Tams & Lowe |
Location and period of operation:
Tams
& Lowe |
Longton |
1865 |
1874 |
Earthenware
manufacturer at St. Gregory's Pottery, Longton,
Stoke-on-Trent, England
|
Subsequently: William Lowe
"The goods produced comprise all the usual varieties of articles in useful ordinary earthenware, and in china of an average quality. In the former, dinner, tea, toilet, and other services, &c., are made in white, sponged, printed, ground-laid, and gilt varieties; in the latter only the ordinary common classes are made, principally for the home trade. The quality of the body is firm and good, and the mosaic jugs and tea-pots, mounted and otherwise, are well formed and decorated. In these and in the reeded turquoise tea-pots, &c., the ground colours are clear and even." The Ceramic Art of Great Britain Vol II, 1878; Llewellynn Jewitt |
transfer ware Willow plate by
Tams & Lowe
small Willow platter
measuring 17 x 21.5cm (6¾ x 8½in)
Initials
and marks used on ware for identification:
"The usual mark in the common willow pattern is a garter, with the words STAFFORDSHIRE IMPROVED, enclosing the name of the pattern and the Staffordshire knot; the ribbon is surmounted by a crown, and beneath are the initials of the firm, T. & L." |
Staffordshire Improved
T & L
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