- Doulton & Co.
- Garfield, Rd. 27 September 1881
- Earthenware
- 7.875 x 7.875 in (20.0 x 20.0 cm)
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Not For Sale
Plate, 7.875 inches diameter. Impressed maker's mark for Pinder, Bourne & Co. The registry diamonds dates the pattern registration date to 27 September 1881. The impressed '84' indicates a production date of 1884. This pattern has been recorded with the pattern name "Garfield." The center medallion of this pattern is a stylized sunflower and there are sunflowers of varying sizes pinwheeling around the center medallion. The petals are highlighted in red in this example, with a black outlining. There is a scroll or rug-like cartouche across the bottom of the plate filled in with geometric designs.
The partners were Thomas Shadford Pinder and Joseph Harvey Bourne. Thomas Pinder had previously operated from the Swan Bank Works from 1848 and the Fountain Place Works from c. 1852. In 1851 he was joined by two partners and they operated as Pinder, Bourne and Hope (Thomas Pinder, Joseph Harvey Bourne, and John Hope). In 1860 they moved to the already existing Nile Street Works. In 1862 Mr. Hope left the partnership and stayed at the Fountain Place Works - the Nile street works continued as Pinder, Bourne & Co. At some time, Joseph Bourne left the business. The '& Co.' were John Harris and Ernest Joban Berg. In 1877 notice for liquidation by arrangement was made by Thomas Shadford Pinder, John Harris, and Ernest Joban Berg, co-partners of Pinder, Bourne & Co. In 1877 Henry Doulton, of the Lambeth (London) pottery company Doulton & Co., was approached by Pinder, proposing he become a partner in the firm of Pinder, Bourne and Co. for an outlay of £12,000, but the money was unwisely spent and differences of opinion caused such a rift between the two concerns that only arbitration could resolve the matter. Pinder retired and Henry Doulton continued with the business. The name of Pinder, Bourne & Co. continued to be used until 1882 when it became Doulton & Co. Ltd.
- Subject Matter: Aesthetic (Floral & Botanical)
- Collections: Aesthetic Transferware, Doulton & Co.