Thomas Mellor
Born 1856 (Probable)
Active: 1856 - 1890
Modeller, pâte-sur-pâte decorator
Born in Hanley, Staffordshire. Eldest son of William Mellor (born c.1831 and a Parian figure maker and mould maker) and Angelina (born c.1840 and who trained at Minton) [see Wilkinson 'Ceramic Artists' (2007), p. 102 and Census data].
Locations
Address 27 George Street Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Listed with his parents at this address in the Census of 1881
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Minton and Company
1880 (Circa)
Pâte-sur-pâte artist at Minton before moving to Wedgwood in the 1880s: see Reilly and Savage, 'The Dictionary of Wedgwood' (1980), p. 237, no start date is given.
Employed at Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1880 (Circa)
Made inlaid ware in the 1880s at Wedgwood: see Reilly and Savage, 'The Dictionary of Wedgwood' (1980), p. 237.
See a photograph of an Earthenware Vase, Lid and Stand c. 1880, inlaid and enamelled by Mellor in the Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive [reference no. EVASE5].
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Potter's modeller'
Sources
A Dictionary of Ceramic Artists
2007
p. 102.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 2728; Folio: 42; Page: 18; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341654
The Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive
See a photograph of an Earthenware Vase, Lid and Stand c. 1880, inlaid and enamelled by Mellor [reference no. EVASE5].
Citing this record
'Thomas Mellor', 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_1233136168, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
