- Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd.
- Pomona, c. 1861-1886
- Earthenware
- 5.5 in (13.97 cm)
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Not For Sale
Toothbrush Holder, 5.5 inches tall. Red transfer with clobbering. The printed mark on the back has the pottery name "Old Hall E'ware Co. (L)" and the pattern name "Pomona". There is also a painted pattern number "3/705." The main pattern of the jug is a band of alternating panels around the middle with fruits and leaves and flowers. All the panels have a background color of a reddish brown. There is a vertical flower with a flower head at top and bottom separating each of the panels, and a row of a petal-like repeated pattern horizontally on both sides of the panel as well as at the top of the neck and the base. A painted line is seen at the rim and base.
The Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. was an English pottery established in the Staffordshire town of Hanley in 1805 by Job Meigh (d 1817). It was successively known as Job Meigh (1805–12), Job Meigh & Son (1812–34), Charles Meigh (1834–49), C. Meigh, Son & Pankhurst (1850–51), Charles Meigh & Son (1851–61), Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd (1861–86) and Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd (1886–1902). In March 1861 Charles Meigh Jr. transferred the business to a limited liability company called the Old Hall Earthenware Co Ltd. This was the first limited liability company in the Staffordshire Potteries. In the 1880s the designers included Christopher Dresser. The pottery closed in 1902 and the Old Hall Works was demolished in 1904.
- Subject Matter: Aesthetic (Floral & Botanical)
- Collections: Aesthetic Transferware, Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd.