A.G.RICHARDSON & Co (Crown Ducal Ware) Large 26cm VASE With ...

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£8 - £12

A.G.RICHARDSON & Co (Crown Ducal Ware) Large 26cm VASE With (Hand Painted) DECORATION DEPICTING HUMMINGBIRDS IN BRANCHES ON A BLUSH IVORY GROUND.
(The business was founded in 1915 by Albert G. Richardson at the Gordon Pottery, Tunstall (1915-c.1960), business was sucessful and the works were extended.
The business used the trade name 'Crown Ducal'.
W. B. Johnson was the art director, who had been at Richardson since 1917. His work 'appears to have been fairly conventional, consiting for the most part of run-of-the-mill floral designs. Although he did not retire until 1937, he worked mainly as the decorating shop manager at the Gordon Pottery'
In 1921 the first notable landmark in their progress was the introduction of aerographed, plain coloured tea wares, from which they went on to develop a high class trade in dinner and other table wares of the same type.
In 1929 they developed the 'Arcadian Glazes' which were displayed in the London showrooms of Green Bros. and Edis. The showrooms were at 46, Holborn Viaduct. E.C.1, London. (Pottery Gazette October 1929).
The ceramic designer Charlotte Rhead joined A. J. Richardson in 1932, her designs for Richardson included Byzantine, Foxglove and Wisteria. Rhead left the business around 1941/2.
The business continued to grow and in 1933 the Britannia Pottery, Cobridge was aquired, it was redesigned and expanded and opened for manufacturer in 1934. At the time it was considered a model factory. Circular in plan, all departments being on one floor, except the moulding shop, a maximum of production with a minimum of effort was achieved.
Around 1942 the Gordon Pottery was closed as part of the manufacturing consolidation in World War II. After the war the works opened again and continued operation, probably, until around 1960.
In 1947 and in 1960 the Managing Director was listed as Mr. G. J. McFarlane
By 1956 Crown Ducal wares include also breakfast, coffee, morning and dessert sets, as well as a range of 'fancies'.
In 1974 the business was sold to Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd and was subsequently closed.)