• Originally formed in 1896 as Price Brothers. In 1903 renamed as Price Bros (Burslem) Ltd at the Albion Works, Navigation Road, Burslem.

• By 1912 they had moved to the Top Bridge Pottery, Longport, Burslem. 

• In 1934 the company was unable to meet its financial obligations and entered into voluntary liquidation. Following this the Arthur Wood Group acquired Price Bros (Burslem) Ltd who continued to operated under their own name. 

• In 1941, under the Wartime Concentration Scheme, Price Bros (Burslem) Ltd were designated as a Nucleus Firm. Kensington Pottery Ltd (a sister company) was concentrated with them at Top Bridge Pottery. Products of Price Bros and Kensington Pottery were made at Top Bridge Pottery as separate entities.
  Closed and concentrated companies were allowed to reopen from August 1945.

• In 1951 the company offices were recorded as: Managing Director - Gerald F. Wood; Sales Manager - A. O. Evans; Decorating Manager - A. C. Rowley (these 3 were the same as Kensington Potteries); Works Manager - J. W. Wood. 
  Price Bros had agents in 24 countries. - Pottery Gazette Directory 1951. 

• In December 1961 Price Brothers (Burslem) and Kensington Pottery were amalgamated as Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd. 

Price Bros., (Burslem) Ltd
manufacturers of
Jet, Samian and Rockingham ware
for Home and Foreign Markets

Albion Works
Navigation Road, Burslem

Athlo ware is generally hollow ware with a high glaze brown finish, often with sliver listed banding. The views are difficult to see and somewhat uninspiring - the following are known:  

Mr. Pickwick arriving at the Blue Lion inn Muggleton.

Sons of the Sea / Full Cry

The Huntsman's Home.

Horse rider arriving at a village.

Golf scene / The New Caddy

ATHLO WARE
Sports & Pastimes
M & M
England
P. B. B. 

the initials P.B.B. stand for 
Price Bros, Burslem  

it is uncertain what the M&M stand for

the overwhelming majority of ATHLO Ware is finished in a brown treacle glaze - this water jug is in an unusual green glaze 

Mattona Ware

 A range of hand painted, matt finished ware often in a Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper Deco style.

Often the same shape/design was produced with different patterns.

The ware carried the mark "Mattona Ware" without any reference to Price Bros. 

Cottage Ware was introduced by Price Bros in 1945

From the 1920s Cottage style ware had been produced by a number of potters. In 1942 Wartime restrictions meant that the manufacture of fancies for sale in the home market was forbidden - only plain utilitarian ware was allowed. 

As the end of WWII was in sight restrictions were being eased and in June 1945 many potters were granted licences for the manufacture of fancies.  

Price Bros' response to the lifting of these restrictions was a concentrated push to introduce their Cottage Ware range - the registration number 845007 shows that the design was registered by them in 1945. The reintroduction of this ware proved to be very successful with the public - huge quantities were purchased and manufacture continued after the merger with Kensington Potteries in 1961.    

Cottage Ware was a distinctive style of pottery designed to resemble thatched cottages, featuring detailed hand-painted windows, doors, and floral decorations. The designs were typically warm and rustic, evoking an English countryside charm. These pieces were made as teapots, sugar bowls, creamers, butter dishes, and other tableware.

Price
Bros
Made in England 

Cottage ware
Reg No 845007

some ware had cast-in markings and often some items in a set were not marked

with various pattern names above 

c. 1928

the initials P.B.B. stand for 
Price Bros, Burslem  

it is uncertain what the initials M & M stand for - they were first used on a six pointed star mark introduced by Price Brothers around 1896

c. 1934+

c. 1934+

c. 1934+

Cottage ware
Reg No 845007

c. 1945+