Pinder, Bourne & Hope 






 

Location and period of operation:

Pinder, Bourne & Hope

Burslem

1851

Jan 1862

 

Earthenware manufacturer at the Fountain Place Works (c.1851-1860) and also at Nile Street (1860 to Jan 1862), Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

  • The partners were Thomas Pinder, Joseph Harvey Bourne and John Hope. 

  • The partnership was dissolved in January 1862. 

Thomas Pinder, Joseph Harvey Bourne continued at the Nile Street Works as Pinder, Bourne & Co.

John Hope was joined by a John Carter and they continued as Hope and Carter at the Fountain Place Works. 

 

Previously: Thomas Pinder (c1848-1851)

Subsequently: Pinder, Bourne & Co (Jan 1862 to 1882) and  Hope & Carter (Jan 1862 to 1880)

 

 

 

 

Selected by the Committee for the Staffordshire Potteries 
to exhibit at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1855

 

 

 

London Gazette
January 14, 1862

notice of the dissolution of the partnership of Pinder, Bourne and Hope on the 13th January 1862

Thomas Pinder and Joseph Harvey Bourne continued at the Nile Street Works as Pinder, Bourne & Co

John Hope was joined in partnership with John Carter and they continued at the Fountain Place Works as Hope & Carter

 

 

Dresden pattern

Pinder, Bourne & Hope introduced the 'Dresden' pattern which was based on the Indian Tree design first introduced around 1801 by the Coalport China Factory. 

The pattern, based on Indian textile designs, incorporates the crooked branch of a tree surrounded by flowers and leaves. The Dresden pattern was continued by the successor companies - Pinder, Bourne & Co. and Doulton & Co. 

 


plate in the Dresden pattern - blue monochrome

 

 

Plate by Pinder, Bourne & Hope in the Dresden pattern
platter by Pinder, Bourne & Hope in the Dresden pattern - polychrome
Dresden 
P B & H

  

 

 

 
plate in the Venice pattern 

 

 


pink & white transferware bowl depicting the Crystal Palace built for the 1851 Great Exhibition
the border depicts symbols for industry, engineering, and music.
The Crystal Palace was built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Held in Hyde Park, London. This was planned as the first international event of its kind to exhibit the 'Works of Industry of all Nations'

Wikipedia article of the Great Exhibition

Crystal Palace
P.B. & H

Ware with an engraving of the Cystal Palace was also made by the North Staffordshire potter T Godwin and the Glasgow potters J. & M. P. Bell and Robert Cochran & Co.

 

photos courtesy:  Donatella Vinotti

 

  
platter in the HINDOSTAN pattern 

photos courtesy:  Gillian Pierce


 

variation of the basic Hindostan pattern which was a popular pattern of Pinder, Bourne & Hope 
which they produced in monochrome blue as well as hand coloured variants.

'Hindostan' was also used as a pattern name by Minton & Co and Dunn, Bennett & Co

the Victorians were facinated by all things 'oriental' - the use of the name Hindostan
 reflects this as it was a name used for 'Colonial India'  

Wikipedia article

 

 


Marks & initials used on ware for identification:

P. B. & H.

 

PINDER BOURNE
& HOPE

 


Campanula
P. B. & H
Campanula (bellflower) pattern
P. B. & H. Campanula shard of pottery found (2024) on the mud banks of the River Thames in the Port of London, just below the Victoria Tower Gardens not far from The Palace of Westminster. - courtesy: Robert Scrope-Howe

 

 

 

    
 P B & H

Typical marks  of
Pinder, Bourne & Hope

'DRESDEN' and 'VENICE' are pattern names

this style of mark was continued by Pinder, Bourne & Co. 
and for a short time by Doulton & Co. 

 

 


SCROLL 
P B & H

'SCROLL' is the pattern name

 

 


IMPERIAL 
WHITE GRANITE 
P.B. & H.

mark with the US eagle and shield
use on ware produced for the American Market

 

 


1851 map of the Nile Street Works

- click for more information -  

 

Fountain Place Works

 

Questions, comments, contributions? email: Steve Birks