Hollinshead & Kirkham, Tunstall were an English earthenware manufacturer, originally at Burslem and then at Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
The firm commenced in about 1870 and had various partners over the period - the original partners giving the firm its name were JW Hollinshead, Samuel Hollinshead and Samuel Kirkam.
Around 1915 (the later famous) Clarice Cliff was a lithographer at Hollinshead & Kirkham for a few years, at this time she attended evening classes at the Burslem School of Art and at the age of 17 went to work for A. J. Wilkinson.
In the 1930s Hollinshead & Kirkham introduced hand painted 'fruit' tableware and art deco shapes - with pattern names like 'Luscious' and 'Autumn' these attractive wares mimic the Worcester fruit painted wares - and has been often called the "poor man's Moorcroft" - as there is a similarity in the colour palettes of the respective potteries. It is these wares that are amongst some of the most visually appealing 1930's era ceramics - revered and collected by people around the world.
In March 1956 the business was voluntarily wound up. The factory was purchased by Johnson Bros (Hanley) Ltd.
