Topic: Samuel Cole Falcon Glassworks Stoke and Jonathon Richardson of Richardson glass

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Ellis repeatedly refers to Jonathon Richardson (brother of Benjamin and W.H.) as Johnathon.
Until page 335 where he refers to him as both Johnathon and Jonathon.

One reason could be because in 'Richardson Papers no 41 Bankruptcy notices' (see pp 348 note 82), Jonathon seems to  have been mentioned as Johnathon - (see p329) where Ellis quotes
 'B. Richardson on 5 May, 1848 mortgaged all his interest in the glass trade to W.H. and J. Richardson as security of liabilities incurred by them in their bills without  their knowledge and consent as alleged by Mr Johnathon Richardson'.



There is also a note on pp 347 Note 60. 'Johnathon Richardson, son  of Joseph Richardson and his wife Martha, nee Haden, bap. 24th Aug 1806 Kingswinford.' where it refers to him as Johnathon not Jonathon - this might be the primary error?

I've no idea why Ellis then switches to Jonathon. 

There is also another misconception in the sentence where he makes that switch -
'Benjamin was sixty-one and Jonathon(sic) fifty-nine years old.'  (pp335)

  where from the information Anne has given, Jonathon had already died by the time Benjamin was sixty-one.

I suspect that because a death was not established for Jonathon (brother of William H and Benjamin i.e. 'our' Jonathon) assumptions were made that he was still alive.

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Adding a link to another thread where there is now more information on Jonathon Richardson and his wife Sarah (nee Lloyd) from a member of the family.

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,70366.msg391841.html#msg391841

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Can I just add to my previous posts, it's absolutely right that Jonathan had 3 sons but two of them died young.  The one I had missed is Jonathan (sometimes spelt Johnathan) baptised in Kingswinford 10 April 1846, married Sarah Ann Morton at St Thomas Dudley 31 Jan 1864, died aged 21 January 1/4 1867.  I haven't found any children.  I think the existence of this son probably accounts for the apparent references to Jonathan Senior in the business after he died.

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A little more info on John Thomas Haden Richardson 1835-1914  (see bottom name on quote below):

1) I think from the July 1878 Pottery and Glass Trades' Journal see page 89:
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pottery_Glass_Trades_Journal/hyUGAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=davenport+glass-works+Longport&pg=PA88&printsec=frontcover

An advertisement from J.T. H. Richardson :

'By Royal Letters Patent
Manufacturer of Flint,emerald and ruby glass,
Cut and engraved
Hatton near Burton on Trent
London Showrooms were Ely House, Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus, Mr Martin Grey'


2) And on page 448 a picture of the factory which is named as Royal Castle Flint Glass Works underneath.


3) And a magnificent piece of information also on page 177 - Dec 1878 Journal issue:
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pottery_Glass_Trades_Journal/hyUGAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=davenport+glass-works+Longport&pg=PA88&printsec=frontcover

Mr J.T.H. Richardson manufactured some 'magnificent trumpet vases 14 feet high without the foot and 30inches in diameter at the top'!

The author also remembers Messrs. Hodgetts, Richardson and co exhibiting a similar vase some 10 feet high at the late exhibition in Paris apparently.






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'The family tree goes
Joseph Richardson 1759-1841 marries Martha Haden b1764-1844

Sons and notable daughter are:

William Haden Richardson 1785-1876 (d Wordsley)
Thomas Richardson 1791-1866 (d Wordsley) - bricklayer
Susannah Richardson 1794-1868 marries Philip Pargeter 1792-1851
Joseph Richardson 1797-1884 - builder
Benjamin Richardson 1802-1887
Jonathan Richardson 1806-1857

William Haden Richardson left effects under £200 - executors Philip Pargeter of Coalbournebrook in Amblecote (Glass Manufacturer) and Wiliam Haden Richardson Pargeter of Brook Street Wordsley (Clerk in Glass Works)


Benjamin's sons are:
William Haden Richardson 1826-1913 (d Glasgow)
Henry Gething Richardson 1832-1916 (d Staffordshire)
Benjamin Richardson 1839-1873 (d Wordsley) - landed propietor and commercial traveller
Joseph Richardson 1840-1861

William Haden Richardson's probate has no sum specified but was confirmed by Benjamin Martin glassworks manager Edward Richardson and Roderick Couper.


