Robinson's Brewery Ltd Ceramic Jug

Robinson's Brewery Ltd ceramic jug dating from the 1900s. In 1842 Thomas Robinson became a partner with William Worthington, son of the founder of Worthington's Brewery in Burton-on-Trent, which traded as Worthington & Robinson. The partnership remained until 1863 when it was dissolved. In that year Thomas Robinson built the Union Street Brewery, and by 1869 it was trading as Thomas Robinson & Co. Roninson died in 1875 and in the 1880s his brewery was purchased by James Porter, who had been brewing at the Bryan Brothers Dale Brewery in Burton-on-Trent. Brewing ceased at Dale Street and production was concentrated at Union Street. James Porter was also a partner in the Myrtle Brewery of Sykes, Porter & Co. in Liverpool. In 1896 the Company was re-registered as Robinson's Brewery Ltd and the Union Street Brewery was merged with Sykes, Porter & Co.'s Myrtle Brewery with 109 tied houses. In 1897 the Company acquired Cook Brothers Ltd's Soho Brewery in Liverpool. In 1920 the shares of Robinson's Brewery Ltd, its breweries, and 135 tied houses were purchased by Ind Coope & Co. Ltd. Brewing ceased in Burton-on-Trent and Liverpool in 1929, however Ind Coope continued to use the Cook Street site until the 1950s. The Burton-on-Trent site was cleared between 1968 and 1970 becoming a shopping precinct. The manufacturer's mark states - Mintons Estd 1793 England