The mark used by Mr. Thomas Sharpe was simply the name Thomas Sharpe, or T. Sharpe, impressed in the ware. That of the present firm is the monogram S. B. and Co. within a wreath of oak and ivy, and the words Sharpe’s Patent, as here engraved.
SHARPES PATENT
SB
Fig. 141.
Swadlincote Pottery.—These works were established in 1790 by the late Mr. John Hunt, of Swadlincote, and were, after his death, continued by Mr. Thomas Woodward, whose son, Mr. James Woodward, is their present proprietor. They were at first small, but being the first of the kind in the place soon got into repute, and fire bricks were constantly being fetched by cart to Leicester, Derby, Wirksworth, &c. Fire bricks, fire clay, for Sheffield steel works crucibles, and iron furnaces, were the sole productions till 1859, when the manufacture of sewage pipes, terra-cotta chimney-pots, vases, &c., was added, and since then marble, white, and cane-coloured sanitary earthenware has been introduced, and is largely made. In this department lavatory and closet fittings of every variety are produced. Some of the constructions are peculiar to these works, and are—especially the patent “Wash-out” arrangement,—in high repute. Majolica and Rockingham ware are also largely made. The mark adopted by Mr. Woodward is “the anchor, with a portion of cable twisted round it, forming a monogram of J. W.,” as engraved on Fig. [142].
TRADE MARK
Fig. 142.
Swadlincote Mills.—Established by Moses Cartwright about 1837, but now carried on by Mr. Edward Grice, who produces all the usual sanitary and terra-cotta goods of the district.