Denby
near Derby, Derbyshire, England · Stoneware · also recorded as Denby Pottery, Bourne Denby, Joseph Bourne & Son
Transcribed by Igor Kukolj from Chaffers, William. Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, 1891, Reeves & Turner, London, p.759. Scan: archive.org/details/marksmonogramson00chaf (leaf n778). Checked 21 August 2026.
Marks
Plate I
E. BOURNE
Recorded on black ware with cameo groups in the Etruscan style, shown at the Derby Exhibition.Chaffers 1891, p.759Attribution disputed by the source
Chaffers records these pieces as 'supposed to have been made here', but judges them 'more probably from the large manufactory of the Bournes of Fenton, Staffordshire'. The stamp is therefore not safe evidence of Denby manufacture on its own.
What the source records
- Chaffers describes Denby as a manufactory of stone bottles.Chaffers 1891 · p.759
- A better description of ware was attempted at Denby in imitation of Wedgwood's black Egyptian, by Mr. Bourne.Chaffers 1891 · p.759
- At the 1851 Exhibition, Mr. J. Bourne of the Denby Pottery near Derby exhibited fine stoneware and garden labels.Chaffers 1891 · p.759
Why this differs from other listings
The E. BOURNE stamp is commonly listed as a Denby mark. The standard 19th-century reference explicitly doubts that attribution and points to Fenton, Staffordshire. Stating the doubt, with the page, is the thing no competing page does.
The source page
What this entry does not establish
- Chaffers 1891 predates the bulk of Denby's marked output. Twentieth-century Denby backstamps are NOT covered by this source and must not be inferred from it.
- No date ranges for the E. BOURNE stamp are given.