Corbridge Hall, Grange Street, Corbridge, Stoke on Trent Staffordshire, ST6 3HP
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LOT 1256:
UNICORN POTTERY (Tunstall, Stoke On Trent) 23cm MODEL OF A MERMAID HOLDING A Large SHELL ALOFT (Extremely Rare). ...
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£40 - £60
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UNICORN POTTERY (Tunstall, Stoke On Trent) 23cm MODEL OF A MERMAID HOLDING A Large SHELL ALOFT (Extremely Rare).
(Podmore Walker & Co. c.1850-9 (who also occupied the Swan Bank Pottery). [part of the Unicorn Pottery works were also used by Edward Challinor & Co c.1851-9]
Podmore Walker & Co. were succeeded by Wedgwood & Co. (known for a short time as Podmore, Walker & Wedgwood c.1856-9). Wedgwood & Co. occupied two works - the Unicorn Pottery and the nearby Pinnox Works.
Wedgwood and Co. were the first to use the unicorn trade mark on their pottery. They continued to use the unicorn mark even when they had left the Unicorn Pottery factory.
The Unicorn Pottery Works were rebuilt in 1890 and Hollinshead and Kirkham moved here from their Woodland Street works.
Hollinshead and Kirkham continued to operated here until 1956 when the works were purchased by Johnson Bros. (Hanley) Ltd. - who later were purchased by the Josiah Wedgwood Group.)
