Pottery & porcelain
E Cotton (Elijah, Ltd) marks
Hanley, England, United Kingdom · 1880–1981 · 8 marks.
- Active years
- 1880–1981
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Hanley, England
- Products
- earthenware
- Marks
- 8
Dated marks & timeline
8 marks
From 1956
Elijah Cotton Ltd Staffordshire England Lord Nelson Ware
earthenware · England, United Kingdom
From 1956
Lord Nelson Pottery England
The 1-78 code dates this example to January 1978.
earthenware · England, United Kingdom
Undated
BCM/NELSON WARE Made in England
The BCM/NELSON WARE mark appears in a 1947 directory.
earthenware · England, United Kingdom
BCM stands for British Commercial Monomark.
Undated
C G VI R Nelson Ware 1944 England
The 1944 inscription dates this government-supplied example; C denotes its class under the Wartime Concentration Scheme.
earthenware · England, United Kingdom
Royal GR-VI cypher identifies government property; the source considers the canteen ware probably supplied to the armed services.
About E Cotton (Elijah, Ltd)
Elijah Cotton started making earthenware at the Lichfield Street Works in Hanley in 1880 and built the Nelson Pottery in 1885 as the business expanded. After his death in 1895 his family continued the firm. During the Second World War it made undecorated domestic and government canteen ware under the Wartime Concentration Scheme.
Also known as: Elijah Cotton (Ltd)