J. & G. Meakin
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J. & G. Meakin was an English pottery manufacturing company founded in 1859 and based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
It was known early on for the vast quantities of cheap ironstone china it produced for the domestic English market and for export, especially to the United States.
It had close family and corporate affiliations to the pottery Johnson Brothers.
The firm was taken over by the Wedgwood Group in 1970. In 2000 production under the Meakin name ceased, and their long-established works, the Eagle Pottery, were made over for the production of Johnson Bros pottery, which was transferred abroad in 2004. The works were demolished in 2005.
[edit] External links
- Company history and pictures
- Manufacturer's marks for Meakin
- Information about J. & G. Meakin from Stoke-on-Trent Museums
- J. & G. Meakin pots to explore online
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