Stoke-upon-Trent

historical town, England, United Kingdom

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Minton’s pottery factory

  • Hohokam pottery
    In pottery: Porcelain

    …of Minton’s was founded at Stoke-upon-Trent in 1793 by Thomas Minton, a Caughley engraver said to have devised for Spode the Broseley Blue Dragon and Willow patterns that are still in use. Like Coalport, the factory was much occupied in copying the work of Sèvres. From 1848 to 1895 they…

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Moore’s pottery factory

  • Hohokam pottery
    In pottery: Pottery factories

    …at his small factory in Stoke-upon-Trent. He worked in association with William Burton of the Pilkington pottery in Manchester, which made experimental decorative ware of all kinds.

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