Ridgway & Morley






 

Location and period of operation:

Ridgway & Morley  

Shelton

1842

1844

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Broad Street Works, Shelton (Hanley), Stoke-on-Trent, England. 

 

Previously: Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co

Subsequently: Francis Morley (&Co)

 

NOTE: There was an interchange of patterns between the Ridgway business and between previous and successive companies. 

 

 

 


transferware plate in the Archipelago pattern
Archipelago
Improved Granite China
R & M

with an impressed mark 
of a shield with a lion and unicorn 
from the  Royal Arms

the same style of mark was used by the predecessor Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co


 

 


plate in the Pheasant pattern - hand painted with gilding
Stone Ware
Pheasant 
R & M

3/1567 is probably a pattern number

 

 


flow blue shallow dish with gilding
mark using the  Royal Arms 
- this version is attributed to Ridgway & Morley

photos courtesy: Stuart Mulholland 

 


   

Godden - Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks attributes this style of the Royal Arms, with a lion on top of the crown, to Ridgway & Morley.

This style of arms was also used by subsequent associated potters: Francis Morley & Co (1845-58), Morley & Ashworth (1859-62) and  G. L. Ashworth & Bros (1862-c.1890)


 

 

this shard was found at a rural farm site in Northern California, US, that had known residents around 1865-1870

photo supplied by: Nathan Blunt

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:


R & M

Nice is the pattern name 
R & M

Moss Rose is the pattern name 

with an impressed mark 
of a shield with a lion and unicorn 
from the  Royal Arms
R & M

Cashmere is the pattern name 
Ridgway & Morley's
Improved Granite China
Manufactured for and
Imported by Tyndale's
Philadelphia

 

       

 


Ridgway and Morley
Shelton
Patent Ironstone China

Real Ironstone China
(impressed) 

 

 

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Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks