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PILKINGTON Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company was formed in 1891 by the Pilkington brothers. They employed William Burton and his brother Joseph. William planned the new factory and had it built with production starting in January 1893. Production was initially limited to tiles with decorative glazed Art Pottery being produced from c1903. They were keen to exhibit their work and introduced the range with an exhibition at the Graves Gallery in June 1904. Production of Art Pottery continued until August 1937 after which the company changed it name to Pilkington's Tiles Ltd. Decorative Art Pottery was briefly revived between 1948 and 1959, with the tile business merging with Carter Tiles (Poole Pottery) in 1964 and then again decorative pottery was revived from December 1972 until December 1975 often using familiar Poole Pottery shapes. Their initially specialised in glaze effect of their range with crystalline and veined glazes. They best remembered for the stunning use of Lustre glazes and with these artists such as Gordon Forsyth, Walter Crane, Lewis F Day, Richard Joyce, W S Mycock, Charles Cundall and Gwladys Rogers produced some of the best works of British Art Pottery They also produced a range novelty sculptural works through out the early period. These include a wide range of animals figures and bookends by such artists as G Forsyth, R Joyce, John Spencer and David Evans.
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