Daniel Platt & Sons, Tunstall

Daniel Platt & Sons specialised in tiles at their Brownhill Tileries in Tunstall and also at Harpfield Tileries in Newcastle. They also made facing and paving bricks along with specialist items such as copings, ridges, and finials. Daniel Platt first appears in the trade directories in 1875 listed at Harpfield Tileries. BCM is a mark means 'British Clay Manufacturers' which was a marketing arrangement between a number of manufacturers. The 1931 Directory of Clayworkers lists BCM \ DP&S along with 18 other firms.