Yale & Barker marks

About Yale & Barker

Earthenware & China manufacturer at a number of works in Longton , Stoke-on-Trent , England Yale & Barker occupied the Victoria Works in the early 1840's - the works were described as 'a small, well conducted factory; rooms low, small and dirty'; ' Longton', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8 At sometime they traded as Yale, Barker & Son - the partners were George Yale, William and George Barker.

In March 1846 George Barker left the business which was continued by George Yale and William Barker. [ London Gazette 24 March 1846 ]. According to Godden from c.1845 to c.1853 the partnership was named Yale, Barker & Hall, who may have used the initials Y.B. & H. Godden - Encyclopaedia of British Pottery & Porcelain Marks.

Trade directories of the period record the following works: 1841 - Victoria Place (as Yale & Barker) - Pigot directory. 1846 - Anchor Works (as Yale, Barker & Hall) - Williams directory.