Here are key points related to Lord Nelson Ware:

1. Brand and Mark:

   • The brand "Lord Nelson Ware" has been associated with various potteries.
   • Items produced under the Lord Nelson Ware brand often bear a specific mark or stamp indicating their origin.

2. Manufacturers:

   • Among the manufacturers associated with Lord Nelson Ware is the English pottery firm Elijah Cotton Ltd., which was known for producing art pottery under the Lord Nelson name.
   • Lord Nelson Ware was also produced by other English pottery companies, including Foley China and others.

   • Elijah Cotton started his business in 1880 at the Lichfield Street Works, Eastwood, Hanley.

   • He outgrew these works and in 1885 built the Nelson Pottery on the corner of Nelson Road and Commercial Road. This was a large works alongside the Caldon Canal, built on the site of a former pottery established in 1758.

   • The business continued to grow and acquired another works - an existing works on the corner of Broad Street and Victoria Road, Shelton.

   • Elijah Cotton died in 1895. It was later said of him that he was "a man of great individuality who, by his own efforts and the driving force of his strong personality, eventually became one of the leading manufacturers in the Potteries".

   • Elijah Cotton remained open during the Second World War under the Wartime Concentration Scheme - they were permitted to produce undecorated domestic ware. They also produced canteen ware for the British armed forces. 

   • The business remained in the family and was run by Elijah's eldest son Edward and by 1956 was still actively run by one of Elijah's sons, Arthur assisted by his own son Nigel.