Taylor & Kent |
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Location and period of operation:
Taylor
& Kent |
Longton |
1876 |
1982 |
China and Majolica manufacturers at the Florence Works, High Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
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Subsequently: Elizabethan Fine Bone China Ltd
Taylor & Kent
Florence Works, Longton
China &
Majolica Manufacturers
for Home and Foreign Markets
The Pottery Gazette, January 1885
Taylor &
Kent Ltd
Florence Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review, April 1953
Taylor & Kent Crested China
Florentine China
mostly made 1900-25
Taylor & Kent trio
1930s style
tea sets in the Harlequin
pattern
cup and saucer in the Harlequin
pattern
produced under the ELIZABETHAN trade name
1961+
Marks & initials used on ware for identification:
Asiatic Pheasants
T & K L
'Asiatic Pheasants' is the pattern name
T & K
L
'L' stands for
LONGTON
the town where the factory was located
c.1876+
FLORENTINE CHINA
This Florentine China
mark was used on Crested China
and souvenir ware - mostly made 1900-25
KENT CHINA
![]() T & K L c.1880 - 1906 |
![]() OLD DRESDEN is the pattern name the registration
number 219806 shows the pattern was registered |
![]() T & K L Florentine China Made in England c.1906+ |
![]() Made in England T & K L c.1912+ variations of this style of mark occur |
![]() Made in England Taylor & Kent Longton c.1912+ 4939 is the pattern number |
![]() Kent Bone China Taylor & Kent Longton England this style of mark was in use in the 1930s |
c.1939+ |
probably 1939+ |
![]() KENT Bone China Taylor & Kent England c.1950+ |
![]() KENT Bone China Taylor & Kent England c.1950+ |
variations of this style of mark occur
ELIZABETHAN
the trade name Elizabethan was introduced in 1961
Elizabethan
Fine Bone China
by Taylor & Kent
England
c.1961+
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