From the formation of the UK Belleek Group in 1988, the history of the pottery and the wares produced at Belleek have always been at times a matter of guess work and conjecture. Over the past 23 years though, The UK Group has been steadily piecing together the history of the people, wares and pottery premises. Very little remains of early records other than catalogues diaries and photographs. We have a network of collectors who are dedicated to finding out as much as they can about various aspects of life at Belleek and its' workers since formation in 1857 and the first incarnation of the pottery under the title of David McBirney and Co. Thanks to the dedication of the workers and management at Belleek over the last century and a half there is still a thriving business based in County Fermanagh exporting Belleek Parian China to the 'four corners of the world'.

This page looks at research on some of the marks used by Belleek over the years. We also look at the many decorative patterns used by Belleek on Earthenware and Parian. We are continually adding to this area of research.

Important note, Some of these research papers will appear as downloads and not in web page format

Many more interesting research articles can also be found in our Newsletters.