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Burleigh Ware

The very distinctive and increasingly asked for Burleigh Jugs were produced in the 1930's by the Burgess & Leigh pottery in Middleport, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. The Leigh family have privately owned the pottery since 1912, however their association with it goes back to its formation in 1851, when it traded under the name Hulme & Booth. In 1877 the firm changed its name to Burgess & Leigh following the retirement of some of the partners, leaving the two families as the owners up until the death of R. S. Burgess in 1912.

The pottery's production capacity from its seven ovens was able to cope with the significant public demand placed upon it. Varying sizes and colourways were offered with the most popular designs of the day having a yellow body to the jug. back

Designs:

Budgerigar, Cricketer, Dragon, Flamingo, Golfer, Guardsman, Harvest, Highwayman, Kingfisher, Parrot, Pied Piper, Rock Garden, Squirrel, Tennis Player.
 
The prices range from under £100 to over £2000, depending on rarity. One of the Golfer jugs has a white body, which I am informed signifies it was one of only twelve samples produced by the Burgess & Leigh salesforce. Another one of these jugs can be seen in the Museum of Golf at St. Andrews, Scotland. back

Carlton Ware

Carlton Ware as a trading name was introduced in 1894 by J. Wiltshaw and J. & H. Robinson, who had just previously founded a pottery at the Carlton Works in Stoke-on-Trent. It's wares over the years were to see dramatic change in both materials and styles. China products were introduced in 1906, being marketed under the name Carlton China. The three partners dissolved their partnership in 1911 with the pottery passing to James Wiltshaw as sole proprietor, a post he held until a fatal rail accident at Stoke station in 1918. As a result of this untimely accident, Wiltshaw's son, Frederick Cuthbert Wiltshaw was thrust into the role. Frederick, a First World War pilot, who had only recently left the Flying Corps, brought a fresh, energetic approach to the business, leading it through it's most active period.

The early 1920s saw the pottery move into lustre wares, taking advantage of changes in public taste to acquire items displaying motifs inspired by Egyptian, Middle Eastern, Oriental and Art Deco influences. A range of decorative items were produced, including ginger jars, vases, dishes, bowls and wall plaques. The lustre glazes were selected from a range of twelve colours, including two shades of green and blue, cream, orange, red, pink and black. The resulting exotic pieces were aimed at the luxury end of the market, and proved very popular.

The mid to late 1920s were particularly hectic, with the introduction of novelty earthenware. The demand for the pottery's ware and the desire to further expand the ranges of china production necessitated the acquisition in the 1928 of Birks, Rawlins & Co., who traded from the Vine Pottery in Stoke. Salad ware was also introduced in this period, with pieces bearing vividly painted lobsters or tomatoes (such production continued through to 1976 when legislation prohibited the use of lead paint).
The mid 1930s saw the introduction of what is often today, misconceived to be all that Carlton Ware produced. The brightly coloured and strongly glazed floral ranges proved to be very popular. Flower shaped pieces included the patterns of Waterlily or Buttercup, being augmented with floral decorated pieces including Apple Blossom, Wild Rose and Foxglove. Base colours varied, being selected from yellow, green or pink, but one fact was common to all, the standard of production quality was very high, resulting from a well trained work force who knew what they were doing.

Following numerous changes to keep in line with public taste and demand, and thereby hold onto their market share through the 1960s, the firm was acquired by Arthur Wood & Sons in 1967. Under their control, new ranges of fruit based patterns replaced the floral wares, and new lines such as Walking Ware helped to increase foreign sales. However the pottery was, like many others unable to withstand the effects of the 1980s recessionary years, which ultimately brought about its closure in 1992. back

Clarice Cliff born on January 20th 1899 in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Started work at the age of 13 in 'The Potteries'. Moved to the AJ Wilkinson's pottery factory in 1916. The famous 'Bizarre' wares launched 1927. She marries Colley Shorter in 1940. The factory continues to produce pottery bearing Clarice's name until 1964. On Colley Shorter's death Clarice sells the factory to Midwinter's. Clarice retires to Chetwynd House. The first Clarice Cliff exhibition takes place at Brighton in 1972 and Clarice provides comments for the catalogue. Clarice Cliff dies suddenly at Chetwynd House on 23rd October 1972. back

