Keele Street pottery marks

About Keele Street Pottery Co Ltd

Earthenware manufacturer at Keele Street, Tunstall , Stoke-on-Trent , England Keele Street Pottery was established in 1915 by Charles H. Bowers, Elijah Brookes, J.Robinson, and H.W. Pitt. Elijah Brookes had previously operated as E. Brookes & Son . H.W. Pitt was the technical manager he developed ' once fired ware' and in 1916 the business commenced mass production of once fired egg cups.

Manufacturing was suspended in 1941 during World War II, under the Concentration of Industries Act and the factory used by government to store shell cases. In 1946 Charles Griffiths Bowers (son of C. H. Bowers) reactivated the business and manufacturing was allowed to restart. The works opened producing once fired white cups. In 1947 the range was extended to include ornamental ware, cottage ware and other fancies. Around 1946 Charles G.

Bowers, as well as restarting the Keele Street Pottery, formed the Keel Street Group (later renamed Staffordshire Potteries Ltd.) and began to acquire pottery businesses under this umbrella company. Keele Street Pottery became a subsidiary or the group and was eventually subsumed into Staffordshire Potteries Ltd. at the works operating from the former Meir Airport site. Charles H. BOWERS : Began work with Booths of Tunstall where he later became Managing Director.