Herculaneum Pottery, 1796-1840
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Originally Posted by
marky
Liverpool Mercury December 11th 1840.
Herculaneum Pottery, everything to be sold.
"Now about to be pulled down for the Erection of Docks"
Thanks marky, that was very interesting. December 11th 1840, advertised in the Liverpool Mercury. The main auction day on the 15th Dec, with the last items of the catalogue: the 'Horses, Carts & a.' being sold on the 18th December.
Open question: with the last items of sale being the 18th Dec. 1840. I'm assuming it would have taken some time to complete the final accounts, and pay off any outstanding creditors, before dissolving the company fully? And considering that Christmas was the following week - are we looking at 1841, as the date that the company ceased. ie:
Herculaneum Pottery 1796-1841, [or is it '1840', when it ceased manufacturering?]