Makers

Blue and White

Blue and white pottery covers a wide range of white pottery that is decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment usually applied by hand brushing but is also applied by stencilling or by transfer-printing. Blue and white decoration first became...

Chamberlain Worcester

Charles Whiting (Printer)

Flight and Barr Worcester

Flight Worcester

Florence Warden

Florence Warden, Birmingham & Chester - Silvermaker Handsworth, Birmingham. Registered 1895. Maker of candlesticks, condiments, creamers, dishes, napkin rings, trinket boxes, baskets, spoons and table ware.

Globe Wernicke

Globe Wernicke - Furniture maker founded in 1893. The Globe-Wernicke company was an American furniture company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The company is best known for office furniture in particular their bookcases. They patented the ...

Grainger Worcester

Grainger’s Worcester Porcelain. Founded by Thomas Grainger and his partner John Wood in 1801. They set up in Lowesmore, Worcester in 1801. They started by decorating blank porcelain made by other companies. In 1807 they began to make their own...

Hans Wegner

Hans Wegner - Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner (1914-2007) renowned Danish furniture designer. Contributed greatly to the popularity of mid century design. His style is often described as Organic Functionality. In his time he designed over 500...

Henry Wilkinson & Co.

Henry Wilkinson & Co. - Sheffield Silvermaker Henry Wilkinson and co, Plate Worker of Norfolk Street, Sheffield entered it's first mark in the Sheffield Assay Office in 1831. The company were manufacturers of old Sheffield plate. From 1850 onwards...

Henry Williamson Ltd

Henry Williamson Ltd, London Silver maker. Founded by Henry Williamson in 1865 and established in London. The company made silver photo frames, novelty items, cigarette cases, nurses belt buckles, table ware, pill boxes, watch chains, card cases,...

Horace Woodward & Co

Horace Woodward - Silvermaker Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd.

James Wakely & Frank Clarke Wheeler

James Wakely and Frank Clark Wheeler - London silversmiths. Registered - October 1884. Founded by John Lias in 1791 the family kept control of the firm until 1879 when James Wakely became a partner. Five years later the last of the Lias family...

Joseph Willmore

Joseph Willmore, Birmingham Silvermaker. Registered his mark at the Birmingham Assay Office as a snuff-box maker in 1806. In 1816 after his grandfather Thomas Willmor (a well known silversmith himself) died Joseph incorporated his grandfathers...

Josiah Williams & Co

Josiah Williams & Co, 1877-1925. Bristol - Silvermaker. The partners of the firm were Josiah Williams and George Maudsley Jackson (until 1879 when also Josiah Williams retired from the business). The business was transformed into a limited liability...

Mappin & Webb | Silversmiths

Mappin & Webb | Silversmiths - Birmingham, London, Sheffield (Note. Dates in brackets are the date of listed items by the maker) Mappin & Webb (1910)(1939) Silver Hallmark MN WB over & Mappin & Webb (1915)(1987) Silver Hallmark M&W In 1775...

Robert Williams

Robert Williams Silversmith. The business was originally founded by William Woodman in Bristol and was succeeded by Robert Williams (marks c. 1832-1854). Manufacturer of silver and silver plated ware. His two sons joined him in the business in 1845...

Royal Worcester

Royal Worcester Porcelain. Founded in 1751. Established by Dr. John Wall, and a group of local businessmen. The early first period Worcester porcelain was painted in blue under the glaze. In 1756 transferring of prints were applied to their...

Stevens and Williams

Stevens & Williams was an English glass company located in Stourbridge, established in 1776 under the name of Honeybourne. The company was noted in the 1880s for its cameo glass when the studio was run by John Northwood, who was also known for his...

Thomas Gnomeman Whittaker

Thomas Gnomeman Whittaker - Furnituremaker Robert Mouseman Thompson trained many local craftsmen, many of whom created their own similar trademarks - known collectively as the Yorkshire critters. These critters include: Gnomeman, Beaverman,...

Thomas Wallis

Thomas Wallis - Silvermaker Thomas Wallis I, London silversmith. Apprenticed to William Jones 1749, free 1756. Founded his business asa manufacturing silversmith in 1758. He was succeeded in 1777 by Thomas Wallis 11 who in 1810 entered in...

Thomas Webb

Thomas Webb | Glassmaker Thomas Webb was an English glassmaker and the founded Thomas Webb & Sons in 1837 - makers of fine English glass and crystal.

Wade

Wade Ceramics was established in 1867, made up of a number of different companies founded by various members of the Wade family John Wade and co, manufacturers of porcelain, earthenware and decorative ware and in particularl art deco vases in the...

Waltham

Waltham Watch Company. A watch manufacturering company Founded by David Davis, Aaron Dennison, and Edward Howard in 1850 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It is unclear what the company was called at first but in 1853 it's name changed to Boston Watch...

Waring and Gillow

Waring and Gillow - Furnituremakers founded in 1903. The joining of Warings of Liverpool and Gillows of Lancaster. Gillows was founded by Robert Gillow in around 1730 and, along with his two sons, quickly got recognised to be one the best cabinet...

Waterford Crystal

Waterford crystal - Glass makers. Founded by brothers George and William Penrose in 1783. Named after the city of Waterford, Ireland. They were producers of extremely fine flint glass and had acquired an unequalled reputation for it's glass. The...

Wedgwood

Wedgwood Fairyland

Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Ware. Daisy Makeig-Jones joined Wedgwood in 1909 as a trainee designer. After two years at Wedgwood she started to design tableware. She went onto her signature Fairyland Lustre design in 1915. Due to the war in Europe this...

Wemyss Ware

Westmoreland

Whitefriars Art Glass

Whitefriars Glass also known as James Powell and Sons, were English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained glass window manufacturers. The Whitefriars Glass Company is a small glassworks off Fleet Street in London, believed to have been established...

WMF

WMF - Silvermaker

Worcester

Wylie and Lochhead | Cabinetmaker

Wylie and Lochhead was established in 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland as cabinet makers and funeral directors. They were awarded a royal warrant in 1888 as cabinet makers and upholsterers.