Blue Art Nouveau Pitcher F & Sons, Melton Burslem England (1287)

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Blue Art Nouveau Pitcher F & Sons, Melton Burslem England Art nouveau style from 1900 to 1930s blue floral pattern very pretty jug stands stands 8 1/2 inch tall and 6 1/2 inch wide

  • Thomas Ford had been involved as a pottery manufacturer with a number of partners since at least 1868, (some records give 1865). In 1893 the business of Ford & Riley closed and became Ford & Sons. 
  • The ‘& Sons’ were Thomas Isaac and Sampson Hancock Ford. 
  • In January 1902 Thomas Ford retired and the business was continued by his two sons – the name ‘Ford & Sons’ was retained. 
  • The business was incorporated as Ford & Sons Ltd in 1908. Notice in the June 1908 Pottery Gazette – “Ford & Sons Ltd – Registered capital, £15,000 in £1 shares. Objects, to take over the business of earthenware manufacturers carried on by T. I. Ford and S. H. Ford, at the Lower Manufactory, Newcastle- st., Burslem, as “Ford & Sons.” The subscribers are Mr. T. I. Ford, Mrs. S. L. Ford, Mrs. M. A. Ford, Messrs. S. H. Ford, J. Robinson, A. J. Copey, and F. W. Hodgkinson.” 
  • Notice in the January 1913 Pottery Gazette sumarises the will of S. H. Ford… “Mr. Sampson Hancock Ford, of Blackwood, Horton, Staffs., left estate valued at £13,248 13s. 1d., with net personalty £9,534 13s. 4d. Testator left £500 upon trust for life to his brother-in-law, John Edward Meir, then to his wife Betsy M. Meir, for life, with remainder to the United Methodist Church, called Mount Tabor, at Tunstall ; £500 upon trust for life to his sister-in-law, Sarah Jane Walters, with remainder to his niece, Dorothy Hodgkinson ; 250 shares in Ford & Sons, Ltd., Burslem, to his works manager, Joseph Robinson, in the hope that he will continue to be works manager.”
  • The business was purchased in 1938 by Oswald Shufflebottom. He renamed the business Ford & Sons (Crownford) Ltd. 
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Blue Art Nouveau Pitcher F & Sons, Melton Burslem England Art nouveau style from 1900 to 1930s blue floral pattern very pretty jug stands stands 8 1/2 inch tall and 6 1/2 inch wide

  • Thomas Ford had been involved as a pottery manufacturer with a number of partners since at least 1868, (some records give 1865). In 1893 the business of Ford & Riley closed and became Ford & Sons. 
  • The ‘& Sons’ were Thomas Isaac and Sampson Hancock Ford. 
  • In January 1902 Thomas Ford retired and the business was continued by his two sons – the name ‘Ford & Sons’ was retained. 
  • The business was incorporated as Ford & Sons Ltd in 1908. Notice in the June 1908 Pottery Gazette – “Ford & Sons Ltd – Registered capital, £15,000 in £1 shares. Objects, to take over the business of earthenware manufacturers carried on by T. I. Ford and S. H. Ford, at the Lower Manufactory, Newcastle- st., Burslem, as “Ford & Sons.” The subscribers are Mr. T. I. Ford, Mrs. S. L. Ford, Mrs. M. A. Ford, Messrs. S. H. Ford, J. Robinson, A. J. Copey, and F. W. Hodgkinson.” 
  • Notice in the January 1913 Pottery Gazette sumarises the will of S. H. Ford… “Mr. Sampson Hancock Ford, of Blackwood, Horton, Staffs., left estate valued at £13,248 13s. 1d., with net personalty £9,534 13s. 4d. Testator left £500 upon trust for life to his brother-in-law, John Edward Meir, then to his wife Betsy M. Meir, for life, with remainder to the United Methodist Church, called Mount Tabor, at Tunstall ; £500 upon trust for life to his sister-in-law, Sarah Jane Walters, with remainder to his niece, Dorothy Hodgkinson ; 250 shares in Ford & Sons, Ltd., Burslem, to his works manager, Joseph Robinson, in the hope that he will continue to be works manager.”
  • The business was purchased in 1938 by Oswald Shufflebottom. He renamed the business Ford & Sons (Crownford) Ltd. 

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