The Carlton Ware works were set up about 1890 by James Frederick Wiltshaw, James Alcock Robinson & William Herbert Robinson in Stoke-on-Trent, and Carlton Ware was adopted as a trade name in 1894.

About 1890 the company introduced its "Blush Ware" range, with floral designs on delicate pastel coloured backgrounds, sometimes with gilded additions.

In 1911 the partnership was dissolved and James Frederick Wiltshaw became the sole proprietor.

During the 1920s, the company became known for its Art Deco lustre wares, which command high prices today.

Many of the patterns were of imaginative geometric and stylised floral designs, more...

A cruet also known as a caster, is a small container to hold condiments such as oil, vinegar, mustard, pepper. Its shape and adornments will depend on the specific condiment for which it is designed. For example a cruet for liquids may have a jug-like shape, while a cruet for a spice may be cylindrical with a lid and perhaps a small spoon for serving.

Cruets were made in silver, silver plate, ceramic and glass, and sometimes a combination of two materials, usually as a glass body with a silver or silver plated top.

The earliest cruets, from the more...

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A Carlton ware cocktail shaker with silver plated collar c.…

Carlton Ware Fish Cocktail Shaker with Gilt Seaweed

A Carlton ware cocktail shaker with silver plated collar c.1920s. Painted with iridescent enamel fish highlight with gilt and surrounded with gilt seaweed on a cobalt ground. Stopper absent. Maker's mark and paper label and additionally marked 'Dunhill.…

Vintage Carlton Ware ceramic caster sugar shaker oast house…

Carlton Ware Oast House Caster Sugar Shaker

Vintage Carlton Ware ceramic caster sugar shaker oast house type shape, marked to base, height 13 cm.

A Carlton Ware Mabel Lucie Atwell cruet set

Mabel Lucie Atwell Carlton Ware Cruet Set

A Carlton Ware Mabel Lucie Atwell cruet set

Four piece Carlton Ware cruet set comprising of a salt and…

Carlton Ware Four-Piece Cruet Set with English Posy Ornament

Four piece Carlton Ware cruet set comprising of a salt and pepper shaker, mustard pot and fitted under plate, together English posy ornament

Carlton Ware crinoline lady cruet set height 12.5 cm approx

Crinoline Lady Cruet Set by Carlton Ware

Carlton Ware crinoline lady cruet set height 12.5 cm approx

Three pieces of Carlton Ware foxglove pattern comprising of a…

Carlton Ware Foxglove Pattern Set

Three pieces of Carlton Ware foxglove pattern comprising of a cruet set, sauce boat and under plate, together with a bowl

Good green Carlton Ware foxglove cruet set

Green Foxglove Carlton Ware Cruet Set

Good green Carlton Ware foxglove cruet set

Carlton Ware cruet set

Vintage Carlton Ware Cruet Set

Carlton Ware cruet set

A collection of 'New Daisy' embossed Carlton Ware, 1948/49,…

"New Daisy" Carlton Ware Collection, 1948/49

A collection of 'New Daisy' embossed Carlton Ware, 1948/49, seven items comprising a group of five on an apple green ground including an oval dish, a fluted raised dish, a jug, a sugar bowl and a lidded preserve pot with a daisy finial; also a jug and a…