BOOTHS Ltd (Tunstall ,Stoke On Trent 1891/48) 23cm BLUE/WHIT...

Estimate

£15 - £20

BOOTHS Ltd (Tunstall ,Stoke On Trent 1891/48) 23cm BLUE/WHITE VASE IN THE JACOBEAN DESIGN.
(Manufacturer of earthenware at the Church Bank works, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.From c.1912 also at the Swan and Soho Potteries, Tunstall.The Booth's family business in pottery manufacture was started by Thomas Booth in Burslem in the 1850's and from 1868 at the Church Bank Works in Tunstall.Thomas's son - Thomas Gimbert Booth was in business with his father and in 1876 continued on his own account.
By 1881 the factory employed 50 Men, 60 Boys, 15 Women, and 30 Girls From 1883 - 1887 he was joined by his brother Frederick as T G & F Booth.In January 1887 Frederick left the business and Thomas Gimbert continued on his own account.
The business was registered as a limited company about 1898, and Thomas acted as managing director until 1904 then as chairman.In 1905 Charles H Bowers was appointed general manager and under his guidance Booths became a leading manufacturer.
Thomas Gimbert Booth died September 1907 and was buried in the churchyard of St. Margaret, Wolstanton
By 1914 the company employed 800 people In the 1920s the Person Group aquired an interest in Booths and then later full ownership - the name Booths was retained.
In 1944 Booths aqcuired Colclough China Ltd - merging with them in 1948 to become Booths & Colclough Ltd.)