Turner & Tomkinson






 

Location and period of operation:

Turner & Tomkinson

Tunstall

1860

1872

 

Earthenware manufacturers at the Victoria Works, High Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

  • George Wardle Turner and John Tomkinson were previously in partnership as Marple, Turner & Co in Far Green, Hanley. This partnership was dissolved in 1858.

  • The Victoria Works were established in 1858 and carried on from 1861 to 1872 as Turner & Tomkinson. 

  • George W Turner and John Tomkinson were also partners, with others, in Turner, Goddard & Co

  • George W. Taylor applied for a patent in November 1865 for an invention of "improvements in machinery or apparatus for making pottery, earthenware, or ceramic articles" - this was granted in December 1868. 

  • c.1872 when Tomkinson retired the business was carried on by G. W. Turner and his sons under the style of G.W. Turner & Sons.

 

Previously: as partners in Marple, Turner & Co (at the Upper Hanley Works) 

Concurently: Turner, Goddard & Co

Subsequently: G. W. Turner & Sons

 

 

London Gazette
4th December 1868 


record of a patent granted to George Wardle Turner 



large platter in the Dover pattern 

this pattern was also produced in other mono chrome colours, including green and blue 
T & T

'DOVER' is the pattern name

the registration diamond gives 7th March 1861 
as the date of registration of the pattern 

NOTE: the Dover and Clyde patterns were both registered on the same day

 


child's tea set in the Clyde Pattern 


T & T

'CLYDE' is the pattern name

the registration diamond gives 7th March 1861 
as the date of registration of the pattern 

 

NOTE: the Dover and Clyde patterns were both registered on the same day

 

 

 

 
hand painted transfer ware plate in the Peel pattern

this pattern was also produced in monochrome, without the hand colouring 

 

 


white ironstone dish in a wheat pattern 

 

Marks used on ware for identification:

T. & T.

Turner & Tomkinson

 

 


T & T

'CLYDE' is the pattern name

the registration diamond gives 7th March 1861 
as the date of registration of the pattern 

 

 


T & T

'PEEL' is the pattern name

 

 


Pearl
Ironstone China
Turner & Tomkinson 

mark incorporating the Royal Arms

 




English Earthenware
AO

 the registration diamond gives 15th October 1862 
as the date of registration of the pattern to 
Turner & Tomkinson of the Victoria Works, Tunstall

unusually this mark does not have the manufacturers name -
the meaning of the initials 'AO' is uncertain - it might be that
these are the initials of an agent, importer or retailer


photo courtesy: Jean Claude Scholle   

 

 


the Victoria Pottery, Scotia Road, Tunstall

- click for more on the Victoria Pottery - 

Subsequently the works were operated by 
G. W. Turner and his sons and then by Alfred Meakin

 

Questions, comments, contributions?   email: Steve Birks