Broad Street Works
'Hicks Rock and Bird' print

'Hick Rock & Bird' is the name given to the print in the early pattern description books. Later it is also referred to as 'Old Bird'. As this later name is fairly close to that of the totally different print called 'Gold Bird' I felt it best only to use the older title.

All entries from the factory pattern description and pattern books are reproduced courtesy of The V&A/Wedgwood Collection.

Hicks, Meigh, & Johnson

Pattern 125

Ridgway, Morley, Wear, & Co.

Pattern 142

Pattern 160

Pattern 258

Ridgway & Morley

Pattern 3/1090

Francis Morley & Co.

Pattern 1200

G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd.

Pattern B/9178

Pattern B/9464

Pattern C/799

Pattern C/1791

Pattern C/2838

Minton Second Series

Pattern 5194

Pattern 5845

 

 

Hicks, Meigh, & Johnson

 

Pattern 125

The full entry for Pattern 125 reads:
'Table Bedford BS. Toilet[?]. Printed in P[urple] Brown. Blue on biscuit. Lustre Edge. Hicks Rock & Bird Dk Blue Enameld in Red & opaque orange. No gold.'

The dinner plate is 260mm in diameter.

Pattern 125 dinner plate front

Pattern 125 dinner plate back

Pattern 125 dinner plate backstamp and pattern number

The side plate or muffin is 178mm in diameter.

Pattern 125 muffin front

Pattern 125 muffin back

Pattern 125 muffin backstamp retailer's mark and pattern number

The main reason for including this rather battered piece was for the unusual retailer's mark.

Photos © Angela Grant 2018

 

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Ridgway, Morley, Wear, & Co.

 

Pattern 142

The full entry for Pattern 142 reads:
'Table Bedford BS. Printed in D Brown. Dr Blue on biscuit. Lustre Edge. Hicks Rock & Bird Enameld Red, Rose & Green Japan, no gold.'

The dinner plate is 267mm in diameter.

Pattern 142 dinner plate front

Pattern 142 dinner plate back

Pattern 142 dinner plate backstamp and pattern number

This mark is typical of the Hicks, Meigh & Johnson period, here used on a pattern developed after the takeover by Ridgway, Morley, Wear & Co.

Photos © Angela Grant 2018

 

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Pattern 160

The full entry for Pattern 160 reads:
'Table Bedford BS. Toilet Florence. Print Comn Brown. Blue on biscuit. Lustre Edge. Hicks Rock & Bird. Enameld in style of 142 but slighter, no gold.'

The soup tureen stand is 356mm long, 254mm wide and 32mm tall. Blue Stone body.

Pattern 160 soup tureen stand top

Pattern 160 soup tureen stand base

Pattern 160 soup tureen stand marks

Photos © Kenneth H. Carleton 2021

 

The dessert plate or twiffler is 229mm in diameter.

Pattern 160 dessert plate front

Pattern 160 dessert plate backstamp and pattern number

Photos © Angela Grant 2009

 

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Pattern 258

The full entry for Pattern 258 reads:
'Table E[arthen]Ware Bedford. Toilet Florence. Printed in S[tone] Brown. Various col[our]s U[nder] Glaze. Edged White. Bird Patt[er]n as 160 Col[oure]d all Under Glaze.'

The meat dish is 336mm long and 267mm wide. Earthenware.

Pattern 258 meat dish front

Pattern 258 meat dish front detail

On this version you can clearly see parts of the print normally hidden under Mazarin blue.

Pattern 258 meat dish back

Pattern 258 meat dish marks

The crown without "REAL / STONE CHINA" above and below it indicates an earthenware body.

Photos © Kenneth H. Carleton 2021

 

The unhandled 'Franklin' shape cup & saucer. Earthenware.

Pattern 258 cup and saucer

The saucer is 149mm in diameter. Earthenware.

Pattern 428 saucer front

Pattern 428 saucer front detail

Pattern 428 saucer back

Pattern 428 saucer marks

The cup is 102mm wide and 73mm tall. Earthenware.

