F Primavesi (& Son/s)






 

Location and period of operation:

F Primavesi (& Son/s)

South Wales

c.1850

1915

 

F Primavesi were earthenware, china, glass and hardware merchants in South Wales. 

They are included in this database of North Staffordshire potteries because they sold earthenware manufactured by a number of Stoke-on-Trent potters. 

  • The business was established around 1850 by Fedele Primavesi (senior).

  • According to Godden the style '& Son' appears to date from around 1860. 

  • Later he was joined by his sons Fedele Primavesi jnr, and then Almachilde Primavesi and Egido Primavesi.

  • A directory entry shows that by at least 1873 the style was '& Sons'

  • In January 1881  Fedele Primavesi snr left the partnership (probably through his death) and the business was continued by his sons. The name F Primavesi & Sons was continued. 

  • In September 1886 Egido Primavesi was the last of the original sons remaining in the business. He died May 1888.

 

 



Primavesi  F. & Sons, china and glass merchants,
26 Castle B. street

1873-4 directory for Swansea & Neath

 

 

The London Gazette
12th July 1881


notice of the dissolution of the partnership
after the death of Fedele Primavesi the elder -
the business was continued by his sons

 The London Gazette
5th October 1886



notice of the dissolution of the partnership
between Egidio and Almachilde Primavesi - 
the business was continued by Egidio alone

 

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

Marks progressively use F Primavesi (from 1850), '& Son' (from around 1860) and then by at least 1873 '& Sons'.

There was no set format or style to the marks. 

Place locations change but generally include Cardiff & Swansea and later Newport and then London.

Ware is often marked with only a reference to Primavesi but sometime include a manufacturers mark.  

 

 


Primavesi & Son

mark using a facsimile 
of the Royal Arms
Primavesi & Son
Cardiff & Swansea

 

 

  
G.L.A & Bros.

F Primavesi & Son
Cardiff & Swansea

This plate was produced for 
Frimavesi  by G.L. Ashworth & Bros. 

Acropolis was one of Ashworth's standard patterns

 

 


F Primavesi & Son
Cardiff & Swansea
Primavesi & Son
Cardiff & Swansea
Primavesi & Son
Cardiff & Swansea

Wedgwood & Co (impressed mark)

   

This ware was produced for Frimavesi  by Wedgwood & Co 

 

 

  

 


F Primavesi & Sons
Cardiff & Swansea

ASHWORTH (impressed mark)

This ware was produced by 
G.L. Ashworth & Bros. 
F Primavesi & Sons
Cardiff 

BODLEY & SON (impressed mark)

This ware was produced by 
Bodley & Son

c. 1874-75
F Primavesi & Sons
Swansea 

fragment found in Australia on an ancestors old house site from late 1880s

photos courtesy: Faith Roper

 

 


F Primavesi & Son
Swansea
F Primavesi & Son
Cardiff 
Manufactured for
F Primavesi & Son
London & Swansea

 

 


F Primavesi & Sons
Cardiff, Swansea,
 Newport (Mon)
F Primavesi & Sons
Swansea Newport
& London

 

 


Manufacturered for
Primavesi & Sons
Swansea

c. 1884-90

 

'The World' was a series of aesthetic patterns produced by Wallis Gimson & Co. The registration number 7624 shows that the pattern was first registered on May 27, 1884, with production ending sometime prior to the close of the factory in 1890.

Wallis Gimson & Co. produced ware in this pattern for general sale and also for other distributors, merchants as well as Primavesi & Sons

 

  

 


F Primavesi & Sons
Cardiff, Swansea,
 Newport (Mon)

COLANDINE is the pattern name
likely produced by South Wales Pottery, Llanelly

 

 


P & B

F Primavesi & Sons
Cardiff, Swansea,
 & Newport (Mon)

This ware was produced by 
Powell & Bishop 

c.1867-78 
P B & S

F Primavesi & Sons
Cardiff

This ware was produced by 
Powell, Bishop & Stonier 

The registration number 2665 shows that the pattern was first registered on 29th Feb 1884

c.1884-91 

 

 

 

 

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