Tea Leaf

Potter: Mellor, Taylor

Biography

1880-1904
Also: Mellor, Taylor & Co.

Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1880s, 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Gold Lustre
Body Styles:
Fleur-de-lys
Lion's Head
Plain Round
Ribboned Round
Scalloped Rim
Senate Shape
Simple Square
Square Ridged - Hearts
Motifs:
Lustre Band
Moss Rose
Tea Leaf

Potter: J & G Meakin

Biography

1851-1870.  J & G Meakin was in business from 1851 through the 20th century (later became part of the Wedgwood group).

Location: Hanley, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Bow Tie
Cable Shape
Chelsea
Panelled Berry With Leaves
Unknown
Motifs:
Pinwheel
Tea Leaf

Potter: John Maddock

Biography

1880-1887
Also: John Maddock & Son(s) (Ltd)

Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Old Dominion
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: Johnson Bros.

Biography

1883-1968

Location: Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1880s, 1890s, 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Gold Lustre
Body Styles:
Acanthus
Chelsea
Rosetta
Simple Ribbed
Square Ridged - Ribbed
Unknown
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: Thomas Hughes

Biography

1855-1894
Also: Thos. Hughes & Son 1805-1909

Location: Burslem and Longport, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Beaded Bow
Delphi II
Dignity
Fig Cousin
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: W.H. Grindley

Biography

1880-1960
Ltd added in 1925
Also: W.H. Grindley & Co.

Location: Tunstall, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1880s, 1890s, 20th Century
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Bamboo
Favorite
Plain Round
Scalloped Rim
Simple Pear
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: Thomas Furnival

Biography

1871-1874
Also: Thomas Furnival and Sons  1875-1890

Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Gold Lustre
Body Styles:
Cable Shape
Gentle Square (Rooster)
Little Cable
Unknown
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: Thomas Elsmore

Biography

1872-1887
Also Thomas Elsmore & Son

Location: Tunstall, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Delphi
Ginger-Jar Round
Plain Round
Unknown
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: John Edwards

Biography

In business 1847-1900; appears to have made Tea Leaf only in the 1870s and 1880s.

Location: Fenton, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Camille
Chelsea
Peerless Shape (Feather)
Plain Round
Royal Shape
Tuscan Shape
Victory Shape (Dolphin)
Motifs:
Tea Leaf

Potter: Edge Malkin

Biography

1870-1903
Ltd. from 1897
Edge, Malkin & Co.
Potted both white ironstone as well as a cream-colored buttery color ironstone

Location: Burslem, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Argyle
Polonaise
Motifs:
Tea Leaf
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