Pottery & porcelain
Lovatt & Lovatt pottery marks include printed “LANGLEY / ENGLAND” on Stoneware / earthenware in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England.
Lovatt partnership name from 1895, limited company from 1913, successor Lovatts Potteries from 1931. Works originated in 1865 and continued under later names until 1982.
c. 1907–1930
Curved name-and-place impression with an additional LEADLESS GLAZE stamp; distinguish printed Langley Ware wording.
impressed · Stoneware / earthenware · Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Undated
Small stacked full Langley Ware name, without the later windmill image; A is not assigned a date.
printed · Stoneware / earthenware · Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Undated
Compact two-line plain wordmark; no STONEWARE line and no Langley windmill.
printed · Stoneware / earthenware · Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Undated
Three straight lines with STONEWARE above LOVATTS; distinguish the two-line LOVATTS ENGLAND layout.
printed · Stoneware / earthenware · Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Undated
Windmill illustration with LANGLEY across its center; identifies the later Langley-branded family rather than a plain Lovatt name.
printed · Stoneware / earthenware · Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England
Lovatt & Lovatt operated the Langley Mill pottery after the Calvert partner retired in 1895. The works stood in Derbyshire near the Nottinghamshire border and had been established in 1865. Albert and John Lovatt had joined the Calvert business in 1883. The later partnership produced useful stoneware as well as ornamental pottery, using the Langley name on a variety of wares.
The firm became Lovatt & Lovatt Limited in 1913. Its products ranged from bottles and other utilitarian vessels to decorated vases, jugs and bowls. Impressed factory names, printed Langley Ware wording and abbreviated L&L marks belong to different parts of this output. In 1931 James Oakes’s business acquired the works, which continued as Lovatts Potteries Limited. The new management modernized the pottery and expanded domestic stoneware production.
Art-ware manufacture stopped in 1939, while utility production continued during the Second World War. Joseph Bourne & Son, the Denby pottery business, bought Lovatts in October 1959. Kitchenware and giftware then developed under the Langley name. The company became Langley Pottery Limited in 1967, and the Langley factory closed in 1982. Later Langley marks consequently belong to the same works’ successor period rather than the original Lovatt partnership.
Also known as: Lovatt & Lovatt Ltd · Lovatt’s · Lovatts · Langley Ware · Lovique Ware · Langley Mill Pottery · Langley Pottery Ltd · Lovatt & Lovatt, later Lovatts Potteries Limited
The neighboring pottery acquired Lovatts in 1959. Later Denby and Langley branding can reflect common ownership, while earlier Bourne marks identify the separate Denby works.
An earlier partnership at the same works, preceding Lovatt & Lovatt in 1895. Retain the Calvert name when it is present.
