• Jackson & Gosling was a china manufacturer at the Grosvenor Works, Foley Place, King Street, Fenton, from about 1866. The partners were Bertram Joseph Jackson and George Gosling. 

• June 1904 G. Gosling left the business and Robert Bertram Mountford Scrivener joined B. J. Jackson to continue the business.

• September 1905 Scrivener left the business and Frederick John Ray joined B. J. Jackson to continue the business - the business name of 'Jackson & Gosling' was retained.   

• In 1909 they moved to the existing St. Gregory Works in Gregory Street Longton, and renamed the factory to the Grosvenor Works.

• In the 1920's the business was acquired by Mr. A. E. Hewitt and Mr. Harold J. Plant - the business retained the name of 'Jackson & Gosling'

• In the 1932-3 period Jackson & Gosling was acquired by W.T. Copeland & Sons Ltd (ex Spode); some marks then also included the name "Copeland" - Mr. A. E. Hewitt became a director at the Copeland pottery business. Mr. A. E. Hewitt was the managing director of Jackson & Gosling.

• During the Second World War production of Jackson & Gosling's decorated china was suspended.   

• In 1950 W. T. Copeland and Sons Ltd. sold Jackson & Gosling to Mr. Donald Poole who was formerly the production director of Thomas Poole and Gladstone China Ltd.

• 1957 the business was acquired by the New Chelsea China Co. Ltd, and contined as 'Jackson & Gosling Ltd'

• By 1960 the Jackson & Gosling business moved to the New Chelsea China Companies' Chelson Street works. 

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Details and identification marks for Jackson & Gosling

St. Gregory's Pottery Works, Longton

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