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Viking
Pottery Co |
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Location and period of operation:
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Viking
Pottery Co |
Cobridge |
1936 |
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As Viking Tile Co from 1936 to 1950and the as Viking Pottery Co. from 1950 to 64.
China and Earthenware manufacturer.
The works was operated at the works of Furnivals [1913] Ltd which was situated in Cobridge and run by three brothers John and Frank and Frederick David Bailey.
The business started by manufacturing Glazed Fireplace Tiles and then slabbing them up into fireplaces. The war intervened and they recommenced after the war in manufacturing bone china figures and toby jugs .
Marks used on ware for identification:
marks from the Pottery Gazette, 1955
VIKING
COBRIDGE
STAFFORDSHIRE
BONE CHINA
MADE IN ENGLAND
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