Pottery & porcelain
Hollinshead & Kirkham pottery marks
On earthenware from Burslem Tunstall, England, Hollinshead & Kirkham pottery marks carry “Hollinshead Kirkham H K Tunstall Made in England”.
- Active years
- 1870–1956
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Burslem Tunstall, England
- Products
- earthenware, tableware
- Marks
- 9
Dated marks & timeline
9 marks
c. 1890–1900
H & K late Wedgwood
earthenware · Burslem Tunstall, England
Printed or impressed; introduced when Hollinshead & Kirkham took over Wedgwood & Co’s Unicorn Pottery.
c. 1890–1900
Ironstone China H & K late Wedgwood
Used from around the 1890 takeover of Unicorn Pottery until about 1900.
impressed, printed · earthenware · Tunstall, England
impressed or printed mark dating from onwards when Hollinshead & Kirkham took over Wedgwood & Co's Unicorn Pottery .. used until )
1900–1924
Hollinshead & Kirkham Tunstall England
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Cambridge is the shape name.
1924–1956
HOLKIRK WARE
earthenware · Tunstall, England
Katano is the pattern name; some versions include H&K.
Undated
Made in England H & K Tunstall
The large B identifies export ware produced under the Wartime Concentration Scheme.
earthenware · Tunstall, England
this mark with the large letter 'B' was used on ware produced for export under the Wartime Concentration Scheme
About Hollinshead & Kirkham (Ltd)
Hollinshead & Kirkham made earthenware first at Burslem and later at Tunstall. The original partners were John William and Samuel Hollinshead with Samuel Kirkham. The firm took over Woodland Pottery around 1876 and moved to the rebuilt Unicorn Pottery in 1890. John Kirkham and George Frederick Helé continued the business after the partnership changed in 1891; Helé left in 1902. Clarice Cliff worked there as a lithographer around 1915.
The firm introduced painted fruit tableware and Art Deco shapes in the 1930s. It was wound up in 1956, and Johnson Bros bought the factory. Hollinshead & Kirkham made earthenware in Burslem and later Tunstall. It took over Woodland Pottery around 1876 and moved to the rebuilt Unicorn Pottery in 1890. John Kirkham and George Frederick Helé continued the business after a partnership change in 1891. The firm later produced hand-painted fruit tableware and Art Deco shapes.
Hollinshead & Kirkham began at Burslem and moved to Woodland Pottery, Tunstall, around 1876. It moved into the rebuilt Unicorn Pottery in 1890.