Lancastrian         Pottery           Society

   Click orange vermilion vase for "About the Society"  and application form.

    Click Towneley's "Sea Maiden" vase for details of Society Notice Board.

This page is maintained by Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery Society.  The Society issues a newsletter at periodic intervals providing information to members and publishing member's contributions.

The society provides information on marks and monograms for its members.  It can also provide background information and detail about specific wares.

For photographs of some marks and links to our database and other sites click here.

New features: Regular update links to Pilkington's related sites, information on newsletter  articles, on line database extract for
member / other contributors.

UPDATES July 2007 :  1950s ,  booklet published, revised index to newsletters, past publications Pilkington's Animal subjects. To see examples of Pilkington's Glaze effects click on effects.  Database of known shapes. Broken links fixed - please advise any found. July 2007 - Tiles
Social and Economic history - another area of interest for many members.

April 2008  - Glaze of the month: click here

UPDATES AUGUST    2007 : Can you help in our research? click here.
UPDATES SEPTEMBER  2007:  A little more on marks. click here.
UPDATES NOVEMBER 2007 : Some more on marks. click here
                                                       Newsletter index to December 2007  - see link above.

1997 - 2007 To celebrate its tenth year the Society has commissioned a special tile free  for all members - designed by Joseph Burton great great grandson of Joseph Burton - see our home page.

TILES TELL THE TALE - IS A SOCIETY PUBLICATION

AND IS AVAILABLE FOR SALE NOW TO FIND OUT MORE CLICK HERE