Innovation and tradition. Artistic design and new technology. Englishness and the cosmopolitan. Since its launch in Stoke-on-Trent in 1793, Minton’s work has been characterised by that bold mix. This inspiration made Minton Europe’s leading Victorian ceramic manufacturer - and an enduring classic brand for luxury tableware, teaware, and ornaments for modern day lifestyles.

The business took its name from founder Thomas Minton, a master engraver and designer who began with underglaze blue printed earthenwares and introduced bone china around 1799. After his death in 1836, he was succeeded by his son Herbert who inherited that belief in artistic talent. But he also blended it with a zeal for new technology and historic design to literally shape Minton’s future. And he succeeded.