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18th and 19th Century

Spode

Josiah Spode I (1733-1797) was apprenticed to the Fenton potter, Thomas Whieldon, in the 1740s. By the 1760s he was a partner in a pottery in Stoke, finally becoming the owner of the factory in 1776. His factory made a wide range of lead-glazed...

W. Davenport and Co.

Bone china gave the North Staffordshire pottery industry a popular and world beating rival to the porcelain produced in China and continental Europe. The development of bone china by Spode around 1800 was a significant technological leap for the c...

William Greatbatch

William Greatbatch (1735-1813) was a Staffordshire Potter whose career lasted over half a century. Between 1762 and 1782 Greatbatch worked as an independent potter in Lower Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. Admired by his peers, he was famously known to hav...

Wood family

The ceramics and archaeology collections at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery contain many pieces produced by the Wood family of Burslem, of which this is a large selection. The Wood family were involved in the pottery industry from the ear...

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