From 1915
Crown Ducal Ware Trade Mark A G R Made in England
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Variants occur with and without the AGR initials.
Pottery & porcelain
A G Richardson and Co Ltd marks
Tunstall, England, United Kingdom · 1915–1960 · 14 marks.
- Active years
- 1915–1960
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Tunstall, England
- Products
- earthenware
- Marks
- 14
Dated marks & timeline
14 marks
From 1915
Crown Ducal Ware Trade Mark Made in England
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Variants occur with and without the AGR initials.
c. From 1925
Crown Ducal Ware England
Registration number 711270 dates registration of this mark to 1925.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
c. From 1925
Crown Ducal Ware England
Registration number 711270 dates registration of this mark to 1925.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
c. 1930–1939
Crown Ducal Made in England
The source tentatively places introduction of this general mark in the 1930s.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
c. 1930–1939
G VI R A G Richardson & Co Ltd 1944
1944 is the manufacturing year shown on the illustrated government-supply piece, not a full mark-use interval.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
The G VI R cypher identifies ware supplied to the British Government, probably military canteen ware.
c. From 1930
Crown Ducal Gainsborough England
Registration number 749657 dates registration of the mark to 1929; the source dates use from about 1930.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Gainsborough was an additional trade name used on a range of wares, rather than one pattern or shape.
c. From 1930
Crown Ducal Gainsborough England
Registration number 749657 dates registration of the mark to 1929; the source dates use from about 1930.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Gainsborough was an additional trade name used on a range of wares, rather than one pattern or shape.
c. From 1934
Old Hall Ivory Ware England
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Unrelated to the separate Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd, which also used Old Hall wording.
c. From 1934
Old Hall Ivory Ware England
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Unrelated to the separate Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd, which also used Old Hall wording.
Undated
crown
The factory photograph was taken in November 1963; this is not a mark-use date.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Photograph of Britannia Pottery at the junction of North Road and Leek New Road, Cobridge; not a ceramic maker's mark.
Undated
Crown Ducal Made in England
The source tentatively places introduction of this general mark in the 1930s.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Norvic Citrus is the pattern name.
Undated
Crown Ducal Ware Trade Mark A.G.R & Co Ltd England
The mark appears in a 1917 directory; the source suggests use from the company's foundation in 1915.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Variants occur with and without the AGR initials.
Undated
initials
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Factory frontage photograph, not a ceramic maker's mark. AGR were also used by the associated Regal Pottery business.
About A G Richardson and Co Ltd
A G Richardson & Co Ltd was founded at the Gordon Pottery, Tunstall, in 1915 and used the Crown Ducal trade name. The firm expanded to the Britannia Pottery in Cobridge in 1934. Charlotte Rhead designed for it from 1932 until about 1941–42. It made tableware and fancy goods, including military canteen ware during the Second World War. Enoch Wedgwood bought the business in 1974, after which it closed.