A large Beswick Pottery pheasant. John Beswick Ltd, formerly J. W. Beswick, was a pottery manufacturer and was founded in 1894 by James Wright Beswick and his sons John and Gilbert in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. In 1969 the business was sold to Doulton & Co. Ltd. The factory closed in 2002 and the brand name John Beswick was sold in 2004. This pheasant dates from the 1960’s and has the model number (1225) on the underside.