c. 1905–1924
Royal Ivory Porcelain R & L Ltd Stoke-on-Trent England
Ltd was added after 1905.
porcelain · Stoke-on-Trent, England
Pottery & porcelain
Robinson & Leadbeater marks
Stoke, England, United Kingdom · 1865–1924 · 4 marks.
- Active years
- 1865–1924
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Stoke, England
- Products
- china, porcelain
- Marks
- 4
Dated marks & timeline
4 marks
Undated
Established 1850 Robinson & Leadbeater Ltd Stoke-on-Trent, Eng. Manufacturers of the Royal Ivory Porcelain and Parian Statuary
Ltd was added after 1905; the established 1850 statement refers to predecessor Giovanni Meli.
porcelain · Stoke-on-Trent, England
Letterhead shows the factory at the corner of Wolfe Street and Back Glebe Street. Robinson & Leadbeater acquired Meli’s business in 1865.
Undated
FANCY TRADES SUPPLEMENT TO THE POTTERY GAZETTE
1893 dates the journal article, not mark use.
porcelain · Stoke-on-Trent, England
A Pottery Gazette article on Robinson & Leadbeater, published 1 June 1893.
Undated
porcelain
1893 dates the trade-journal account, not mark use.
porcelain · Stoke-on-Trent, England
An 1893 trade-journal account describes Parian statuary production at the Wolfe Street works in Stoke, including busts, vases and plaques for home and export markets.
About Robinson & Leadbeater
James Robinson and Edward James Leadbeater bought Giovanni Meli’s Glebe Street Parian works in Stoke in 1865, adding the Wharf Street Works in 1870. The firm made Parian statuary and porcelain. After insolvency in 1904 the business continued under the same name and later came under Harold Taylor Robinson’s control. It became part of J. A. Robinson & Sons and merged into Cauldon Potteries in 1924.
Meli’s earlier business, founded in 1850, explains that date on later advertising.
Also known as: Robinson & Leadbeater (Ltd)