 
Key Dates

1899 - January - Born in Tunstall, Staffordshire, one of eight children. father Harry an iron moulder, mother Ann.
1912 - Age 13 starts work with Lingard, Webster & Co. Tunstall - a producer of earthenware - as an apprentice enameller.
1915 - Joins Hollingshead & Kirkham as an apprentice lithographer.
1916 - Joins A. J. Wilkinsons (who were to purchase Newport Pottery), again as an apprentice lithographer.
1920 - Her potential noticed, she was moved to Wilkinsons studios and allowed to attend night schools.
1927 - Sent for six months to the Royal College of Art in Kensington and on her return given her own studio and three paintresses.
1927/8 - First pieces produced marked Bizarre with the Clarice Cliff name.
1929 - With the first pieces becoming an enormous sales success, the Newport Factory was given over to the production of Bizarre Ware.
1930 - Clarice Cliff promoted to Company Art Director. The next nine years production to become perhaps the most collectable of all 20th Century ceramics.
1934 - Art In Industry exhibition at Harrods, London. Involving well known designers of the period, including Dame Laura Knight, the exhibition was to be a turning point in hand decorated wares.
1939 - Outbreak of W.W.II with many paintresses being released for war service and output starting to fall.
1941 - Mr Colley Shorter, managing Director A. J. Wilkinsons, marries Clarice Cliff after the death of his first wife.
1942 - Production of decorated china for the home market ceases by 'Order In Council'.
1945 - W.W.II over, few of the original paintresses return and with consumer tastes changing, very little hand decorated wares produced.
1948 - War time restrictions are lifted.
1950 - Clarice Cliff becomes director of Wilkinsons.
1955 - Clarice Cliff becomes director of Newport Pottery.
1963 - Colley Shorter dies.
1964 - Clarice Cliff sells both factory sites to Midwinter.
1968 - Midwinter merges with J & G Meakin.
1970 - J & G Meakin joins Wedgwood group.
1972 - Clarice Cliff dies October 23rd.
1975 - Bona Group sells its first pieces of original Clarice Cliff ware
1983 - First all Clarice Cliff auction.
1985 - Clarice Cliff reproductions start appearing.
1993 - Original Clarice Cliff ceramics return to the High Street with the opening of the Bona Art Deco and Clarice Cliff Collectors Store.
1995 - The Bona Clarice Cliff 700 piece definitive exhibition draws record crowds.
1998 - A J Wilkinson (Newport Pottery) Clarice Cliff website opens - Clarice Cliff On-line Nostalgia Store opens.
1999 - Clarice Cliff Centenary Year - The first non-commercial association is formed for Clarice Cliff Ceramic Collectors
2000 - The Clarice Cliff Collectors Store opened on-line - Clarice Cliff reproductions available on-line from The Clarice Cliff Nostalgia Store. back

