Windsor English Bone China Teapot Pattern# 4281 Swirl Pink Roses Green Leaves

Description

Bone China manufacturer at the Windsor Pottery, Longton , Stoke-on-Trent, England. The Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd (CWS) manufactured Bone China at the Windsor Pottery, Edensor Road, Longton. Previously the Windsor Pottery was operated by Hill & Co. There appears to have been some discrepancy in the start date for the CWS, or an overlap in manufacturing, as Hill & Co are recorded as closing in 1920 and the CWS are recorded as starting in 1911.
The
Co-op
erative Group has its origins in Rochdale, Lancashire. The Rochdale Pioneers Society was famously established in 1844 based upon the notion of ethical trading and belief that the profits of the business should be shared amongst members according to their purchases.
The
Co-op
erative Wholesale Society (CWS) was formed in 1863 by independent
co-op
societies, to provide
Co-op
produced products to sell in hundreds of
Co-op
stores that had opened based on the Rochdale model of ownership and control.    By 1900 there was over 1,400 separate independent
co-op
erative businesses in the UK, all members of a wider
Co-op
erative Movement. During the 1900s, many of these independent societies began to merge. One of the most significant in recent times was in 2000, when The
Co-op
erative Group was formed following the merger of the
Co-op
erative Wholesale Society and
Co-op
erative Retail Services. This was followed in 2007 by the merger of United
Co-op
eratives with The
Co-op
erative Group.