Vintage Barker Bros Decorative Wall Plate Thomas Beauchamp The Earl of Warwick

Title: Vintage Barker Bros Decorative Wall Plate Thomas Beauchamp The Earl of Warwick.
Manufacturer: Barker Bros. Ltd, Stoke on Trent @ 1970's.
Type: ROYAL TUDOR WARE, the name ROYAL TUDOR continued to be used by sucessor businesses
including Grindley of Stoke (1972-1982) and Federated Potteries (1982-87) 
Diameter: 23.0 cm
Description: Thomas Beauchamp The Earl of Warwick, b 1345 - d 1401.
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where Beauchamp Tower was named after him.
The plate stamp contains the words of "Royal TudorWare, Barker Bros Ltd, Stoke On Trent, England, Inca Shape"
Barker Bros Info: From 1882 Barker Bros produced goods from the Meir Works, Barker Street, off High Street (now Uttoxeter Road), Longton. 
In 1910 the business was bought by the brothers William and Arthur Hewitt. The name 'Barker Bros' continued to be used. 
In 1939 Sampson Smith's was also purchased by the Hewitt brothers. Gerald Hewitt directed Sampson Smith's & Arnold Hewitt, Barker Bros. 
From 1941 to 1945 production of both companies was at the Barker Bros factory.  
1959 Barker Bros was taken over by Alfred Clough Ltd. and operated as a subsidiary. 
The name Barker Bros continued to be used until the business closed in 1981 following the disposal of some the assets of Grindley of Stoke (Ceramics) Ltd (who were a successor of Alfred Colclough Ltd)  thepotteries.org
Price: R 295.00 Inc Vat.