Url Creator Date Created Description Format Identifier Publisher Associated person or organisation Associated place or event Rights Attribution Place name Subject Place name Type https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/525 Alfred Meakin 19th century Teapot, taken to Dayton as a wedding gift for Percival and Eva (nee Hanson) Johnson. Percy was involved in the financial management of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company set up by the directors of Sir Titus Salt (Bart), Sons and Co Ltd. Eva was the youngest daughter of William Hanson, the head of the engineering department at Salts Mill. The Saltaire historians Dave Shaw and David King visitied Dayton to research its history and were given the teapot to to give to Eva's great-nephew Donald Hanson, who had been the chair of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a working textiles business. Donald donated the teapot to the collection, as he considered it 'a known 19th century artefact that binds the communities of Saltaire & Dayton'. pottery 2015.1 Hanson, Donald | Dayton Coal and Iron Company Limited Dayton, Tennessee, United States of America No copyright restrictions. Please acknowledge the work's author (if known) and the item's source Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom Mill staff | Family history Dayton tea pot ceramic