Description
- Large: 40 cm
- Medium: 35 cm
- Small: 30 cm
- Semi Porcelain
- Very good condition condition due to age. Gold border worn out
- The stamp at the back determines that it was manufactured between 1906-1912
Earthenware manufacturer at Bridge Works, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent. One source records that around 1920 china manufacture was commenced.
Sampson Hancock, a prominent Wesleyan Methodist, started potting in 1857, operating independantly and in partnership with others
In 1891 he established the business of Sampson Hancock & Sons.
Sampson died in 1900 and the business was continued by his three sons – Jabez, Harry and Arthur.
In 1935 the business was in financial difficulty and was made bankrupt. It was restarted as S Hancock & Sons (Potters) Ltd. and moved to the Gordon Works, Hanley – which was renamed the Corona Works.
The restarted company was not a sucess and it finally closed in 1937, having been put into receivership on 23rd March. By this time it was a smaller enterprise, employing around 150 people
Description: Flow Blue, Gold Brushed Edge