Ridgway,
Morley, Wear & Co
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Location and period of operation:
Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co |
Shelton |
1836 |
June 1842 |
Earthenware
manufacturer at the Broad Street
Works, Shelton
(Hanley), Stoke-on-Trent,
England.
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Previously: Hicks, Meigh & Johnson
Subsequently: Ridgway & Morley
The London Gazette
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The London Gazette
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Messrs. RIDGWAY, MORLEY, WEAR, and Co., Iron-Stone China and Earthenware Factory. | |
PRESSING ROOM | |
No. 93. Thomas Furnival, | aged 58 |
I
have been a potter 51 years, first as a moulder; and have through every
department; am now the overlooker or manager of the works. It is my duty
to hire and discharge all the hands. We employ now, being low, 348
persons, that is 125 males 69 females, adults; 42 males, 7I female,
under 21; 23 boys, 18 girls; under 13. The premises stand upon about three acres, more or less : and consist of 60 rooms; seven ovens, and five offices, well drained and lighted by candles ; there is no engine of any kind except jiggers. The people come at six in the summer, and seven in the winter, and leave at six; there is sometimes over-work when orders come in; and they work 'till nine. The plate-makes, saucer-makers, and bowlers take on their boys with the consent of the overlooker, and pay them by the day. All paid by the master, are paid in hard cash. We sometimes for the
people advance sums of money, and let them work it out ; we sometimes do
that with the men, and let the boys work it out, or girls, but we have
no such thing as written contracts with parents for the employment of
children. All advances are made for the benefit of the people, and are
considered favours. We should not advance money to a drunken character. |
There was an interchange of patterns between the Ridgway business and between previous and successive companies.
transferware plate in the Caledonian pattern |
RMW & Co with an impressed mark the same style of mark was used by the sucessor Ridgway & Morley |
tazza - marked 'Real Stone China'
this tazza is the William Ridgway 'Milan' shape with Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co 'Peruvian' print.
Marks used on ware for identification:
R.M.W. & Co
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