The Patterns

Acacia - Bizarre - A name in the 1932 order book of a pattern with a large and small tree. No further details. 1932
Acorn - Bizarre - Pen outline of red acorns with green & brown oak leaves against tan & yellow runnings. 1934
Agave - Clarice Cliff - Pen outline of a tree with blossoms, enamelled in yellow, orange, pink & black, against a backdrop of  a beach & bay with mountains in the distance. 1937 (Named after the giant flowering cactus, Agave)
Age of Jazz - Bizarre - A range of 5 shapes depicting dancing figures and musicians. 1930
Alton - Bizarre -Distant castle turrets partly hidden by a bushy hillside with colourful flowers in the foreground. Named after Alton Towers in Staffordshire. 1934
Amberose - Bizarre - Red & yellow roses with green foliage, with red stripes. 1933/34
Anemone - Clarice Cliff - Freehand flowers painted realistically on a mushroom glaze, sometimes with Delecia style runnings. 1937/38
Apples - Fantasque - Stylised apples & grapes in natural colours, but with pink, yellow & orange segmented leaves and black oblongs resembling piano keys. Referred to as New Fruit in the archives. 1931/32
Appliqué Avignon - Appliqué - A blue bridge over a lake in an ornamental garden, under an orange sky. Examples also known with coral red sky. 1930/31
Appliqué Bird of Paradise - Appliqué - A yellow & red bird on a branch heavy with black berries & blue leaves, against a green hillside. 1930
Appliqué Blossom - Appliqué - Freehand clematis and lilac flowers in purple & red against a trellis. 1930
Appliqué Caravan - Appliqué - A caravan on a hillside underneath a tree laden with red & orange fruit and green leaves. 1930
Appliqué Eden - Appliqué - A brown flower surrounded by black flowers, green leaves with black veins, a glimpse of orange sky and a blue & green landscape in the background. 1931
Appliqué Etna - Appliqué - A volcanic peak in the distance, in the foreground a blue sea with black rocky cliffs covered with red trunked green trees. 1931
Appliqué Garden - Appliqué - A black trunked tree with light & dark blue foliage over a garden of yellow, orange & brown flowers. Alternate colourway has a brown & orange tree. 1931
Appliqué Idyll - Appliqué - A crinoline lady in a formal garden beneath a tree, with black, red, black banding. See also Idyll 1931/36
Appliqué Lucerne - Appliqué - A castle in a mountainous landscape of fir trees, with castle turrets to the foreground. Colour of sky indicates colourways: Orange & Blue. 1930/31 (matching to 1933)
Appliqué Lugano - Appliqué - A waterwheel against a building in a mountainous landscape. Colour of sky indicates colourways: Orange & Blue. 1930/31
Appliqué Monsoon - Appliqué - A yellow & green tree with black trunk on a yellow & purple striped ground against an orange sky. To the left, giant purple flowers rush from the ground and to the right, a green & blue hill capped by an ornamental arch. 1931
Appliqué Palermo - Appliqué - Red sailed yachts against the sweeping bay of Palermo, with a climbing black stemmed floral plant in the foreground. 1930/31
Appliqué Red Tree - Appliqué - On a green, black & orange striped ground, a tree with black & red saucer shaped fruit against a grey sky. To the left, blue saucer shaped flowerheads. 1930/31
Appliqué Windmill - Appliqué -A dark blue windmill by a river, against a cloudy red & orange sky and a green & black wood. 1930/31
Arabesque - Bizarre - An Isnic style design in red, green, yellow & blue, probably only produced as a sample. 1929/30
Archaic - Bizarre - Vases shaped as classical columns, copied from The Grammar Of Ornament by Owen Jones, as were the designs. 1929/30
Arizona - Clarice Cliff - An abstract semi-circular motif and a parallel line. 1937
Artists in Industry - A series of tableware designs produced as part of the Art In Industry project (1932-34). Artists included Dame Laura Knight, Vanessa Bell, Eva Crofts, Gordon Forsyth among others.
Aura - Clarice Cliff - Etching across the rim of tableware, or the edge of teaware, colourways green & yellow. 1936
Aurea - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Alternative colourway of Rhodanthe, with dominant green flowers, with some brown, yellow & pink. 1934/37
Autumn - Bizarre - Trees with sinuous trunks and large balloon shapes tops by bushes and a small cottage in a wood. Numerous colourways, including Red, Blue, Green & Pastel, named after the dominant foliage colour. 1930/34 (matchings to 1940)
Autumn Fruit - Clarice Cliff - A tree with red fruit, and leaves, with black & red banding and brown shading. Found on Windsor teaware. 1936
Avon - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - A pen outline design in pastel colours of a bridge over a river and two fishermen, on a green glaze. 1936/37
Bamboo - Bizarre - An etched design of a brown & orange oriental cottage, with bamboo with green leaves and yellow Rhodanthe style flowers. 1935 (matchings to 1939)
Beach Ball - Bizarre - Two segmented black & orange balls with leaves each side, surrounded by narrow green & orange vertical panels. 1932
Beechwood - Clarice Cliff - A creamy matt glaze with a partial decoration of a twig with leaves in shades of brown. 1936
Bermuda - Clarice Cliff - A pen outline design with gnarled tree with a blue, brown & red trunk, blue & yellow foliage on a green/brown ground. 1936/37
Berries - Fantasque - Red & orange berries, blue & purple leaves, with green & yellow oblongs. 1930/32
Bignou - Bizarre - A sunburst in green, orange & yellow, a shoulder pattern on tea & dinner ware. 1930
Bizooka - A promotional advertising display in the form of a donkey, produced from various pieces of Clarice Cliff Bizarre ware, drilled and mounted on a frame.
Black Flower - Bizarre? - A black stencilled flower against a striped background in orange, green, blue & yellow. 1929/30?
