{"id":8115341295844,"title":"Fenton Potteries | W Baker and Co | Ravenna pattern large water jug","handle":"fenton-potteries-w-baker-and-co-ravenna-pattern-large-water-jug","description":"Fenton Potteries\u003cbr\u003eW Baker and Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRavenna pattern large water jug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company was known as William Baker between c.1839 and 1893 - by the style of the item [and the WB stamp] this is approx c.1860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 32cms (12 2\/3\") tall to top of handle\u003cbr\u003eApprox 31cms (12 1\/4\") tall at pourer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout William Baker | William Baker and  Co \u003cbr\u003e[from The Potteries website - for more detail read \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepotteries.org\/allpotters\/48.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"William Baker and Co\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn earthenware and Granite Ware manufacturer at Market Place and Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The business has a history dating back to 1790. 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jug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe company was known as William Baker between c.1839 and 1893 - by the style of the item [and the WB stamp] this is approx c.1860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 32cms (12 2\/3\") tall to top of handle\u003cbr\u003eApprox 31cms (12 1\/4\") tall at pourer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout William Baker | William Baker and  Co \u003cbr\u003e[from The Potteries website - for more detail read \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thepotteries.org\/allpotters\/48.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"William Baker and Co\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn earthenware and Granite Ware manufacturer at Market Place and Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The business has a history dating back to 1790. By the end of the century Ralph Bourne and William Baker were working together as 'Bourne \u0026amp; Baker'\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy the late 1820s, Ralph Bourne and William Baker, in partnership with John Bourne, had acquired an additional works. In 1833 With the deaths of John Bourne and William Baker, the partnership was dissolved, and then for a short time the business was carried on by Ralph Bourne, William Baker the younger, and John Baker.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy 1839 William Baker was running the business alone. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe business was subsequently carried on as William Baker and Company, makers of printed, sponged, and pearl-white granite ware for export.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the 1851 census William Baker also described himself as \"Joint Coal Proprietor\" because the partnership rented 18 acres of land on the south side of Fenton House which belonged to Lane End Chapel. Here they opened a colliery called Glebe Colliery which supplied coal to the factory and to other pottery manufacturers in the area. Next to the colliery they opened a brick-works served by an adjacent clay pit.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe potworks flourished under William Baker’s management and by the middle of the nineteenth century, with almost 500 employees, was the biggest firm in Fenton.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe company was incorporated as Baker \u0026amp; Co Ltd in 1893\u003cbr\u003e"}