Globe Pottery Co Ltd
British, 1914 - 1948
In 1933 the Globe Pottery Company purchased the larger Ridgway (Bedford Works) Ltd. when the assets (of which Ridgways was one) of Cauldon Potteries Ltd. were sold in 1932 (after Cauldon Potteries went into receivership).
From 1934 the Globe Pottery Company operated from the Bedford Works of Ridgways (who also continued to operate under its own name). From this date the mark of the Globe Pottery Co. changed to include 'SHELTON' as a place name instead of 'COBRIDGE'
At that time the beneficial owner of the Globe Pottery Company was Harry Wood (the principle of Wood & Sons Ltd). Both the Globe Pottery and Ridgways traded as subsidiaries of Wood & Sons Ltd.
In the 1940's Lawleys Ltd acquired an interest in both the Globe Pottery Comapny and Ridgways and by 1948 both were wholy owned subsidiaries of Lawleys.
The Globe Pottery was included in appendix 4 of the book "British Potters and Potters today (published 1956) and listed as "Ash Hall".
(This was the headquarters of the Ridgway Pottery group.)
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