Smith, Ford & Jones






 

Location and period of operation:

Smith, Ford & Jones

Burslem

1889

May 1894

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Lincoln Pottery, Dalehall, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • The partners were William Thomas Hulme Smith, Samuel Ford and Frederick Thomas Jones. 

  • Jones left the partnership in May 1894. The business was continued as Smith & Ford.  

NOTE: There was another potworks named 'Lincoln Pottery' in Cobridge - there was no connection between the two works. 

 

Subsequently: Smith & Ford

 


The London Gazette
1st June 1894 


notice that Frederick Thomas Jones
had left the business 

 

 

 


transfer ware printed tureen in the Forget Me Not pattern 


Established 1889
Semi Porcelain
Forget me Not
S.F. & J.
England

 the registration number shows that this pattern was first registered in 1893 

 

   

 

 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

S. F & J

Smith, Ford & Jones

 


Established 1889
Semi Porcelain
Frisco Pattern
Smith, Ford & Jones
England
Established 1889
Semi Porcelain
Lucerno Pattern
S.F. & J.
England

marks generally include a pattern name and a registration number 

 

 

 

Lincoln Pottery
Parisian White
England
Rd 198330
Anemone

the registration number shows that the pattern was registered to Smith, Ford & Jones
of the Lincoln Pottery, Dale Hall, Burslem on the 9th September 1892

 In spite of the use of "Parisian White" there was no connection with France or Paris - the manufacturers thought that the name 'Parisian' sounded more sophisticated. 

 

 

 

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