T Rathbone & Co

Location and period of operation:

 Earthenware manufacturer at the Newfield Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

 

Rathbone, T., general earthenware manufacturer, 
Newfield Pottery, 
High Street, Sandyford (Tunstall) 

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

flo-blue plate with gilding - FLORENCE pattern

jug in the DANE pattern 

Flo-blue dinner and serving set in the MAY pattern 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

T. R. & Co
T
LUCERNE is the pattern name

mark c.1898+

T. R. & Co
Tunstall

mark c.1898+

T. R. & Co
T
DANE is the pattern name

mark c.1912+

T. R. & Co T

T. R. & Co T  England

    MAY is the pattern name
The 'T' stands for Tunstall which is the town where the works were based 

these two marks appear on diferent pieces of the 
MAY pattern in the set shown above 

T. R. & Co
England

mark c.1919-24

Fakes, reproductions of Rathbone ware 

T Rathbone flo blue reproductions do appear on the market - they are c.1960-1980s
manufactured in China and generally easy to spot due to the crude backstamp mark,
the thickness of the ware, unglazed bottom and poor decoration. 

this reproduction of a T Rathbone teapot is heavy and has a distinctive thick feel
the gold colour is very crudely applied  

reproductions often have unglazed areas on the bottoms 
- the foot rings are rough and too white and on this
example there is gold colour splashed on the bottom

the mark on the reproduction is very crude

set of reproduction T Rathbone flo blue jugs 

badly drawn mark on jugs 

1924 map showint the Newfield Pottery 

many of the pottery buildings can still be identified
the site of the former Newfield Pottery as used as industrial units

photo: 2018 - Google Maps

Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks