Minton's Pottery and Porcelain Factory
Minton's Pottery and Porcelain Factory
English, 1793–1990s
PlaceStoke-on-Trent, England
BiographyColumbia Encyclopedia:English family of potters. The first important member of the family was Thomas Minton, 1765–1836, who founded a small pottery at Stoke-upon-Trent. He first engraved the famous willow-pattern ware. Herbert Minton, 1793–1858, succeeded his father as head of the firm, and to him was due its development and reputation. He enlisted the services of artists and skilled artisans. A memorial museum and library building was erected to him at Stoke-on-Trent.
Thomas Minton & Sons, 1793
Minton & Poulson, c. 1796
Minton's, Ltd.
Person TypeCorporate Body
English, active c. 1793–1887
English, active 1813–1830
English, active c.1860–1924
British, 1776–1853, active c. 1810–1833
American, born Germany, 1764–1851
Austrian, born Bohemia, active 1885–1935