Stuart and Sons

Source: Victorian Decorative Glass - British Designs 1850-1914 by Mervyn Gulliver

Stuart & Sons Limited

"Introduction In 1856, Frederick Stuart (1816 - 1900) entered into a partnership under the name of Messrs. Mills, Webb, and Stuart, at the Albert Glassworks, Wordsley. The business developed and it eventually became known as Stuart and Mills. In 1881, Frederick Stuart acquired the lease of the Red House Glassworks from Philip Pargeter, and commenced trading on his own. This lease was then taken over by the formation of Stuart and Sons in 1885. The original partners were Frederick Stuart (Chairman), and his sons, William Henry, Frederick, and Robert. There were four other sons: Samuel, who was later to join the Board, and Arthur, George, and Walter, who carried on the established wholesale and retail glass and china business of Stoniers, in Liverpool, which had been acquired from John Stonier in 1876. In 1899 a cutting shop was acquired in George Street, Wordsley, and this was followed by the acquisition of a Glassworks in Brewery Street. In 1911, the business became a Limited Company and later in 1915 expanded further with the acquisition of the adjacent White House Glassworks."