Blue & White Transfer Robert Burns Commemmorative Plate, Sampson Hancock 1904

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Blue & White Transfer Robert Burns Commemorative Plate, Sampson Hancock 1904A Sampson Hancock & Sons Blue & White Portrait Wall Plate or Charger in 'Burns' pattern with registered design date of 1904A fantastic plate with convex or recursive rim printed in a rich dark cobalt blue and on the back a pierced foot rim. Surrounding a central portrait of Robert Burns are six small cartouches or vignettes featuring Burns' Monument Alloway, Interior of Burns Cottage, The Cotter's Saturday Night, The Brigs of Ayr, Tam o'Shanter and Birthplace of Robert Burns. Backstamp: "Burns Opaque China S.H.&S England Rd. No. 435142" (registered design number issued 1904)One of Hancock's range of 'blue plaques' of Famous Authors produced in 1904Dimensions: 25.5 cm diameter / 10 ins diameter. In perfect condition S Hancock & Son Tunstall, then Stoke and later Hanley 1857 - 1937They were Earthenware manufacturers at Tunstall c.1857-70, then at other works in Stoke and then Hanley. The company was formed by Benjamin and Sampson Hancock, in 1881 the partnership was dissolved and then became Sampson Hancock and Sons. Around 1920 china manufacture was started.New company title "S. Hancock & Sons (Potters) Ltd" from 1935-37Factory Locations:1857 - 1870 Victoria Street, Tunstall1881 - 1891 Bridge Pottery, Shelton 1892 - 1920 Gordon Works, Wolfe Street, Shelton1 920 - 1930 Gordon Pottery, Old Burton Place Works, off New Street, Hanley1923 - 1937 Corona Pottery, HanleyThe company was founded by Sampson Hancock, a prominent Wesleyan, in 1857 and was renamed S. Hancock & Sons (Potters) Ltd. in 1935. It closed in 1937, having been put into receivership on 23rd March. It was a relatively small enterprise, employing around 150 people. Sampson Hancock died on 9th May 1900 and was succeeded in the business by his sons, Jabez, Harry and Arthur. They produced tablewares and fancies for the popular market - its main income being from semi-porcelain and earthenware tablewares, toilet wares, vases and vitreous hotel wares. Many of the products, including ironstone china, were for export markets.After WW1 the company increased its production of ornamental and decorative wares. These included children's wares and doll's heads. Boxed teasets for children were being produced by 1917 featuring popular nursery rhymes and pictures of children. Two designers of this type of ware were Molly Hancock and Edith Gater The company also produced a range of crested wares, these being marked with the trade name The 'Duchess' China or The 'Corona' China and Grosvenor Ware. These may have been produced in quantity to see the company through the war years when skilled labour was unavailable. Pieces included animals, small decorative dishes and Great War commemoratives, or had English or Welsh crests. Crested ware appears to have been made until the 1920s.One of the main decorative ranges produced by the company was Morris Ware. This included many tube-lined patterns which resembled the Moorcroft productions and may have been intended to compete with that company. George Cartlidge was the first designer of this type of ware but the range continued with other designers. Morris ware was much praised in the trade press of the time which noted that foreign buyers at the British Industries Fair had shown interest in the range and it is now actively collected.KEY DATES1857 Founded by Benjamin and Sampson Hancock1881 Partnership dissolved 31st December 18811904 Produced a range of blue plaques of famous authors1906 First advertised Art Toilet Wares and Art Trinket Wares1912 Corona Ware first advertised1917 Children's tea sets first produced1918 Morris Ware introduced (at British Industries Fair)1920 First productions in bone china1926 Molly Hancock designs first produced1935 Cottage wares and Lagoon ware first produced1937 Closed Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Robbie Burns,... read more

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