Blue Chrysanthemum - Bizarre - A large handpainted blue flowerhead with orange centre, green leaves and coral red blossoms. 1935
Blue Daisy - Bizarre - A stylised orange, blue & purple daisy painted freehand, with blue & purple banded and striped pattern either side. 1930
Blue Eyed Marigolds - Bizarre - Outlined orange flowers with blue centres, honeyglaze leaves and a black ground. 1930
Blue Firs - Bizarre - A pen outlined green landscape with blue fir trees, in the foreground a beach and cottage (not found on all pieces). 1933/37
Blue Heaven - Bizarre - All painted in blue to give the impression of a stencil, the pattern shows a single tree with spear shaped leaves and flowers in an undulating landscape. 1930 See also Orange Heaven
Blue Ribbon - Bizarre - A freehand floral design with orange flowers against a background of blue, green & yellow "ribbons". A red variation is known. 1932
Blue W - Bizarre - The pattern is centred around a central blue 'W' motif and features a number of interlocking elements consisting of circles, curves and oblong shapes in blue, green, yellow, orange, black & lilac. 1929/30
Blueberry Tree - Bizarre - Stylised leafy tree with green & yellow foliage and blue berries, some of which look like pollen being blown off the leaves. 1932
Bobbins - Bizarre - Blue & green leaves with red & yellow bobbins, often on a Cafe-au-Lait ground.1931/33
Bowling - Bizarre - Random horizontal banding with freehand bulls-eye motif. 1929
Braidwood - Bizarre - A floral design of powder blue cornflowers with green leaves above geometric hatching in blue and green. 1935/36
Branch and Squares - Bizarre - Outlined black, orange or blue leaves on a branch enclosed in irregular squares, painted in unclassified random colours. 1930
Bridgewater - Bizarre - A pen outline design of a question-mark tree by a river with reeds and a bridge and cottage in the background. Colourways Orange, Green & Blue. 1934
Brookfields - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - A pen outline in yellow of a cottage and garden, next to a bridge and ploughed field in green & yellow, the whole design covered with fine blue & yellow lines, omitted on awkward shapes. 1936
Broth - Fantasque - Shapes resembling the cooled fat on top of broth. Colourways Orange & Red 1929/31
Bruna - The tree from Blue Heaven, looking like it has just survived a nuclear explosion, painted in Inspiration style colours.
Brunella - Fantasque - A freehand stylised floral motif in rust & blue, similar to the Ravel design. 1929/30
Buttercup - Bizarre - Cafe-au-Lait all over design in yellow, green and red combined. Paint finish is very thick and has textured feel. known in other colourways. 1932
Butterfly - Bizarre - Colourful freehand butterflies against a striped ground. 1929/30
Cabbage Flower - Bizarre - Green & grey flowers with red & grey leaves growing from brown earth against a woven yellow sky. 1934
Café - Bizarre - A panel design of grey & black squares and oblong shapes with either red or orange as an additional colour. A black panel with either red or orange dots is also incorporated. 1932/33
Cafe-au-Lait - A process of decorating by using a special brush to apply stippled colour on all or part of the ware, which was then painted in a design. This technique was also used to decorate parts of patterns, e.g. Trallee, Japan & May Avenue. 1931/34
Canterbury Bells - Bizarre - Freehand blue, orange & yellow flowers with a brown cafe-au-Lait ground above and yellow below. 1932/33 See also Petunia
Capri - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - A garden with shrubs, bushes & trees, the whole design covered with fine lines. Colourways: Orange, Green & Blue. 1935/36
Caprice - Fantasque - A landscape with fantastic stylised trees and an elaborate bridge. First produced as an on-glaze decoration on a grey glaze, then for the Inspiration series. 1929
Car and Skyscraper - Bizarre - Outlined design of exaggerated skyscrapers with a long sleek car in front. This design was produced by outliner Harold Walker. 1933
Carpet - Bizarre - Curvilinear shapes, stripes & dots in coral red or orange with grey & black. Colourways: Orange & Red. 1930/31
Caribbean Cottage - Fantasque? - A pink roofed cottage with a pink hill in the foreground, from which a palm tree grows, against the sea and a wavy lined horizon. 1932/33?
Castellated Circle - Bizarre - Abstract design of circular and castellated shapes, some with solid colour, sometimes with triangles behind. Numerous variations on colour. 1929/30
Celtic Harvest - Clarice Cliff - A range with surface ornamentation of corn sheaves and fruit, with handpainted coloured detail, produced on a very large range of tableware & fancies, with a number of glaze variations. 1937/41 & post war
Chalet - Clarice Cliff - Colourful flower beds by a path leading to a chalet, against a green Cafe-au-Lait style sky. 1936/37
Cherry - Fantasque - Blue coloured berries and purple leaves with orange detail, outlined in green. Originally called Fantasque 102. 1929
Cherry Blossom - Clarice Cliff - Red & green Delecia style runnings, with a delicate tree painted over them, and small white blossoms produced by rubbing the wet paint with a fingertip. 1935/36
Cherry Tree - Clarice Cliff - A range of shapes with an embossed tree with lilac coloured fruit, on a matt mushroom glaze. 1937
Chestnut - Clarice Cliff - A range of shapes with embossed leaves in natural shades, on a matt mushroom glaze. 1937/38
Chintz - Bizarre - Water lily buds & leaves forming a fabric like design. Colourways: Orange (colours used, orange, black, tan & red), Blue (colours used blue, green & pink) & Green (colours used greens, browns & yellow). 1932/33
