ROYAL DEPOSE TEA CUPS & SAUCERS
Bishop and Stonier = circa 1891 - 1939 = Manufacturers of porcelain and earthenwares at Hanley.
Transferred decoration incorporating rampant Lions and a border of "fleur-de-lys" pink printed marks and stars and different shapes.
10 x TEA CUPS & SAUCERS
!!!!~~~!!!! 20 pieces !!!!~~~!!!!
Registered Pattern Number: 109533
~~~ There are 2 duo's of Cups & Saucers that are perfect ~~~
~~~ The other duo's have some chips, stains, and / or crazing ~~~
Bishop and Stonier Partnership
1851 - 1866 Livesley Powell & Co. Old Hall Lane and Miles Bank, Hanley
1867 - 1878 Powell & Bishop Parliament Row and Stafford Street Works, Hanley
1878 - 1891 Powell, Bishop & Stonier Stafford Street Works, Hanley
1891 - 1933 Bishop & Stonier various addresses, Hanley
1933 - 1939 George Jones & Sons bought the company and continued use of the Bisto trade mark
Livesley Powell & Co. was formed in 1845 by William Livesley, Edwin Powell and Frederick Bishop. The Livesley family were potters in Hanley; Edwin Powell was a potter who had been apprenticed at Dimmocks of Hanley; and Frederick Bishop was a lawyer providing financial support to the venture. In 1866 William Livesley retired and the partnership became known as Powell and Bishop.
In 1878 Powell and Bishop were joined by John Stonier who was a china and glass merchant in Liverpool, employing around 400 people. One of his company's specialities was fitting out liners of the day, such as Brunel's Great Britain and the ill-fated Titanic. Livesley Powell produced a variety of bodies including china, parian, and ironstone china and used transfer printing (sometimes in lilac), moulded, painted and lustre decoration. They patented a process of printing in gold and colours which produced a dead gold background. In 1880, Powell, Bishop and Stonier registered a new trademark to accompany their ivory or cream coloured earthenware. This oriental ivory body and their green bodied porcelain were ideal vehicles for Japanese inspired designs which were popular in the Victorian period.
In 1891 Duncan Watson Bishop and John Stonier created a new company trade mark BISTO, using the first letters of their surnames. This name was incorporated into the backstamp of the period - the Wand of Caduceus. In 1906 they were using an advertising slogan in the trade press ' The sun never sets on Bisto wares'. In the 1920s a new range of designs using bright and lustrous colours was produced, known as 'Aztec Ware' . Children's nursery ware was also produced featuring nursery rhymes and stories.
