pottery
Staffordshire
England
Hand Painted



PCC
England

Paramount Pottery
Staffordshire
England
Hand Painted

sometimes the PCC England mark appears on its own
without the printed mark


 


Staffordshire
Chef Ware
Made in England

Staffordshire
Ironstone
Chef Ware
Made in England

 

the trade name 'Staffordshire Chef Ware' name was used on the striped kitchen ware



 


1951 map showing the Paramount Pottery, Ranelagh Street, Hanley 

Red oval - Paramount Pottery

Light blue oval - Langdale Pottery

Green rectangle - Hanley Town Hall and the Victoria Hall

Purple rectangle - Bell Works

 

map courtesy: old-maps.co.uk 

 


 


the two bottle ovens of the Paramount Pottery can be seen centre right 

 

 


1934 photo showing the Paramount Pottery, Ranelagh Street, Hanley 

Red oval - Paramount Pottery

Light blue oval - Langdale Pottery

Green rectangle - Hanley Town Hall and the Victoria Hall

Purple rectangle - Bell Works

 


1934 photo

courtesy: Britain from Above 

 

 


Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks