Hammersley
Hammersley's history starts in 1862. Harvey Adams, Robert George Scrivener and Titus Hammersley established the pottery.
In 1887, the name of the company became "Hammersley & Co."
For me, identifying Hammersley porcelains is a bit complicated.
According to my research, there were three mergers and acquisitions, and they changed the company name.
Around the 1970s, Hammersley was taken over by SPODE Group.
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~ 1939
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~ 1939
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Hammersley Teacup
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Mark: ~ 1939
There’s Thomas Goode & Co Ltd stamp. I can guess there was a collaboration with T. Goode in the early 1900s.
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Hammersley Spode group
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1939 ~
As I mentioned above, Spode Group acquired Hammersley around 1970.
Did they use the same mark or just stamp the Spode group mark?
What I can only say is that the one was shown to market after 1970.
![/mark_images/Hammersley/Hammersley-mark-green.jpg](/_next/image?url=%2Fmark_images%2FHammersley%2FHammersley-mark-green.jpg&w=828&q=75)
1939 ~
![/mark_images/Hammersley/Hammersley-mark-pink.jpg](/_next/image?url=%2Fmark_images%2FHammersley%2FHammersley-mark-pink.jpg&w=828&q=75)
1939 ~
![/mark_images/Hammersley/Hammersley-mark.jpg](/_next/image?url=%2Fmark_images%2FHammersley%2FHammersley-mark.jpg&w=828&q=75)
1939 ~