Chippendale - Clarice Cliff - An outlined light brown tree with gnarled branches bearing pink & blue flowers on the left of two hills. On the opposite hill, small flowering plants with yellow & pink flowers. 1940 onwards
Christine - Bizarre - A central printed floral motif, with handpainted hatching around edge. Colourways: Blue, Yellow & Brown. 1934
Circle Tree - Fantasque - A freehand spiky black tree with rainbow coloured circles behind. 1929/30
Circles and Squares - Fantasque - A band of overlapping circles & squares each with a vertical line passing through the centre. Called Allsorts in Australia. 1929/30
Clematis - Clarice Cliff - A motif of Clematis flowers. 1937
Cloud Flowers - Bizarre - A repeating pattern of brown & tan shaded cloud panels, the centre of each with orange petals and green leaves. 1934
Clouvre - Inspiration - An Inspiration ground with freehand on-glaze handpainted designs. Variations include Water Lily, Butterfly, Bluebell & Tulip. 1930/31
Clovelly - Clarice Cliff - Red-roofed houses and tall poplar type trees leading to the sea, with a small island in the distance. 1937
Coastal Oak - Bizarre - A thinly drawn freehand coastal landscape with a stylised tree with very large red & brown oak leaves. 1934
Comets - Bizarre - Interwoven comet shapes with small cloud like motifs at their heads, their tails painted in various colours. 1929/30 See also Pastel Comets
Coral Firs - Bizarre - A black pen outline landscape with coral and brown fir trees, a black roofed cottage and cliffs. 1933/39. See also Blue Firs & Green Firs
Cornwall - Bizarre - A tree in a stylised garden in shades of green. The rarest colourway of Moonlight. 1933 See also Devon
Corolla - Clarice Cliff - A slim branched tree with Rhodanthe style flowerheads and green leaves. Colourways: Green & Orange. Pre & post war
Cowslip - Bizarre - Stylised leaves in a mottled Cafe-au-Lait style ground. Colourways: Blue, Yellow, Green & Brown. 1933/34
Crab Apple - Bizarre - Handpainted design of yellow/orange fruits with brown twigs & green leaves. 1931
Crazy Paving - Bizarre - Irregular continuous panels in blue, green, yellow & pink, giving the effect of crazy paving. 1930
Crayon Scenes - Bizarre - Produced using ceramic crayons, a set of at least twelve sketched landscapes drawn freehand in natural colours, featuring very English scenes with churches, trees & bridges, some were named. All examples decorated by paintress Rene Dale.
Crepe de Chine - Bizarre - An all over floral design, with printed outline in black, hand enamelled in green, yellow, red & blue. 1933
Crest - Bizarre - A black & red crest motif against a ground of overlapping crescent shapes in blue & green. 1933
Crocus - Bizarre, Clarice Cliff, Royal Staffordshire Ceramics - Freehand crocus flowers with thin green leaves, produced in a number of colour variations:
Autumn Crocus - 1928-1963 - Flowers in orange, blue & purple
Blue Crocus - 1935 - Flowers in shades of blue
Purple Crocus - 1935 - Flowers in shades of purple
Spring Crocus - 1933-1963 - Flowers in pink, yellow & blue
Sungleam - 1931-1934 - Flowers in orange & yellow
Cruiseware - Bizarre - Stylish designs of people in scenes on a 1930s Cruise liner, produced in lithograph outline with painted detail. Produced on amoebic shaped saucers to hold a teacup & biscuits. 1936
Cubist - Bizarre - An extremely strong abstract design of interlocking geometric shapes in orange, blue, green, black & yellow. 1929/30
Damask Rose - Bizarre - A body produced by mixing slip with a pink colorant. Once cast and fired, the pieces are given a clear glaze. Pieces then painted with small fruit or floral motifs. 1931/32
Daphne - Bizarre - A simple stylised branch with red, blue and yellow blossoms, with scattered coloured dots. 1934/35
Delecia - Delecia - The original Delecia effect was produced with raw colour mixed with turpentine which was allowed to run all over the ware, leaving a pattern of randomly coloured drips. 1930/31
Delecia Citrus - Bizarre - Oranges & Lemons, with blue & green leaves, above green & grey Delecia runnings. 1932/34  A rare version has gold & silver fruit
Delecia Daisy - Bizarre - Blue & pink daisy flowers, with pink etching above Delecia runnings. 1932
Delecia Fruit - Clarice Cliff - Pears and other fruit above Delecia runnings. 1936
Delecia Nasturtium - The Nasturtium design above Delecia runnings. 1932/34
Delecia Pansies - Bizarre - Using the same flowers as the Nasturtium design, but in pastel shades of purple, pink & yellow above Delecia runnings. 1932/34
Delecia Peaches - Bizarre - Very similar to Delecia Citrus but easily distinguished as the leaves are just light green and the fruit has a crescent shape to the right. 1933/34
Delecia Poppy - Bizarre - Large poppy flowers in red, yellow & purple above Delecia runnings. 1932/33
Desny - Bizarre - A simple three colour pattern of two orange triangles against a blue ground, outlined in black. On some examples, both triangles are placed together to resemble a YoYo vase. 1929/30
Devon - Bizarre - A pendulous red tree, with garden of stylised flowers underneath in orange, green & blue. 1933 See also Cornwall & Moonlight
Diamond Panel - Bizarre - A single diamond shaped block of colour which has three thin black vertical lines either side. The pattern is repeated several times. 1929
Diamonds - Bizarre - A very bold abstract/geometric design consisting of two adjacent panels. One is of a simple diamond shape, the other with square, curved and circular motifs. The colours used were black, blue, orange & yellow, but variations are known. 1929/30
Dijon - A name in the 1936 order book. 1936
Dolphins - Clarice Cliff - A shoulder design of dolphins painted in red. 1935
