Royal Staffordshire Pottery |
"Royal Staffordshire Pottery" was the factory of A. J. Wilkinson and early ware c.1891 - c.1910 sometimes have the factory name without the company name. |
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Royal Staffordshire Pottery
Burslem
Cecil Aldin
Sketches
Reproduced by
special permission
Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life - go to: Wikipedia article
Royal Staffordshire Pottery
PEKIN
Burslem England
"PEKIN" is the pattern name
Royal Staffordshire Pottery England
Jenny Lind
1795
Jenny Lind was was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century
- go to: Wikipedia articleJenny Lind was a popular print - it was an early 1900's replicas of original ware that was produced in the mid 1800's by the Meigh family of potters at the Old Hall Works in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. After the closure of the Old Hall Works in 1902 A J Wilkinson (at the Royal Staffordshire Pottery) bought the Jenny Lind printing plates and continued production of this pattern.
The '1795' has nothing to do with the date of manufacture - it refers back to the start of the original Meigh family pottery.