He made minton ware famous a cream coloured and blue printed earthenware majolica bone china and parian porcelain.
Thomas minton ceramics.
When poulson died in 1808 minton carried on alone using.
From 1848 to 1895 they employed a frenchman joseph françois léon.
History 1793 to 1850.
The firm began in 1793 when thomas minton 1765 1836 founded his pottery factory in stoke upon trent staffordshire england as thomas minton and sons producing earthenware he formed a partnership minton poulson c 1796 with joseph poulson who made bone china from c 1798 in his new near by china pottery.
He formed a partnership minton poulson c 1796 with joseph poulson who made bone china from c 1798 in his new near by china pottery.
Thomas minton 1765 1836 was an english potter he founded thomas minton sons in stoke on trent staffordshire which grew into a major ceramic manufacturing company with an international reputation.
Porcelain at stoke upon trent in 1793 by thomas minton a caughley engraver said to have devised for spode the broseley blue dragon and willow patterns that are still in use like coalport the factory was much occupied in copying the work of sèvres.
When poulson died in 1808.
His factory was outstanding in the victorian period for its art porcelains.
Minton s ltd was a major ceramics manufacturing company originated with thomas minton the founder of thomas minton and sons who established his pottery factory making fine bone china in stoke upon trent uk.