CATHY (Kilncraft-STL, Staffordshire) - a vintage personalised mug (c.1990)

            A finely made Kilncraft-STL (Staffordshire Tableware Ltd) personalised mug with the name CATHY and a description of the the name's meaning. 

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 15/16” high x 3 1/16” O.D. excluding handle (99mm x 77mm).
Material(s): white earthenware.
Finish: screen printed in 1 colour over a two-tone glaze.
Imprint: KILNCRAFT STL ENGLAND
Weight: about 225g

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Outline history (including KilnCraft):

* Staffordshire Potteries Ltd grew out of the Keele Street Pottery Group and through the acquisition of smaller local pottery companies.
* By 1963, most of their operations were located on the 38 acre Meir site, formerly Meir Airport.
* 1972 Staffordshire Potteries Ltd assumed the KilnCraft name.
* 1979 Company bought by Royal Winton as a going concern, company's name remained unchanged.
* 1985 Company bought by the Coloroll Group of Manchester as well as Bilton tableware of Stoke-on-Trent. The company became the Ceramics Division of the Coloroll Group and the KilnCraft brandname was retained.
* 1990 The Coloroll Group went into receivership and there was a management buy-out of the Ceramic Division (Staffordshire Potteries Ltd/KilnCraft) to form a new company called Staffordshire Tableware Ltd (STL). STL included Biltons.
* 1994 Biltons sold amid a continuing decline in business for the company.
* 1999 A third of the Meir site was sold to Sainbsury for a new Homebase store.
* 2000 STL went into receivership when Bank of Scotland refused to extend its loan facility.
   

Taken on: March 16, 2024

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