Pottery & porcelain
Sampson Bridgwood pottery marks
On earthenware from Longton, England, Sampson Bridgwood pottery marks carry “Anchor China Bridgwood England”. The mark period is 1910.
- Active years
- From 1820
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City / region
- Longton, England
- Products
- china, earthenware, porcelain, tableware
- Marks
- 16
Dated marks & timeline
16 marks
From 1870
Limoges PG
Longton, England
Parisian Granite trade name; it does not identify French manufacture.
c. 1884–1887
Bridgwoods China
Introduced in 1884; china production ceased around 1887, and a 1917 directory calls it an old mark.
Longton, England
Carnation is the pattern name.
From 1891
Porcelain Opaque Bridgwood & Son
Versions with England date from 1891 onwards; versions without it are dated 1885–1891.
Longton, England
mark incorprating the Royal Arms marks with 'England' are +
From 1891
Porcelain Opaque Trade Mark Bridgwood & Son England
Longton, England
Variant including ENGLAND.
From 1910
Anchor China Bridgwood England
earthenware · Longton, England
China was a trade name for fine , not bone china.
From 1910
Anchor China S B & S England
earthenware · Longton, England
Dawlish is the pattern name. China was a fine- trade name; Bridgwood stopped making bone china in 1887.
From 1933
Semi-Porcelain Sampson Bridgwood & Son Ltd Made in England
Ltd was added from 1933 onwards.
earthenware · Longton, England
'Ltd' added onward
c. 1970–1984
Bridgwood Sampsonite Vitrified Hotel Ware
Dated to the late 1970s through 1984.
Longton, England
c. late 1970s
Undated
G VI R Bridgwood 1952
1952 is the illustrated object’s manufacture year; G VI R identifies ware supplied to the British government.
Longton, England
Government-contract canteen ware, produced by Bridgwood and others during the period surrounding the Second World War.
About S Bridgwood
Samuel Bridgwood's widow Kitty continued his pottery after his death in 1805. Sampson joined her around 1820 and later developed porcelain production. His son Samuel became a partner around 1852. Anchor Works was built from 1853, and all production moved there by 1860. After both men died in 1876, the daughters inherited the business; Mary Walker and her son continued it. China production ended by 1887.
John Aynsley bought the works in 1890 and continued earthenware and ironstone manufacture. The company incorporated in 1932. James Broadhurst & Sons acquired it in 1965, and it became Churchill Hotelware in 1984. The Bridgwood family manufactured earthenware and china at Longton. Kitty Bridgwood continued after Samuel Bridgwood’s death in 1805, and Sampson joined management around 1820, forming Kitty Bridgwood & Son. By 1841 Sampson operated three china factories.
The company made china until 1887 and later concentrated on earthenware. The Bridgwood family operated pottery businesses in Longton from the late eighteenth century. Kitty Bridgwood continued after Samuel's death in 1805, and Sampson joined her around 1820. Sampson's son Samuel became a partner around 1852. The family began building Anchor Works in 1853 and gradually transferred production there.
Also known as: S Bridgwood & Son · Sampson Bridgwood & Son · Sampson Bridgwood