Earthenware manufacturer at the Lane Delph Pottery, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England

• It appears that the senior partner was Thomas Wallis Gimson who was in partnership with Joseph Gimson who had previously had a business interest in Pratt & Simpson. 

• In February the partnership between Joseph Gimson the younger and Thomas Wallis Gimson was dissolved and Thomas W Gimson continued on his own account. 

• At the time of bankruptcy of the business it was Thomas Wallis Gimson who was trading as Wallis Gimson & Co

London Gazette
February 21, 1888 

notice of the dissolution of the partnership btween
Joseph Gimson the younger and Thomas Wallis Gimson 

London Gazette
March 7, 1890 

notice of a Deed for Assignment for Creditors 

full dinner sets were produced in this popular pattern which is in the aesthetic style 
the transfer pattern was made in light blue, brown, pink and black

Influenced by the Aesthetic Movement, the patterns in this series reflect the period’s keen interest in nature and travel to exotic lands.  Wallis Gimson's designs featured exotic blooming orchids and wildflowers mixed often with maiden hair fern fronds and butterflies. 

The central elements of the design are two cartouches each with a separate world-renowned city, building, architectural feature, or monument. [sometime the two locations are related in someway and sometimes they are from different countries].

All of the patterns were printed in dark brown with two versions produced; one in the single underglaze brown and the second printed in brown and painted with four vibrant colors underglaze.  Gilding on the edge of the border is occasionally found on the printed and painted version. 

This series of patterns was first registered on May 27, 1884, with production ending sometime prior to the close of the factory in 1890.

Printed British Pottery & Porcelain 1750-1900

Known locations include: 

• United Kingdom: Windsor Castle, Albert Memorial, Crystal Palace (Sydenham), Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Holy Trinity Church in Stratford, Temple Bar.

• Ireland: Vale of Avoca, College Green in Dublin, Blarney Castle.

• Canada: Lieutenant Governor's Residence in Toronto, Wolfe's Monument, Quebec, Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, Parliament Hill in Ontario.

• United States: Custom House in Boston, Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Monument of Columbus in New York.

• France: Place de la Concorde, Opera House in Paris, Arc du Carousel in Paris.

• Germany: Rhine Bridge and Palace, Palace and Staircase of the Brühl Terrace in Dresden, Ponton Chateau in Berlin.

• Italy: Bridge of Sighs and Rialto Bridge in Venice, Pantheon in Rome, St. Peter's in Rome.

• Switzerland: Lion Monument in Lucerne.

This is not an exhaustive list. 

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WALLIS GIMSON & Co

beehive trade mark 

Rd No 7624
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M B & Co

M B & Co are likely to be 
retailers or distributors

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Primavesi & Sons

Primavesi & Sons were earthenware, china, glass and hardware merchants  

This is not a memoriam plate as sometimes assumed (Gladstone passed away in 1898).

This plate was produced about 10 years earlier as part of a series which celebrated the achievements of many Victorian figures. 

The octagonal shaped series was made by Wallis Gimson & Co and this example is marked  - many are not.

although there is no manufacturer mark on the plate the registration number 613164 shows that the design was registered by Wallis Gimson & Co. of Fenton on the 
6th December 1886  

Silber & Fleming were a large London based retailer