In 1813, William Billingsley and his son-in-law Samuel Walker established the Nantgarw Pottery. William came to Nantgarw from the Worcester Porcelain Factory. William who also went by the alias William Beeley, was a well-known painter of flowers, especially roses, but also painted shells and la...
By the early 1920s Wild owned or had controlling interests in about 15 North Staffordshire potteries.Thomas Wild's sons Thomas E. Wild and Frederick C. Wild joined the business in the early years of the 20th century and were admitted into partnership with their father in 1917, the business ...
In 1882, doulton purchased the small factory of Pinder, Bourne & Co, at Nile Street in Burslem, Staffordshire – bringing doulton right to the heart of The Potteries. Doulton proved increasingly popular. because of the artistic direction of John Slater, who worked with a wide variety of figur...