Spencer Stevenson & Co Ltd

Stevenson & Co Ltd






 

Location and period of operation:

Spencer Stevenson and Co Ltd

Longton

1948

  1960

 

Bone china manufacturer at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

  • The owner and Managing Director was Spencer Stevenson. Sometimes directories listed the company as Stevenson, Spencer & Co Ltd, leading people to think (wrongly) there there were two people - a Mr Stevenson and a Mr Spencer. 

  • Originally manufacturing at the Dresden Works, Bagnall Street, Longton.

  • In 1951 the company officers were listed as Manging Director: Spencer Stevenson; Sales Manageress: Miss F. Stevenson; Art Director: H. Eardley; Works Manager: A. Thompson. 

  • By 1956 they were listed at the Enson Works, Chelson Street, Longton. The company officers were Manging Director: Spencer Stevenson; Works Director: Eric S. Stevenson; Sales Manageress: Miss F. Stevenson; Art Director: S. T. Dunn; Works Manager: A. Thompson. 

  • Manufacturing stopped in 1960 but they continued as a distributor of ceramic ware. 

 

 


Spencer Stevenson and Co Ltd  
Bagnall Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Pottery Gazette Reference Book - 1951

 

 

 
Cups and saucers from the harlequin range

 

 

 
Spencer Stevenson - Bone China Willow

Spencer Stevenson were one of the few companies to produce the Willow pattern
on Bone China - the vast majority was earthenware 

 

 

 

 

 

Initials used on ware for identification:

ROYAL STUART
 [trade name] - introduced in 1951

 

 


Spencer Stevenson
England
Bone China 

c.1948+
Spencer Stevenson
Co Ltd
Bone China 
Made in England

c.1948+
Royal Stuart
Bone China
Spencer Stevenson
England

c.1951+
Willow
Spencer Stevenson
Bone China  
England

c.1952+

 

 




 

 


Bottle Ovens of the Enson Works
photo: Nov 2002 Linden Cooke

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