B.P. Co.

BO'NESS POTTERY COMPANY / B.P. Co. BP Co

There was at least one period in the Bo’ness Pottery when the wares were not marked with the owner’s name, e.g. J Jamieson & Co,

but with the pottery name itself, i.e. B.P.Co. & Bo’ness Pottery Company.

It has been suggested in the past that these wares were made during the short period in 1854 - 1855 when John Austine, manager of the

Redding Coal Company, was Trustee.

Personally, I think the B.P.Co. wares that have been discovered, to date, are too finely potted for this period and are possibly from the

early Jamieson period.

Some of the known patterns were also made with the Jamieson mark but do not appear to carry over into the Marshall period. To me,

this implies that they were not made after the Jamieson period just prior to Marshall or else we would expect to see this carry over.

However, there is a mug and jug marked Bo’ness Pottery Co. They are Tonkin pattern, a pattern used by both Jamieson and Marshall

and the mug is the same shape as a mug produced at the Clyde Pottery, Greenock in the 1840s & 50s. Perhaps these pieces are from

the Redding Coal Company period.