T & R Boote were manufacturers of earthenwares at Burslem from 1842 to 1963. They were particularly known for ironstone wares until around 1906 when the company then concentrated on manufacturing tiles.
Below are some examples and price guides of T & R Boote’s antique ceramics including a tile panel and examples of their maker’s marks.
T & R Boote incised maker’s mark alongside the diamond registration mark.
T & R Boote maker’s transfer mark with Royal Patent.
GREENAWAY – T & R BOOTE AND MINTON TILES
Twenty-six tiles in various sets, earthenware, dust-pressed body with transfer-printed illustrations depicting children at play and the four seasons, after designs by Kate Greenaway, bordered with Aesthetic Movement Japonesque motifs, reverse of 18 tiles with printed diamond registration marks, 4 polychrome tiles with moulded marks for ‘Minton’s China Works Stoke on Trent’, 155 x 155mm., 1881 and 1883 (26)
Sold for £382.50 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2022
Antique Ironstone White Pitcher
Ironstone T and R Boote. Measures 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Sold for US$45 at Matthew Bullock Auctioneers in 2023
Mid-19th c. English Ironstone Lidded Tureen by T&R Boote, Sydenham Shape, with underplate, all pieces with registry stamp indicating manufacture in 1853 and 1854, tureen: 14 3/4″ high, 12 1/2″ wide, underplate: 16 1/4″ x 13 3/4″; PLUS Ironstone ladle, not original to this tureen, 13″ long.
Sold for US$300 at Vintage Accents Auctions in 2022
T. & R. BOOTE LTD., BURSLEM TILE PANEL, CIRCA 1880 glazed and painted earthenware, later framed (15cm x 87cm)
Sold for £280 at Lyon & Turnbull in 2022
A pedestal dish / tazza of squared form decorated by Florence Upton for T & R Boote, titled ‘The Golli… Bicycle Club’. Approx. 1 1/2″ high x 6″ x 6 3/4″
Sold for £32 at Claydon Auctioneers Ltd in 2021
