Beswick and Son






 

Location and period of operation:

Beswick & Son 

Longton

1916

1930

 

China manufacturers at the Warwick Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

  • In 1915 the business of Bridgett & Bates was purchased by James Wright Beswick and the business renamed to  Beswick & Son - this new business operated at the Warwick Works, Longton.  

 

Previously: Bridgett & Bates

 

 

 
Warwick China
small octagonal plate by Beswick & Son 

 

 

Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

B & S

impressed initials or used with 
printed marks
1916 -1930

printed or impressed mark


 


WARWICK
B & S
CHINA
ENGLAND

Beswick & Son operated from the Warwick Works
and used the trade name 
Warwick China  

 

Aldwych China
used as a trade name
1916 - 30 

the 1931 Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review lists 
“Aldwych” China as a trade name of Beswick & Sons, 
Warwick Works, Chadwick Street, Longton. 

This trade name was originated by the predecessors - Bridgett & Bates

NOTE: The name 'Aldwych China' was also used by Wiltshaw & Robinson

 

 


Warwick Works c.1900

 

 


Warwick Works c.1938


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