Pattern 428 cup side 1

Pattern 428 cup side 2

Pattern 428 cup top

Pattern 428 cup base

Pattern 428 cup pattern number

Photos © Bonnie Jean Seiwell ~ Lady in Decadence 2022

 

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Ridgway & Morley

 

Pattern 3/1090

The factory pattern description book entry for 3/1090 reads:
'Table: Pruss[ia]n Sh[ape] E[arthen]w[are]. Print: flowing blue. On biscuit: regular blue. Edge: brown. Old bird as 125, regular blue'd, enamell'd various colours, finish'd in O[paque] Orange.'
The full entry for Pattern 125 reads:
'Table Bedford BS. Toilet[?]. Printed in P[urple] Brown. Blue on biscuit. Lustre Edge. Hicks Rock & Bird Dk Blue Enameld in Red & opaque orange. No gold.'
'Old Bird' is the later name for 'Hicks Rock & Bird'.

The meat dish is 254mm long and 203mm wide. Earthenware.

Pattern 3/1090 meat dish front

Pattern 3/1090 meat dish back

Pattern 3/1090 meat dish marks

Photos © Jackie Casey 2022

 

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Francis Morley & Co.

 

Pattern 1200

The entry for pattern 3/1200 (later just 1200) in the pattern description book reads:
'Table Pruss[ia]n ew. Printed in Mulberry, blue on biscuit, white edge. As 3/1090 but printed in Mul[berr]y d[ar]k blued & flown enamelled various colours - finished in O[paque] Orange. O Orange line at edge.' The entry for 3/1090 doesn't add anything except the name of the print is given as 'Old Bird' which is another name for 'Hicks Rock and Bird'.

The jug is 110mm tall and 100mm wide at base. Earthenware.

Pattern 1200 jug left side

Pattern 1200 jug lip side

Pattern 1200 jug right side

The original Mason's handle is used here. Later jugs had a slimmer handle.

Pattern 1200 jug handle side

Pattern 1200 jug top

Pattern 1200 jug base

Pattern 1200 jug pattern number

The marks apart from the pattern number appear to be workmen's tally marks.

Photos © Nathalie O'Neill 2020

 

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G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd.

 

Pattern B/9178

The covered soup tureen and meat dish. Earthenware.

Pattern B/9178 soup tureen and stand

Pattern B/9178 soup tureen and stand top

Pattern B/9178 soup tureen handle detail

Pattern B/9178 soup tureen knob detail

Pattern B/9178 meat dish front

Pattern B/9178 meat dish marks

The former owner assures me they were in a sale together as tureen and stand, but the oval 'stand' is a meat dish.

Photos © Tara Burkholder Saunders 2020

 

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Pattern B/9464

The dinner plate is 255mm in diameter. Earthenware.

Pattern B/9464 dinner plate front

Pattern B/9464 dinner plate back

Pattern B/9464 dinner plate marks

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern C/799

The soup plate is 265mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern C/799 soup plate front

Pattern C/799 soup plate back

Pattern C/799 soup plate marks

The marks are, unfortunately a little blurred. The lower retailer's mark reads: "MANUFACTURED FOR / J. J. ALLEN LTD. / BOURNEMOUTH".
J. J. Allen started business in 1860 and became a limited company in 1899. They expanded into a group of stores which were taken over by House of Fraser in 1969.
This pattern belongs to the earliest years of the twentieth century.

Photos © InspiringK ~ karg-19 2021

 

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Pattern C/1791

The dinner plate is 265mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern C/1791 dinner plate front

Pattern C/1791 dinner plate back

Pattern C/1791 dinner plate marks

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Pattern C/2838

The 7 inch muffin is 180mm in diameter. Ironstone.

Pattern C/2838 muffin front

Pattern C/2838 muffin back

Pattern C/2838 muffin pattern number

Photos © Chris Holland 2023

 

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Minton Second Series

 

Pattern 5194 "Oriental Japan"

The print on this tea cup and saucer was originally designed by Hicks, Meigh and Johnson and is described in the pattern description book as 'Hicks Rock & Bird'.

The dessert plate is 235mm in diameter. Earthenware.

Pattern 5194 dessert plate front

Pattern 5194 dessert plate back

Pattern 5194 dessert plate marks

The triangle impressed mark is the date code for 1880, but the pattern number is c.1840, so the pattern was clearly made over a long period.

Photos © Chris Holland 2024

 

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Pattern 5845

The print on this tea cup and saucer was originally designed by Hicks, Meigh and Johnson and is described in the pattern description book as 'Hicks Rock & Bird'.

Minton 5845 tea cup and saucer

Minton 5845 tea cup and saucer top

Minton 5845 saucer front

Minton 5845 saucer front detail

Minton 5845 tea cup and saucer

Minton 5845 tea cup left side

Photos © Violetta Pastwa 2020

 

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