Eagle Works.—This business, commenced at Longton in 1845, was removed to Hanley in 1848 by Mr. James Meakin. In 1852 he retired, and was succeeded by two of his sons, James and George Meakin. In 1859, the business having considerably increased, the Eagle Works were erected, and in 1868 were very considerably enlarged. Messrs. J. & G. Meakin have also branch works at Cobridge and Burslem, and are large producers of ordinary earthenware. All the usual classes of useful, plain, and embossed white earthenware are produced and shipped to the United States and most foreign ports; the speciality of the works being white granite ware of ordinary quality, in imitation of French china. The mark is J. & G. MEAKIN, stamped in the ware, and printed in black.
IRONSTONE CHINA.
J. & G. MEAKIN.
Fig. 510.
Brook Street Works.—These works were established by Ralph Salt, and he and his survivors, Richard Booth and Messrs. Williams & Willet, manufactured painted china toys. In 1860 the works passed into the hands of Mr. William Taylor, who commenced making white granite and common coloured and painted ware. These latter have been discontinued, and the productions are now confined exclusively to white granite ware for the United States and Canadian markets, of both qualities—the bluish tinted for the provinces, and the purer white for the city trade.
Cannon Street.—Charles Ford (formerly Thomas and Charles Ford) manufactures the better class of china in tea, breakfast, dessert, and table services for the home markets.
William Stubbs, Eastwood Pottery, manufactures china and earthenware services of the commoner kinds, lustres, stone ware jugs, black tea-pots, &c., and the smaller and commoner classes of china toys and ornaments.