1940’s Pair of Porcelain Burleigh Ware (Burgess & Leigh) Bowls Collectables The firm became Barker Bros

The firm became Barker Bros

They became a limited company in 1915

The saucer and tea plate both have scalloped rims

Diameter of body: 4

Among many other themes

1940’s Pair of Porcelain Burleigh Ware (Burgess & Leigh) Bowls Collectables The firm became Barker BrosIn 1851 Hulme and Booth began the pottery business in Burslem, Stoke On Trent. In 1862 William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess in partnership took over the firm and moved it to Middelport Pottery at the Trent and Mercy Canal where it is located to this day. After the sons Edmund Leigh and Richard Burgess continued the firm, in 1912 the Leigh family took sole control and at the start of the 20th century the firm became known as Burleigh. In the