1930s T. Dean & Sons Coffee Pot, perfect conditions
 
This coffee pot is in excellent condition, and it appears to have never been used.
 
Height: 15 cm

Established at the Black Works, High Street, Tunstall by Thomas Dean and his two sons, G. A. Dean and J. E. Dean.
 


NOTE: Geoffrey Godden (Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks) gives a date of 1789 for the establishment of this business. However the letterhead and price list shown below clearly give a date of 1880. This could be a typo or it could be that an relative of the Dean family was in operation from the earlier date.
In 1934 the business was incorporated as a Limited company.
From 1947 to 1952 the business operated under the Ridgway & Adderley holding company; the name Thomas Dean & Sons Ltd. was retained. The works were renamed the Teapot Works.