Highlights from Shelton New Hall at Elstob & Elstob
The New Hall China Manufactory holds an important place in the history of English porcelain. Active from 1781-1835, it was effectively a cooperative between several Staffordshire earthenware makers, who acquired the Bristol porcelain patent and financed a factory together, first at Tunstall and then at Shelton New Hall in Hanley.
Hitherto, the only 18th century porcelain maker of note in the Potteries was Littler of Longton Ha…