Holmes Pottery
Situated on Psalters Lane, the business was started about 1850. The original proprietors may have been Messrs Earnshaw and Greaves, but Mr. G. Jarvis built it. The place was afterwards was worked by four partners, Messrs. Jackson, Dickinson, Greaves, and Shaw, from about 1855 to 1870. From that date to 1880, it was carried on by Mr. G. Shaw, trading as J. Jackson and Co.
Mr. G. Shaw took over the business in 1880, trading as J. Jackson and Co. until 1887, when he altered the name of the firm to George Shaw and Sons. George Shaw later of Sitwell House, Whiston died about 1901
General earthenware was made, white body with printed and other decorations.
There never was a trade mark, or any distinctive mark, beyond names of patterns or initials, or the name of the firm, thus, J. J. & Co., up to 1887. From that date, if a mark was used, which was very rarely, it was 'G. S. & S.' The patterns principally made here when the pottery started were "Willow," "Wild Rose," etc. Photo courtesy of Alexander Rose, Santa Barbara, California
John Jackson was born 1818 in Greasbrough, the son of Edward and Elizabeth. He ran the pottery from 1860. He died in 1880.
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