Tunbridge Ware Techniques
Painted Wares: From c.1750.Cotton reel box c.1820.
Print Decorated Wares: From c.1800.Sewing basket with printed views of Brighton c.1820.
Parquetry: From c.1790.Needlework box c.1820.
Stickware: From c.1830.Pincushions c.1860.
Half Square Mosaic: From c.1830.Book carrier with borders of half square mosaic c.1845.
Tessellated Mosaic: From c. 1830.Detail from Pencil Box c.1870.
Some Important Tunbridge Ware Manufacturers
The Wise FamilyBusiness in Tonbridge from c. 1746 – 1876.
The Burrows FamilyBusiness in Tunbridge Wells from c1740 and in Tonbridge from c.1877 – 1883 following the retirement of George Wise Junior.
Fenner & CoClaimed to have been established in Tunbridge Wells in 1720. William Fenner in business c.1790 – 1840.
The Nye FamilyBusiness in Tunbridge Wells from c.1757. Edmund Nye in partnership with William Fenner from 1809.Business taken over by Thomas Barton on Nye’s death in 1863.
Thomas Barton, 1819 – 1903Worked in Tunbridge Wells for Nye from 1836 and continued on his own until 1901.
Robert Russell, 1812 – 1873Worked in Tunbridge Wells from 1849 – 1873.
Henry Hollamby, 1819 – 1895Worked in Tunbridge Wells for Burrows from 1831 and then on his own from c.1842 until 1891. |
