Pilkington's were formed to make tiles and began production in 1893.

In addition to in house designers they also commissioned several well known artists to design tiles.

These included: W.Crane, A.Mucha,C.F.A.Voysey, L.F.Day, F.Steele, C.Rowe, J.Chambers, F.C.Howells.

Several of their designs are shown above.