Pottery & porcelain
British Pottery Ltd marks
Longton, England, United Kingdom · 1933–1960 · 4 marks.
- Active years
- 1933–1960
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Longton, England
- Products
- earthenware
- Marks
- 4
Dated marks & timeline
4 marks
Undated
B.P. Ltd J&G Meakin England
printed · earthenware · Longton, England
Agent's kiln emblem accompanies the J. & G. Meakin manufacturer mark.
Undated
earthenware
Factory photograph dated December 1962; the 1920 date refers to an earlier operator of the works.
earthenware · Longton, England
Melbourne Works in King Street, operated by British Pottery Ltd as an agent at the time of the photograph.
Undated
earthenware
earthenware · Longton, England
Door signage listing Hales, Hancock & Goodwin Ltd, British Pottery and Healacraft Ltd; not a pottery mark.
About British Pottery Ltd
A.T. Godwin founded British Pottery Ltd in London in 1933 as a manufacturers' agent. Around 1941 it moved with Hales, Hancock & Godwin to the New Park Pottery in Longton, then to the Melbourne Works around 1958. It supplied wholesalers and retailers from stock made by British and European manufacturers, including Grindley, Wood & Sons, Broadhurst, Bridgwood and Meakin.