Dore - Bizarre - Printed outline of an oblong with an abstract design and a floral motif over one side. Produced exclusively for Harrods. 1930
Double Diamond - Bizarre - Diamond shape within another, on orange & yellow background. Outlined in black.  1929
Double V - Bizarre - Black & yellow 'V's dividing panels of orange, blue & green abstract shapes. Variations also known. 1929
Dryday - Clarice Cliff - A thinly drawn brown freehand tree with green leaves, with white egg shaped flowers in the foreground. 1937
Eating Apples - Clarice Cliff - Yellow & red apples with green & grey pears overlapping with leaf shapes, outlined in a fine black line. 1937
Eight O'clock Ware - Bizarre - Usually on Bon Jour shapes, the sides show a clock face showing the time as eight o'clock. 1933
Elite - Stylised blue & purple flowers, with purple & green leaves, against an orange background.
Elizabethan Cottage - Clarice Cliff - An outlined and etched design with a red roofed cottage with leaded windows, half hidden by a thick green & yellow wood. 1937
Embroidery - Clarice Cliff - A brown tree trunk with different coloured leaves, some green & blue, others in varying types of hatching. 1935/36
Erin - Bizarre - Cloud shaped bushes with egg shaped devices floating in the sky above. 1933/34  Colourways: Orange & Green
Fantasy - A blue, green & yellow ground with three red trunked trees. Red, yellow & blue foliage with small flowers with red buds. 1929
Farmhouse - Fantasque - A cottage with a ground to roof level chimney, amidst trees & bushes, in brown, orange & green. 1931/32 (Matchings to 1935)
Feather and Leaves - Fantasque - An orange stylised feather shape, against a yellow & green background, with a simple stem and three black leaves. 1929/30
Ferndale - Clarice Cliff - A tree with black trunk, yellow & brown etched foliage, and a red & yellow cottage and bushes in background. 1937
Flora - Bizarre - A print outline of buds, handpainted in blue, orange & yellow. 1930
Floreat - Bizarre - Orange flowers with green & clear leaves, with black detail. 1929/30
Florette - Bizarre - A curving stem leading to four red, blue and yellow blossoms, with scattered coloured dots. 1934/35
Flower and Squares - Bizarre - The cubist flower from Picasso Flower, surrounded by overlapping squares in yellow, green & purple. 1930  See also Branch And Squares
Flower Music - Bizarre - A simple design of sheet music, with small petals as the notes. 1933
Flower Wave - Bizarre - Yellow, blue & green flowers with angled black stems, against a background of freehand blue wavy lines. 1934
Football - Bizarre - An abstract wrap round design of four adjacent panels, each repeating the design in a higher or lower position. The black outlined, which is either horizontal or vertical, varies in thickness and the colours are usually orange, purple, yellow & green, with a blue net motif in cross hatching. 1929/30  See also Tennis
Forest Glen - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - A green etched hillside with a pen outline cottage in the middle distance, under a deep red & grey Delecia runnings sky. 1935/37  See also Newlyn
Fragrance - Bizarre - A country garden with tall delphiniums and a large tree, with flowers in the foreground in blue & pink. 1935 See also Sandon
Fruit - Fantasque - Geometric fruit & leaves in red, yellow, green & orange against a hatching of diagonal purple lines. 1929/30
Fruitburst - Bizarre - A motif of stylised fruit, with orange lines radiating out from behind. 1930/31
Full Circle - Bizarre - A design of concentric black circles, highlighted with green or yellow lines and spots. 1933
Gardenia - Fantasque - A large central orange or red flower with smaller blue & purple ones amidst green & black leaves. 1931/32 Colourways: Orange & Red
Garland - Fantasque - An early freehand design of stylised orange, yellow, blue & purple flowers, painted on a black background as a shoulder or rim decoration. 1929
Gayday - Bizarre - Orange, rust, red & purple asters amidst green leaves, between green & yellow bands. 1930/34 See also Sungay
Geometric Buttons - Bizarre - Central red "button" next to a smaller green "button", against three black curving lines and flashes of green, blue and lilac. 1930
Geometric Flowers - Fantasque - Cubist flowers on black stems, in early Bizarre colours with rust red banding and detail. 1929
Geometric Garden - Fantasque - A honeyglaze sky, with blue clouds, a yellow ground with black pyramids, square multicoloured flowers on black stems and large circular flowers with green angular leaves. 1929/30
Gibraltar - Fantasque - White sailed yachts on a blue sea before the Rock of Gibraltar, in pink, lilac, blue & green 1931/32
Glendale - Clarice Cliff - An etched tree, with a few small purple flowers. 1936/37
Gloria - Bizarre - A range produced with underglaze decoration in thin watercolours, covered with a creamy Latona style glaze. Designs are simplified versions of other Bizarre patterns and include Crocus, Tulip & Bridge. 1930/31
Goldstone - Bizarre - A range of ware using a speckled earth-coloured clay for the body, covered in a clear shiny glaze. Painted in unclassified freehand designs. 1933/35
Gordon - Bizarre - Blue, green & beige banding on tableware. 1935
Green Firs - Bizarre - Green & yellow fir trees in a blue & yellow landscape 1934  See also Coral Firs & Blue Firs
Green House - Fantasque - A cottage with green walls and orange roof with a red, green & yellow tree blown over it. 1930  See also Orange House
Hawthorn - Clarice Cliff - A motif of hawthorn leaves & berries. 1936  Colourways Blue & Orange
Hello - Bizarre - Spots randomly dotted on tea and tableware, produced in several colours and colourways. 1933
Hollyhocks - Bizarre - Freehand flowers in lilac & pink with beige & yellow detail. 1936/37
