Chamberlain, Robert (bap. 1736
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Sonia F. G. Parkinson
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Clarice Cliff (1899–1972) by unknown photographer Leonard Griffin
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Cliff, Clarice (1899–1972), ceramic designer and art director, was born on 20 January 1899 at 19 Meir Street, Tunstall, Staffordshire, one of eight children of Harry Thomas Cliff, iron-moulder, and his wife, Ann (née Machin). Her parents were working-class and of Staffordshire...
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Helen L. Phillips
Elers, John Philip (1664–1738), potter and merchant, was born in Utrecht on 7 September 1664, the son of Martin Elers (b. 1621). His mother was a daughter of Daniel van Mildred. He had a brother, David (1656–1742), and a sister, Sarah, who married ...
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Minton, Herbert (1793–1858), pottery manufacturer, was born on 4 February 1793 in Stoke-on-Trent, the second son of ten children of Thomas Minton (1765–1836), engraver and pottery manufacturer, and Sarah, née Webb (1772–1856). Thomas Minton was born at Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, and on leaving school became an apprentice engraver at the ...
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John Northwood (bap. 1836, d. 1902) by John Northwood II, 1895 courtesy of Dudley MBC Museum Service
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Charles R. Hajdamach
Northwood, John (bap. 1836, d. 1902), glass artist and manufacturer, was born in Wordsley, Staffordshire, where he was baptized on 13 November 1836, the second of three surviving sons among the seven children of Frederick Northwood (1805/6–1881), a carpenter and later a grocery store keeper, and his wife, ...
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Helen L. Phillips
Spode, Josiah (1755–1827), potter and merchant, was born on 8 May 1755 at Stoke-on-Trent, the son of Josiah Spode (1733–1797), founder of the Spode pottery factory there, and Ellen, née Finley (1726–1802). He was trained in the art of ceramic manufacture by his father and entered the family firm. On 9 July 1775 he married ...
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Maker: unknown artist
Josiah Spode (1755–1827) by unknown artist, c. 1785–90 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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J. Shearman and N. Shearman
Turner, Thomas (bap. 1747, d. 1809), porcelain manufacturer, was baptized on 9 November 1747 at St Swithun's, Worcester, the eldest son of Richard Turner (bap. 1720, d. 1791), a Church of England clergyman and educational writer, and his wife, Sarah Greene (d...
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Marshall Colman
Wondrausch (née Lambert), Mary Angela (1923–2016), potter, painter, and writer on food, was born on 17 December 1923 at 17 Cyril Mansions, Battersea, London, the second child of Harold Charles Lambert (1877–1937), aviation and motor engineer, and his wife, ...
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Mary Wondrausch (1923–2016), by Anne-Katrin Purkiss, 2013
Anne-Katrin Purkiss © National Portrait Gallery, London
