Pottery & porcelain
New Hall pottery marks
The name “New Hall” appears among New Hall pottery marks on porcelain from England, United Kingdom. Its mark period is 1781–1820.
- Active years
- c. 1899–1956
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Hanley, England
- Products
- bottles, earthenware, porcelain, Earthenware wash sets and jugs, Dinner and hotel ware, Government canteen ware, Decorative Boumier Ware
- Marks
- 10
Company formed about 1899–1900; distinct from the eighteenth-century New Hall porcelain enterprise on the historic site.
What to look for
- The building cartouche has several layouts: Hanley England, Hanley Staffs with Made in England, and the later expanded Staffordshire wording. Read all lines; these are not eighteenth-century porcelain marks.
- A government G VI R stamp can include an explicit year. Read 1944 or 1951 as the production year of that example. The N.H.P. initials stamp has no established narrower date range.
- Separate impressed numerals from the printed maker's stamp. The illustrated 5 37 example identifies May 1937; it does not date every use of the surrounding cartouche.
Dated marks & timeline
10 marks
c. 1930–1951
NEWHALL Hanley England
Impressed 5 37 dates the illustrated example to May 1937.
impressed · Hanley, England
1944
G VI R Newhall Pottery 1944
1944 is the manufacture year of this government-supply piece.
Hanley, England
The G VI R cipher identifies ware supplied to the British Government.
1951
G VI R Newhall Pottery 1951
1951 is the manufacture year of this government-supply piece.
Hanley, England
The G VI R cipher identifies ware supplied to the British Government.
Undated
NEWHALL HANLEY ENGLAND
Hanley, England
Compare the jug, wash set and tray decoration with the Willow pattern.
Undated
N.H.P. Made in England
Hanley, England
The same mark appears on the illustrated tray and wash set.
About New Hall Pottery Co Ltd
New Hall Pottery Company Limited was an earthenware manufacturer in Hanley, Staffordshire. Established around 1899–1900, it occupied the historic New Hall works and took over Plant and Gilmore's business. Robert Audley developed the concern into a large producer of inexpensive wash sets and jugs. The company belonged to a later industrial period than the New Hall porcelain factory founded in the eighteenth century.
The works were enlarged and modernized before and after the First World War. A long chamber kiln fired by gas began operating in 1921. As fixed bathroom fittings reduced demand for wash sets, the business expanded into dinner and hotel ware. Decorated tableware and ornamental pieces supplemented these practical lines. Lucien Boullemier joined in 1936 and produced the decorated range called Boumier Ware.
During the Second World War, New Hall continued manufacturing, concentrating on undecorated domestic and government canteen ware. Some service pieces bear George VI's cypher and a production year. Decorated lines and overseas trade resumed after the war. The company ceased trading in 1956, and its hotel-ware moulds passed to the Royal Art Pottery.
Also known as: Newhall · N.H.P. · Boumier Ware · New Hall Pottery Company Limited · New Hall · New Hall Porcelain Co
Look-alikes & how to tell them apart
New Hall Porcelain Works, 1781–1835 →
Shared historic works name and the shortened New Hall label.
The later company made earthenware carrying Hanley/England cartouches, N.H.P. or government stamps. Early porcelain is a different body and often has only painted pattern numbers; it is not dated by these modern marks.
Other British government canteen-ware makers
George VI's cypher was used on contracted supplies.
The royal cypher identifies government property, not one pottery. Require the Newhall name beneath it.