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About Staffordshire Potteries Ltd

*1986 Continued as part of the Coloroll Group . The Keele Street Pottery Group and Staffordshire Potteries Ltd consisted of earthenware, stoneware and china manufacturers at various locations in Stoke-on-Trent and then at Meir Aerodrome , Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Staffordshire Potteries Ltd became a major British ceramics company formed by merging smaller pottery firms in the Stoke-on-Trent area.

The company produced a wide range of affordable earthenware, including tableware and decorative items, catering to both domestic and international markets. Known for its diverse designs, Staffordshire Potteries managed several popular brands that reflected traditional and contemporary styles. Keele Street Pottery (est 1915) had been closed in 1941 under the Wartime Concentration scheme. In 1946 Charles Griffiths Bowers (son of the original founder C. H.

Bowers) reactivated the business and manufacturing was allowed to restart. Also in 1946 the Keele Street Pottery Group (K.S.P. Group) was formed and over the next few years began to acquire pottery companies which had been closed for the duration of the war (Winterton Pottery, Thomas Cone, Collingwood China). In 1946 a new company, Paramount Pottery Co Ltd was established by K.S.P. Group. In January 1948 Charles G Bowers and G. T.