Manufacturer
GLASS BROS. AND COMPANY
Glass Bros. Stoneware Butter Crock
Date1888 - 1897
MediumSalt glaze ceramic
DimensionsOverall: 31.7 x 28 cm
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 1972
Object number1972.042.001
Label TextThis is a Glass Brothers Pottery crock. Brothers William and Samuel Glass established the London Crockery Manufacturing Company (1886-1888), which became Glass Brothers Pottery in 1888. They manufactured salt-glaze stoneware as well as Rockingham and Bristol ware. The business, which folded after an 1897 fire, was so important to the community east of Highbury that it gave the area its name. People knew it as Pottersburg until it amalgamated with London in 1912.
NameCrock, Butter
