Lane Delph Pottery (John Pratt & Co.).—These works have been in the hands of the present firm for above half a century. The goods produced are earthenware of the ordinary class, chiefly for foreign markets.
Grosvenor Works, Foley Place.—The works were established about 1850 by Messrs. Till, Bourne, & Browne, and since their time the successive changes in the proprietorship have been Bourne & Browne; Charles Browne, alone; Jackson & Browne; and Jackson & Gosling, by whom they are now carried on, and who do a large home and foreign trade. The manufactures are confined to china, in which tea, breakfast, and dessert services are produced.
Park Works, Market Street.—Mr. Ralph Malkin, doubtless a descendant of the old pottery family of Malkin, manufactures here the ordinary classes of earthenware goods.
Foley Pottery.—This is one of the oldest works in the district. It was originally occupied by Samuel Spode, who lived in a large house adjoining, which was pulled down some years ago. It was afterwards occupied by Christopher Bourne. It has been in the possession of the present occupiers (Messrs. W. Hawley & Co.) since 1842. The productions are earthenware of the ordinary kind both for home and export markets.
The Foley Potteries.—These potteries take their name from the Foley family, who own property in the neighbourhood. They were built by Mr. John Smith, of Fenton Hall, about 1820, the first firm by whom they were worked being Messrs. Elkin, Knight, & Bridgwood (who made the better classes of “Willow pattern,” “Broseley pattern,” and other blue printed services). On the retirement of the latter the style was changed to Knight & Elkin, and, subsequently, on the retirement of Mr. Elkin, the works were carried on by Mr. John King Knight alone, till 1853, when he was joined in partnership by the late Mr. Henry Wileman, wholesale china dealer, of London, the style being Knight & Wileman. On the retirement of Mr. Knight, in 1856, Mr. Wileman carried on the works alone until his death, in 1864, when his two sons succeeded him as J. & C. Wileman. In 1866 the partnership was dissolved, and from that time till the present the business has belonged to Mr. James F. Wileman, the present proprietor. The goods produced are the usual granite ware, printed wares, lustres, Egyptian and shining black, and cream-coloured wares. All of these of the ordinary classes for household use, and the great bulk of the trade are export to the States, Panama, Australia, South Africa, Ceylon, Java, and India.