Early 20th Century "Hancocks England Ivory Ware" Hand Painted Butterfly China

Early 20th Century "Hancocks England Ivory Ware" Hand Painted Butterfly China S Hancock & Sons Stoke Bridge Works 1891 - 1935. S Hancock & Sons (Potters) Hanley Corona Works 1935 - 1937 Earthenware manufacturer at Bridge Works, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent. One source records that around 1920 china manufacture was commenced. Sampson Hancock, a prominent Wesleyan Methodist, started potting around 1857, operating independently and in partnership with others In 1891 he established the business of Sampson Hancock & Sons. Sampson died in 1900 and the business was continued by his three sons - Jabez, Harry and Arthur. In 1935 the business got into financial difficulty and was made bankrupt. It was restarted as S Hancock & Sons (Potters) Ltd. and moved to the Gordon Works, Hanley - which they renamed the Corona Works. The restarted company was not a success and it finally closed in 1937, having been put into receivership on 23rd March of that year. By this time it was a smaller enterprise, employing around 150 people Pickup category timeslot {A}