Description:
English cream-colored felspathic stoneware funnel with molded and applied relief decoration, which was most likely used by an apothecary/pharmacy for pouring syrups, etc. There are flutings on the interior of the cone; and a raised shield on the exterior with a fleur-de-lis upper border and the maker's name: "J. & S. Maw / London.", and an impressed "1" underneath. The surgical instrument and pharmacuetical business of J & S Maw was located at 11 Aldersgate Street, London, from 1828-1841/1850? The business was founded as Hornby & Maw at Fenchurch Street, London, in 1807 by George Maw, originally a Lincolnshire farmer, in joint partnership with his cousin Hornby. This was a short-lived venture and in 1814 Maw left to purchase a surgical plaster factory in Whitecross Street, London. The factory soon began to manufacture surgical instruments and later expanded to produce druggists' sundries, toiletries and pharmaceutical products. Maw's eldest son, John Hornby Maw, was sent to study under Abernethey and Stanley at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, in order to obtain an understanding of the requirements of surgeons. John was taken into partnership by his father in 1826, and the firm was renamed George Maw & Son. George retired in 1828 and his second son, Solomon, joined his brother in partnership. In 1832 the firm was trading as J & S Maw. John retired in 1835 due to ill health and under Solomon the business expanded rapidly.In 1860 Solomon's son, Charles, was taken into partnership and the business was restyled S Maw & Son. On Solomon's death in 1861, Charles took sole charge of the business until 1870 when John Thompson, who had served the firm as a traveller for 10 years, was made a partner and the business was renamed S Maw Son & Thompson. In 1901 the business was incorporated as a limited liability company, styled S Maw, Son & Sons Ltd, following Thompson's retirement.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); Stoneware Link to share this object record:
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