Hartleys (Hartrox) Yorkshire

Hartley pottery was made on the bonnie banks of the river Calder at Castleford and there was several marks all bearing the name Hartox except when Desmond Cooper came by and bought, then  Dee Cee was stamped on the bottom as he did with other potteries he bought from
This type of pottery was made from 1950 until the Hartleys Phillips pottery, to give it its full title, closed in1960
The one marked AD was decorated by Ann Dunn not all decorators signed all there pieces
I have no idea what pb3 is other than a guess that it is a mark for this shape as for F3 ???
I had other pieces but people offered me more money for them than I had paid for them so off they went but i still keep an eye out for these gaily decorated pots

Just to add to the above
I believe the range was called peasant
It would appear that the pb3 stands for polyanthus bowl style 3
The company was essentially a brick maker with a pottery attached
As far as I can ascertain the pottery employed about 150 people

Hi

A little Hartrox vase but does anyone know what the painted marks refer to?

Thanks

Useful blog by a collector of Hartrox pottery:
http://www.magicfabric.magix.net/public/pottery/hartrox.htm

http://www.magicfabric.magix.net/public/pottery/hartrox.htm
website says they are retailer or wholesaler marks

Ok thanks

Even better to put Hartox in the search box at the top right of this page and there is some information there.

Tap in Hartleys rather than hartrox
Hartrox was a trade mark where the actual pottery was hartleys

from the top
vessel identification PB4 polyanthus bowl 4
decorators marks on left Doreen Hartley on right unknown I have found no reference to this mark the one I have is F3
save you searching
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t6939-hartleys-hartox-yorkshire
https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t4500p15-dee-cee-marked-pottery#75522

Thanks Fuzzy

Have this lovely painted jug and know about Dee Cee being the importer and also about the Individual Pottery mark but would love to know who actually decorated it and is there any reference book for this? Thanks.

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lyniandux wrote:Thanks for the link but really would like to know the identity of the decorator of the jug. Initials could possibly be DT ?

If anyone is going to know it is "Fuzzyedges", who was responsible for the information in the link above. I would try PM'ing him (The Private Message icon is under his avatar to the right of his posts).

Hi there
I will answer on here rather than a PM then its open to everyone interested
It is actually DH which are the intials of Doreen Hartley

As far as I am aware the referance book by David Wilders is out of print
It was printed by Castleford print so really only of local interest
You could search for ISBN 0-9543689-0-8

It does seem to crop up in the most unexpected places I bought a jug the other day in a village not far from Holmefirth and another last year in Dorset so its well traveled

Here is some more hartrox





The bit you cant read says
DEE CEE stoneware England

I bought this 6 1/2 inch jug and was told by the seller that, although only marked Made in England,  he believed it to be from Denby, I was and remain far from convinced and hoping someone may be able to ID please. Thanks John

Not Denby and the decoration reminds me of Hartleys (Hartox) Pottery.

There is a thread on the Forum for that pottery but you will see that it usually has ink stamps on the base and I don't recall anything impressed. So could be Hartley but can't be sure.

The decorative style reminds me somewhat of Priddoes Pottery.which operated in Paignton circa 1960-72.Their pieces come up on Ebay occasionally.

I do agree philpot that the decoration does look like Priddoes but their pots seemed to be in red earthenware from what I can see.

£3.75 start on Ebay.....

Studio pots  - spot on I have found a picture gallery of Hartrox pots and although the none of the backstamps match mine there is a photo of an identical jug

Hey, i need help to identify this log shaped pottery and its age if possible

I think that Hartley's of Castleford in Yorkshire used "Hartrox" as the trade name on their decorative wares from 1953 until they closed in 1960.

If it is in referance to the mark
Yes its from the hartleys pottery 53 to 60 I think 1989 might be a typo
Common mark (although they did quite a few diffrent handwritten marks)
Two other marks similar
They did the same mark but included the word vitrified in blue just above England on the whiteware commemerative tyke mug
and the same again but impressed on the whiteware drinking beaker

Just a little extra the word individual was written on some pots this indicated that this design was never repeated To a collector that might just be important

Another Hartley piece