Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. was a major Staffordshire ceramics manufacturer based at Cauldon Place, Hanley, trading under this name from the early 1860s until about 1904. The firm grew out of earlier Ridgway family partnerships and, under Thomas C. Brown-Westhead with William and James Moore, developed one of the largest factories in the district, producing china and earthenware ranging from dinner and tea services to majolica, ornamental pieces and sanitary wares.
Supplying both British and overseas markets, the company became known for technically ambitious Victorian majolica and high-quality printed and enamelled wares. It showed regularly at international exhibitions such as Philadelphia (1876), Sydney (1879) and Paris (1889), where it received major awards, and by the late nineteenth century advertised itself as “Potters to Her Majesty”. The Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. name was replaced in 1904 when the works became Cauldon Ltd, but its designs remained influential in later Cauldon production.
