The Building Of Beswick Ceramic
The founder of the Beswick pottery, was James Wright Beswick in 1892, it never become successful until 1894 when his son John joined him. It was due to their success that in 1897 they bought the Gold Street Works, sadly most of this area of Stoke is now occupied by a retail park, they traded as J.W. Beswick until 1936.
Their popularity stems from producing extremely colourful decorated tableware, plant-pots and jugs that adorned many a Victorian home along with reproduction ‘antique’ Staffordshire cats and dogs figurines. The Beswick production was synonymous with elaborate moulding and painstaking hand-painting which turned out their high quality figures. James died in 1921, with son John taking over the reigns,he died in 1936 and it was John’s son John Ewart Beswick that took over the reigns and the Sales Director being Gilbert Beswick. The company was made a limited company in 1936, John Beswick Ltd.
1930′s saw modernisation with more advance methods in producing the pottery wares which allowed J.W. Beswick to become really aggressive on the market place, they’d Four hundred people employed by them at this time, the company additionally turned to producing animal figures which proved to be a sensible option and was a successful time period on their behalf. The actual modeller of these animal figures had been Arthur Gredington, he or she utilized champions in their fields as the basis with regard to their models of racehorses and champion dogs. They continued to expand their catalogue of animals figures which included fish, birds, farm animals and wild animals, these were all made to look so realistic.
The war years (1939 – 45) for Beswick were, like with all manufacturing in the UK extremely restricted and many of their pieces were not as highly decorated as usual, but Beswick grabbed the opportunity of producing for export, which was encouraged by the government also with the advantage that the export items could be more highly decorated than the items intended for the home market. Beswick exported to the U.S.A., Canada, Australia and New Zealand and it accounted for 80% of all items they produced.
Lucy Beswick came up with the idea in 1947 to make characters from the Beatrix Potter books and in 1948 it had acquired a licence to produce some of the characters which included Jemima Puddle-Duck, Peter Rabbit, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail. And with the success of the Beatrix Potter Beswick figurines they started in the production of Walt Disney characters, some of those characters immortalised by Beswick were Snow White, Bambi, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger figures.
In 1969 after three generations of the Beswick family and with no new generation of Beswick to take over the family business, the company was sold to Royal Doulton. In 1989 the Royal Albert or Royal Doulton mark replaced the Beswick mark. Finally in 2002 Royal Doulton ceased production of Beswick products.
2005 and it all changed when a Yorkshire entrepreneur, John Sinclair bought the Beswick name along with production moulds and archive material, from Royal Doulton. He’s cited because saying “I ‘m committed to manufacturing a little, hand-painted variety within Stoke on Trent, which will appeal to collectors.” Two collections will be launched, “Beswick England” a prestigious range which will include limited editions which will made in Stoke-on Trent and “John Beswick” featuring animals in the style of the originals, which will be manufactured overseas.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Audio Book, by Beatrix Potter
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Wedgwood Peter Rabbit Original Set … |
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Beatrix Potter’s Assorted Large Tea Set in Fabric Lined Trunk with Book Set $149.99 This licensed set features a delightful collection of Beatrix PotterTM characters on each setting. Share the joy of your favorite Beatrix Potter stories from your childhood: The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. Each porcelain piece of this 4 piece place setting for 4 is hand-embellished in 22k gold. Service is food safe … |
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Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit Die Cut Set of 4 Magnets $11.00 Decorative and practical, a set of 4 magnets with Beatrix Potter characters, including Jemima Duck and Peter rabbit of course…. |
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Beatrix Potter – The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends – The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher [VHS] $3.99 … |
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Beatrix Potter – A Private World [VHS] $8.91 … |
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The Tailor of Gloucester [VHS] $9.94 Welcome to the wonderful world of “The Tailor of Gloucester” – Beatrix Potter’s well-loved story of the poor tailor who recives a last minute commission. He has the honor of making the wedding coat for the Mayor of Gloucester for his wedding on Christmas Day, but can he finish it in time?… |
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Miss Potter $3.98 Struggling to forge her own identity against 19th-century expectations and her mother’s increasing pressure to make a proper marriage for herself, Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellweger) manages to find a publisher for her children’s story “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” Her success soon leads to a romance with editor Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor) that takes surprising turns. Lively biopic of the beloved auth… |
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The Beatrix Potter Collection $22.87 Beatrix Potter takes her rightful place alongside Walt Disney and the Brothers Grimm as a storyteller for children of all ages, as this delightful boxed set demonstrates. The collection includes nine 30-minute animated tales (tails?) of Peter Rabbit and crew, originally–and lovingly–produced for the BBC. In The Tale of Peter Rabbit, our dear incorrigible friend Peter, along with siblings Flopsy,… |
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: Beatrix Potter $4.45 First, the world’s most famous lagomorphs wreak havoc in Mr. McGregor’s garden in “The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.” Then, Benjamin marries Flopsy Bunny and the two have six little bunnies who cause all sorts of mischief. When the youngsters get in trouble after falling asleep in Mr. McGregor’s garden, Mrs. Tittlemouse tries to save the day, in “The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. … |
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CR Gibson Beatrix Potter Memory Book $23.55 The unique Beatrix Potter baby memory book from C.R. Gibson features illustrations of Peter Rabbit and his family. The title page of “A Tale of Baby’s Days with Peter Rabbit,” shows through the oval shaped window on the cover. The cream-colored flocked cover and green velvet ribbon add to its storybook-like appearance…. |