William Ridgway and Co: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
c.1830-54. From c.1838-48 the firm of William Ridgway, Son & Co worked the Church Works and (c.1841-6) the Cobden Works. <ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/r/Ridgwaywilm.html]Steve Birks - North Staffordshire Pottery Companies & Trade Marks website</ref> | c.1830-54. From c.1838-48 the firm of William Ridgway, Son & Co worked the Church Works and (c.1841-6) the Cobden Works. <ref>[http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/r/Ridgwaywilm.html]Steve Birks - North Staffordshire Pottery Companies & Trade Marks website</ref> | ||
1841 'Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of China and Earthenware. — We understand that a machine — the second or third already finished under the direction of the inventor — is now completed, and about to be sent from the works of [[ | 1841 'Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of China and Earthenware. — We understand that a machine — the second or third already finished under the direction of the inventor — is now completed, and about to be sent from the works of [[Joseph Whitworth and Co|Messrs. Whitworth and Co.]], machine makers, of Manchester, to the Staffordshire Potteries. This machine, by the application of a power hardly equal to the strength of a boy, will mould and prepare for reception in the pot-house, six pieces of ware in one minute, or upwards of 4,500 in a day of twelve hours ! The work is exceedingly beautiful, and the machine appears fully to answer the purpose of the inventor, Mr. [[George Wall]], who, in connection with Ridgway, of the Potteries, has obtained a patent for the invention.' <ref>Sheffield Independent, 6 March 1841</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 11:21, 30 August 2014
of Stoke-on-Tent
Manufacturers of earthenware at the Bell Works in Shelton and also the Church Works in Hanley. c.1830-54. From c.1838-48 the firm of William Ridgway, Son & Co worked the Church Works and (c.1841-6) the Cobden Works. [1]
1841 'Application of Machinery to the Manufacture of China and Earthenware. — We understand that a machine — the second or third already finished under the direction of the inventor — is now completed, and about to be sent from the works of Messrs. Whitworth and Co., machine makers, of Manchester, to the Staffordshire Potteries. This machine, by the application of a power hardly equal to the strength of a boy, will mould and prepare for reception in the pot-house, six pieces of ware in one minute, or upwards of 4,500 in a day of twelve hours ! The work is exceedingly beautiful, and the machine appears fully to answer the purpose of the inventor, Mr. George Wall, who, in connection with Ridgway, of the Potteries, has obtained a patent for the invention.' [2]