Match Striker
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Match Striker
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Manufactures
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Charles Allerton &
Sons
Arkinstall & Sons Ltd (Arcadian China) Beswick Birks, Rawlins & Co W.T. Copeland & Sons Ltd (Spode) Doulton & Co Ltd Dudson Empire Porcelain Co (Ltd) Fieldings & Co Grimwades Ltd (Royal Winton) F. & W. Goebel Co Gouda Ralph Hammersley & Son  Edward Jones & Co Ltd Lister Lovatt & Lovatt James MacIntyre & Co Manor Ware Mintons Olivant Potteries Ltd F. & R. Pratt & Co (Ltd) Price, Bristol Prinknash Abby Pottery A.G. Richardson & Co Ltd (Crown Ducal) Salopian Art Pottery Co "Victoria" Schmidt & Co (GEMMA) Shelley Potteries Ltd Soho Pottery Ltd Taylor, Tunnicliff & Co Unknown Makers Watcombe Wedgwood Wiltshaw & Robinson (Carlton Ware) (1) Wiltshaw & Robinson (Carlton Ware) (2) W. Wood & Co Composite Section
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Company History
The firm of Ralph Hammersley began to work from the Church Bank Works in Tunstall, Staffordshire, England from around 1860-83 (this pottery had previously been taken by the earlier partnership of Eardley & Hammersley). They took a second works in around 1880 in the shape of the Overhouse Pottery in Burslem, Staffordshire, England. A third works was also operated from a brief period at the Black Works, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England between about 1885 and 1888. Ralph's son Thomas joined the business in 1884 changing it's name to Ralph Hammersley & Son. The firm then carried on until 1905. Marks  Advertising Match Strikers The match striker shown below advertises Mountain Dew, a scotch whiskey. Early advertising suggests it may originally have been a single malt type made by Sanderson's, but which later became a blend produced by the Robertson, Sanderson & Co who operated from Leith in Edinburgh, Scotland. This company was taken over by Distillers Ltd in 1923, but I am unsure if any of their brands were continued.  |