Jonathan only had one son
Jonathon Richardson 1806- 29th April 1857 (d Wordsley)    =    married Sarah  1805-1881 2nd quarter (d Stoke)

Children:    (dates below based on census ages hence the query in case they were born the year before)

Mary Ann Richardson  1828?- ?d between 1891&1901) m 13Oct1849  Samuel Cole (Falcon Glassworks) 1826-1906 4th quarter (d Stoke)
Joseph Richardson  1831? -
Sarah Richardson 1833? -
John Thomas Haden Richardson 1835-1914 (d Burton upon Trent)
Martha Jemima Richardson 1838? -
Eleanor Richardson 1841? -
Edith Richardson 1845? -
Jonathon  Richardson 1846? -
Anne Eunice Sarah Richardson 1850? -


John Thomas Haden Richardson 1835-1914 (d Burton upon Trent)
He was a flint glass manufacturer, on the 1871 census he was employing 53 men, 38 youths, and 6 women)
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see above info plus this curious piece I noticed

On the advertisement for J. T. H. Richardson of which there are many throughout the link but at least in 1878 version it reads (see page 169):

as well as the info I gave in the post above also ' Sole Licensee for the manufacture of Webb's Patent Bronze Glass. '

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I forgot to add the link in to the information I put in the last post:

came across this fascinating advertisement searching for something else:

See page 169 on this link.
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pottery_Glass_Trades_Journal/hyUGAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=davenport+glass-works+Longport&pg=PA88&printsec=frontcover

Source:
The Pottery & Glass Trades' Journal 1878 (SEptember 1878?)

J. T. H. Richardson Glass Works advertisement at the top of the page says they were the:
 'Sole Licensee for the manufacture of Webb's Patent Bronze Glass'

On an earlier page 89 the same advertisement does not mention their sole licenseeship for Webb's Patent Bronze and seems to be an advertisement for earlier in the year in the PGT Journal dating c.July 1878

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The only two snippets I can find on The British Newspaper Archive are attached. Seems as though the works were sold off around 20th Dec. 1902 then an advert appears for 5th Sep. 1903 where their items are being sold off. Plenty of mentions for Apsley Pellat's Falcon Glassworks in London though.

David shows two advertisements in the link above regarding the closure/sell off of Falcon Glassworks, Stoke on Trent around 1902. 
The second advertisement includes in the information of items for sale:
'POMPEII Ware.
Beautiful Vases, reproduced from specimens of ANCIENT GLASS, excavated at Pompeii'

https://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=64256.0;attach=200553;image
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Question - is this Falcon Glassworks reference to glass from Pompeii related to information in this advertisement from J. T. H Richardson in which it says:
(see page 169 of link):

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pottery_Glass_Trades_Journal/hyUGAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=davenport+glass-works+Longport&pg=PA88&printsec=frontcover

'The Pottery & Glass Trades' Journal 1878

J. T. H. Richardson Glass Works advertisement at the top of the page says they were the:
 'Sole Licensee for the manufacture of Webb's Patent Bronze Glass''



Or
Question - could the reference to POMPEII Ware be that Falcon Glassworks, Stoke on Trent were selling cameo glass?
(see link to wikipedia where reference is made to white over blue cameo excavated from Pompeii)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_glass




Or Question - does it relate to items like this in this woodcut from 1871 which appear to be Loetz style in design maybe could have been iridescent?
https://www.periodpaper.com/products/1871-woodcut-glass-vases-dishes-bowls-roman-pompeii-italy-artifacts-archeology-139719-xgv9-049

by iridescent I mean like these examples:
https://www.mediastorehouse.com/uig/art/archeology/italy-campania-pompeii-glass-vases-9473743.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Napoli_Museo_Archeologico_Glasses_From_Pompeii_2.jpg