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"Commerce" is the pattern name and the mark is an impressed beehive

"Neptune" is the pattern name and the mark is a printed beehive

on Samuel Alcock

Initials: D B & Co

"INDIAN" is the pattern name

1886 was when Dunn Bennett moved to the Hill Works in Burslem

1886 was when Dunn Bennett moved to the Hill Works in Burslem
"ENGLAND" was added 1891 onwards 

Most marks after 1907 have "& Co Ltd"

on Dunn Bennett marks

Marked  "KENSINGTON" which is the pattern name.
 "B & L & Co" for Burgess Leigh & Co.

Burgess Leigh & Co occupied the Central Pottery, Burslem from 1862 to 1867.
In 1867 as Burgess & Leigh they occupied the earthenware department at the Hill Pottery (see mark below) 

Below is a registration diamond 

Burgess & Leigh
mark c.1867-1899

Marked "HILL POTTERY" "NORMAN" which is the pattern name.
 "B & L" for Burgess and Leigh.

In 1867 Burgess & Leigh occupied the earthenware department at the Hill Pottery and then in 1899 moved to purpose built pottery at Middleport. 

Below is a registration diamond 

Burgess & Leigh mark c.1930's

Burgess & Leigh continued to use the beehive mark when they moved to the Middleport pottery.

The trade name "BURLEIGH WARE" was introduced in the 1930's

on Burgess & Leigh marks

In 1877 Thomas, or T.F. Wood as he was called in later years, along with his brother William Wood, purchased for £5075 a site in Navigation Road, which they called New Wharf Pottery, and which they had probably been tenants or since 1875. 
The name New Wharf was probably derived from the New Wharf that was built on the nearby canal at that time.

the addition of "ENGLAND" dates this mark as 1891+

the use of the 'garden urn' as part of a pottery mark was used extensively by the Ridgway families. 

on New Wharf Pottery

William Ridgway (c.1830's) and their subsequent pottery companies used this style of mark with the garden urn. 

Ridgways at the Bedford Works, Shelton reissued some early marks and this mark is 1891+ (because of the addition of 'ENGLAND')

This is an identical designed mark as the New Wharf Pottery mark shown above - there is no known connection between the two companies, however it was not unknown for potters to swap plain ware for redecorating, moulds and patterns - so the New Wharf Pottery may have used some Ridgway ware to get them going at the new works. 

A printed mark of a beehive with
the name of the company was used

on Wallis Gimson

M B & Co are likely to be importers or distributors of Wallis Gimson ware