Hollyrose - Bizarre - Stylised flowers in pink, brown & yellow with blue contour line effect between. The pattern is separated into two panels by a broad horizontal band. 1932
Honeydew - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Etched flowers in green & yellow similar to Rhodanthe, painted centrally on tea and tableware. 1935 onwards See also Sundew
Honiton - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Shaded banding, with flower petals formed by dabbing the finger into the wet surface paint. detail then painted in. 1935/37
Honolulu - Bizarre - Stylised trees with green & black mottled variegated trunks, with pendulous red, orange & yellow foliage and distinctive black & green banding. 1933/35 See also Rudyard
House and Bridge - Fantasque - A red roofed cottage nestling at the bottom of a winding road, by a brown bridge. In the foreground is a tree with black trunk and orange, red & brown foliage. 1931/33 (Matchings to 1935)
Hydrangea - Bizarre - Delicately drawn flowers with fine bands and lines over the top. 1934/35 Colourways: Orange & Green
Idyll - Fantasque - A crinoline lady in a formal garden beneath a tree, painted in pastel shades, with pastel banding. See also Appliqué Idyll  1931/36
Inspiration - A range where the glaze was the decoration, using blue, purple, brown & pink metallic oxide glazes.
Inspiration Aster - Aster flower heads outlined in blue, against a black panel. On an Inspiration glaze.
Inspiration Autumn - An Inspiration version of the Autumn design.
Inspiration Bouquet - Blue flowerheads with black outlined and filled leaves.
Inspiration Caprice - A landscape with fir trees and a bridge with decorative pillars either end. 1929/31
Inspiration Chatham - An example of Inspiration Lily with the name Chatham painted on the side. Perhaps a piece of souvenir ware? 1929/30
Inspiration Clouvre - Usually a dark Inspiration blue ground with freehand on-glaze handpainted designs. 1930/31
Inspiration Clouvre Marigold - As above, with a handpainted Marigold design. 1930/31
Inspiration Clouvre Tulip - As above, with a handpainted Tulip design. 1930/31
Inspiration Delphinium - Tall flowers painted in blue, pink, purple & yellow against black, on an Inspiration ground. 1931
Inspiration Embossed - Old Newport Pottery shapes, with Victorian style raised motifs and Inspiration glaze applied to the surface. 1929
Inspiration Flower - Large flowerheads, resembling a Daisy and those found in the Latona Dahlia design, in blue & pink.
Inspiration Garden - A tree with brown trunk in a garden with small flowers. 1931
Inspiration Knight Errant - A knight on horseback by a castle wall. 1930/31 See also Latona Knight Errant
Inspiration Lily - Pink lilies with black leaves on an Inspiration glaze. 1929/30
Inspiration Nasturtium - The Nasturtium design painted in Inspiration colours on an Inspiration ground. 1931
Inspiration Persian - A range of Isnic style patterns produced in the Inspiration glaze techniques, in pinks, mauve & blues. 1930/31
Inspiration Rose - A large pink rose, blue & lilac leaves & yellow outlining on an Inspiration ground. 1930/31
Islands - Bizarre - A small central print of a stylised island with handpainted banding.  1936  Colourways: Green & Blue
Jagged Flower - Bizarre - Possibly a pattern from the Nuage range, but only known from one example. 1931
Japan - Bizarre - A delicate pen outline of a tree with an oriental summerhouse behind. The sky and ground both in Cafe-au-Lait. 1933/34 Colourways: Blue & Green
Jazz Squares - Bizarre - A variation of the Orange Blue Squares pattern, with stepped black lines, upright oblongs with a different colour square within. Some areas are left unpainted. 1928/30
Jonquil - Bizarre - A black pen outline of green & yellow flowers and green leaves above an amber Delecia effect ground. 1933  See also Lydiat
Jupiter - Bizarre - An abstract of an orange & yellow half circle, with an orange, black & yellow panel at right angles. A flash or green & blue complete the design. 1929/30?
Kandina - Fantasque - A stylised tree with an amoebic shape wither side, under a border of 'V' shapes. Painted in orange, yellow, purple & blue. 1929
Kelverne - Clarice Cliff - Horizontal shading with freehand foliage and berries. 1936  Colourways: Brown, Blue & Yellow
Kensington - Clarice Cliff - A Biarritz tableware design of stylised tulips drawn in outline, with geometric hatching through them. 1936
Kew - Fantasque - A red pagoda between wedge & bubble trees, similar to Trees And House, with a bridge and poplar trees on the reverse. 1932/33
Keyhole - Bizarre - A geometric design in yellow and orange, sometimes with green, and a silhouette of a keyhole. 1929
Killarney - Bizarre - A geometric design, very similar to the Original Bizarre, but produced in pastel green & brown. 1935
Latona Aztec - Purple & lilac sunburst above a yellow line ascending in steps either side. 1929/30
Latona Bizarre - Black vertical lines with multicoloured undulating "hills" beneath.
Latona Blossom - Clematis flowers in purple & red with black leaves. 1929
Latona Bouquet - Pendant petunia shaped flowers with blue & green leaves. 1930
Latona Brown - A version of the glaze with a pale brown colour, which seem prone to gobbing.
Latona Cartoon Flowers - Amoeba shaped flowers with purple flowing colour beneath, and black diagonal lines to one side. 1930
Latona Dahlia - Linear & curved mauve lines with blue, pink and lilac flowers and green leaves. An orange colourway also known  1930/31
Latona Daisy - One red & one yellow flower, both with blue centres in front of a spray of green leaves, with orange striped banding. 1930
Latona Eden - The Appliqué Eden design on a Latona ground.
Latona Flowerheads - Stylised flowerheads in Appliqué yellow, blue & orange, above rough vertical blue stripes. 1929
