Mason Cash & Co is a kitchenware

Kitchenware

Kitchenware include utensils, appliances, dishes, cookware, and so on for use in the kitchen.-See also:*Cookware and bakeware*Dishware*Drinkware*List of eating utensils*List of food preparation utensils*List of Japanese cooking utensils...

 brand, with items such as mixing bowls, pudding basins and petware. The ceramics

Pottery

Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...

 manufacturing company, based in Woodville

Woodville, Derbyshire

Woodville is a village and civil parish just outside Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England. The centre of the village, known as the Tollgate, is a busy traffic island on the A511.-History:...

, Swadlincote

Swadlincote

Swadlincote is a town and unparished area in South Derbyshire, about southeast of Burton-upon-Trent and about south of Derby. It is the main town of South Derbyshire and the seat of South Derbyshire District Council....

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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 is a part of The Rayware Group. They make (and have made for many years) earthenware

Earthenware

Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects.-Types of earthenware:Although body formulations vary between countries and even between individual makers, a generic composition is 25% ball clay, 28% kaolin, 32% quartz, and 15%...

 mixing bowls and baking ware. Their traditional colours are a white interior glaze with a light brown exterior glaze and a diamond texture on the exterior. This range is known as "yellow ware" or Meashamware, despite not being produced in Measham

Measham

Measham is a village in Leicestershire, near the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border, located just off the A42 just south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and within the National Forest...

. The colour comes from the natural colour of the area's clay.

History

The origins of Mason Cash can be traced back to a pottery already operating at Church Gresley

Church Gresley

Church Gresley is a village and former civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The village is very close to the town of Swadlincote, between the town and Castle Gresley. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,805.The toponym "Gresley" is derived...

 in the early 19th century. The location was due to a plentiful supply of clay

Clay

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 and coal

Coal

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, the raw materials of pottery. The company's products, made from white and cane glazed earthenware, are sometimes known as 'yellow ware' due to the colour of the local clay. The company was run by a series of Master Potters, one of whom was 'Bossy' Mason who took over towards the end of the 19th century. Tom Cash acquired the pottery in 1901 and gave it the name Mason Cash & Co., a name still used when his son incorporated the company in 1941.

Expansion

During the 1930s and 1940s, Mason Cash expanded their product line to include petware, such as feeding and water bowls for dogs and cats. In December 2001, Mason Cash purchased T. G. Green, and worked to revive that pottery's Cornish Blue kitchenware line.

The Tabletop Company purchased Mason Cash in April 2004, thus forming The Tabletop Group

The Tabletop Group

The Tabletop Group is based in Nottinghamshire, England and comprises three companies: The Tabletop Company, Mason Cash, and T. G. Green. The group was formed in April 2004 when The Tabletop Company purchased Mason Cash, which had previously purchased T. G...

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In 2007, The Rayware Group acquired the Mason Cash brand, to continue its growth and development across its kitchenware and petware areas.

In 2009, Pacific Merchants Trading Company became the exclusive distributor of the full range of Mason Cash mixing bowls, pudding bowls, bakeware and pet bowls.

In 2010, Pacific Merchants extended the Mason Cash assortment and also started to sell Price & Kensington teapots.

Mixing bowl sizes

The Mason Cash mixing bowls are sold in various numbered sizes. Smaller size numbers are used for larger bowls, with higher numbers indicating smaller bowls.

Mixing Bowl Size	Diameter (top)	Capacity
4	13.9" / 35 cm	9qt (10.2 litres)
6	13.5" / 33 cm	8qt (9.1 litres)
9	12" / 30.5 cm	?
12	11.5" / 29 cm	6qt (6.8 litres)
18	10.75" / 26 cm	2 3/5 qt?
24	9.6" / 24 cm	?
30	8.1"	?