Charles Edmund Theaker
Born 1875
Died 1903
Active: 1891 - 1903
Country of birth and death: England
Designer, modeller for pottery, teacher
Born in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. Born in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. He was the son of George Theaker (1835-1902, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire), headmaster (principal) of the School of Art in Burslem from 1869-94 and designer for pottery. Charles Edmund (born c.1876) was an apprentice designer modeller and then a teacher at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem around 1900. His older brother Harry George was an apprentice pottery decorator and then became a teacher and headmaster at the Polytechnic in Regent Street, London.
Locations
Address 54 Waterloo Road Burslem | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1891 (Circa)
Address 200 Waterloo Road Burslem | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher of modeling at Wedgwood Memorial Institute, Burslem and Tunstall School of Science and Art
1900 (Circa)
See Haggar (1953), p. 28.
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of George Theaker
Sister/sibling of Harry George Theaker
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Apprentice Pottery Modeller' and his father George Theaker (1835-1902) 'Master of Art School/Teachers of Science or [maybe &] Economy Building Construction Machine Construction, Modeller & Designer for Misc [?] Work Pottery etc [?]' and his older brother, Harry George, 'Apprentice Pottery Decorator' all workers
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Pottery Modeller & Designer & Art Teacher' own account and his father, George Theaker 'Art School Master'
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 28.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2164 folio 103 page 37
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2596 folio 15 page 22
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Charles Edmund Theaker
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1875
Registration district: Wolstanton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 153
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Charles Edmund Theaker
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1903
Age at Death: 28
Registration district: Wolstanton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 53
Citing this record
'Charles Edmund Theaker', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1222090835, accessed 08 Feb 2023]
