Copper Lustre

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: Jacob Furnival

Biography

1845-1870
Also Jacob Furnival & Co.

Location: Colbridge, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Berry Cluster
Classic Gothic
Cockscomb Handle
Full Panelled Gothic
Gothic Grape
Grand Loop
Grape Octagon
Hidden Motif
Loop & Line
Panelled Grape
Primary
Quartered Rose
Scalloped Rim
Unknown
Walled Octagon
Wheat
Motifs:
Blackberry
Botanical
Chelsea Grape
Cinquefoil
Coral
Ivy
Lustre Band
Pinwheel
Teaberry

Potter: John Farrall

Biography

1854
Also Jacob Farrall & Co.
(Pearson, Farrall & Meakin)

Location: Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Dangling Tulips
Grape Octagon
Motifs:
Lustre Band

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: Elsmore and Forster

Biography

Sometimes printed as Elsmore & Foster on Columbia Shape children's pieces.

Location: Tunstall, Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre, Copper Lustre with cobalt plumes, Copper Lustre with copper plumes, Green and Gold, Polychrome with Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Arched Forget-Me-Not
Ceres Shape
Columbia Shape
Crystal Shape
Fanfare
Laurel Wreath
Panelled Decagon
Portland Shape
Tulip Shape (Little Scroll)
Motifs:
Lustre Band
Morning Glory
Pepperleaf
Reverse Teaberry
Teaberry
Tobacco 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: James Edwards

Biography

Alt Name: James Edwards & Son(s)
James Edwards 1842-1854
James Edards & Son(s) 1854-1883

Location: Staffordshire
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1840s, 1850s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Gothic Cameo
Motifs:
Lustre Band

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

Potter: J. H. Davis

Biography

1875-1891
Alt Names: Davis, J. H.  or Davis, J.

Location: Eastwood, Hanley
Origins: British
Manufacturing Era: 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Type of Company: Potter
Type of Ware: Bath, Dinnerware
Treatments: Copper Lustre
Body Styles:
Banded Round
Plain Round
Motifs:
Lustre Band
Teaberry
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