Pottery & porcelain
Burslem Cobridge, England, United Kingdom · 1850–1871 · 3 marks.
Undated
The impressed 6/81 dates the example to June 1881; the registration diamond dates the design to 10 September 1874.
impressed, printed · blue · Burslem Cobridge, England
The belt reads ; the company changed from Son to Sons in 1876. Pompadour is the pattern name.
Undated
impressed · Burslem Cobridge, England
The name was also used impressed into the body
Undated
The source associates the transferware pattern with 5 January 1864; it does not establish a mark-use range.
printed · Burslem Cobridge, England
transferware pattern 5th January 1864 William Brownfield
William Brownfield manufactured earthenware and, from 1871, porcelain at Cobridge. He worked there with other potters from 1836 and alone from 1850. His son William Etches Brownfield joined in 1871. After the founder died in 1873, the name Brownfield & Son continued; by 1876 three brothers were partners and the name became Brownfield & Sons. William Etches left in 1883 and Douglas Harold took over milling in 1886, leaving Edward Arthur in charge of pottery.
The business failed around 1890 and was continued by the Brownfield Guild Pottery Society in 1891.
Also known as: W Brownfield · William Brownfield & Son(s) | Potter of Stoke-on-Trent