Latona Garden - Handpainted red, blue & green flowers with black leaves and stems, on a Latona ground. 1929/31
Latona Gentian - Handpainted central three petal orange flower, with black stamen and blue centre, with a yellow and blue flower and green leaf outlines. 1930
Latona Geometric - A simple edge decoration on ware, of 'dog tooth' triangles coloured in purple & orange and other colours. 1929
Latona Grape - Black panels, with orange lines and bunches of turquoise grapes. 1930/31
Latona Inca - An outlined black flower with a yellow flash and red & green lines. 1929
Latona Industry - An industrial motif of symbols for water, electricity & power and handpainted on a Latona glaze. Perhaps the work of Ron Birks. 1929/30
Latona Knight Errant - A knight on horseback by a wall, with details in silver, red & blue. 1930/31  See also Inspiration Knight Errant
Latona Movie Flowers - A large orange central flower, with another in red & grey, with a curved "train track" effect and contour lines in-between. 1929/30
Latona Mushroom - Stylised mushrooms outlined in green, with lilac, blue, orange & red colours. 1929
Latona Orchid - Large orange pansy shape flowers with purple & green centres, on black stems with curvy "cloud" lines between. 1929/30
Latona Rainbow Squares - Simple band of multicoloured squares, separated by black lines and Latona panels. 1930
Latona Red Roses - Red rose flowers with black leaves on a Latona ground. No outlining. 1930/31
Latona Stained Glass - Angular lines covering the ware, some coloured to form a motif. 1929/30
Latona Sunflower Squares - Black criss-cross grid with alternate orange & green diamonds. In-between is a sunflower, painted in orange & yellow. 1930
Latona Thistle - Bold thistle heads painted in red & black only. 1930
Latona Tree - Black trunked tree with orange, blue, red & green foliage. 1929/30
Le Bon Dieu - A range of shapes modelled to resemble tree trunks or boles. Initially, these were decorated in brown & green runnings to resemble moss and bark, and when the range failed to sell, then issued in designs such as Nasturtium. 1932/33
Leaf Tree - Bizarre - A black tree trunk with giant orange leaves on green ground with a row of stylised flowers. Usually on a Cafe-au-Lait ground. 1933
Leonora - A stepped black line with orange flower and green leaves. 1933  Previously known as Riser
Liberty - Bizarre - The name given to ware simply covered all over in bands of random width & colour. 1929/30
Lightning - Bizarre -A blue & purple disc crossed with a black flash, with red, orange & yellow geometric shapes above & below. Often confused with Sliced Circle. 1929/30
Lily - Fantasque - A brashly drawn lily and leaves. Colourways: Orange & Brown. An alternative features orange leaves, honeyglaze flower and a black background. 1929/30
Limberlost - Bizarre - A tree with brown trunk and tan foliage, with large white flowers in the foreground and green & brown bushes in the background. 1932
Line Jazz - Bizarre - Straight and 'L' shaped lines in blue & black, among cubist shapes in orange, brown & yellow. 1930/31
Lisbon - Bizarre - Overlapping boxes with floral motifs, and a border of curvilinear style. 1931
Lodore - Bizarre - A print outline with flowers in green and yellow, and black hatching. 1929
London - Bizarre - An abstract design of a red crescent with orange, yellow, green & blue geometric forms crossing it, between thick brown banding and thin red lines. 1930/31
Lorna - Clarice Cliff - A landscape in natural colours of a cottage, a bridge and a river flowing into the foreground, with some red & orange bushes behind the cottage. 1936
Lupin - Bizarre - Lupin flowers in Crocus colours, this was designed at the same time as Crocus and has the same style banding. 1928
Luxor - Bizarre - Landscape with pyramids on the horizon, and stylised trees in the foreground. Colourways named after the colour of the sky: Orange & Blue. 1929/30
Lydiat - Bizarre - A black pen outline of orange & brown flowers and black leaves above an amber Delecia effect ground. 1933  See also Jonquil
Mango - Bizarre - orange, double skinned fruit with bold black leaves against a brown Cafe-au-Lait ground. 1931
Marguerite - Bizarre - A range of embossed flowers forming the handles or a motif on ware, with body stippled in Cafe-au-Lait. 1932/33
Marigold - Bizarre - On glaze decoration of marigolds in orange and yellow, on underglaze blue Inspiration style ground. 1931
Marlow - Bizarre - Lithographed, then handpainted flowers, with a blue aerographed and yellow etched background. 1933
Marjory - Clarice Cliff - A central etched flower in pink, mauve & green, framed by two marguerite type flower, with green leaves & stems. Post war
May Avenue - Fantasque - An avenue of red-roofed houses and spade-shaped trees, with a tree in green Cafe-au-Lait foliage in the foreground, all in pen outline. 1933
May Blossom - Bizarre - Freehand black spiky tree with blossoms on a yellow & grey streaked ground. produced with yellow, green & pink blossoms. 1935/36
Melon - Fantasque - A band of overlapping, geometric fruit, with contour line effect between. Most commonly with dominant orange banding. Colourways Orange, Pastel, Red, Green & Blue. 1930/31
Milano - A range of ware with the shape partly ribbed, partly smooth, with simple broad bands of one or two colours. 1935
Moderne - Bizarre - A partial platinum band with a cartouche featuring a design in print outline with handpainted colour. These include: Norge (two fir trees), Odette (stylised cartoon flowers & fruit), Paysanne (stylised flowers) & Jewel (stylised flowers). 1929
Mondrian - Bizarre - An abstract design of overlapping squares, mainly in orange, blue, black & yellow, although variations are known. 1929/30
Moonflower - Bizarre - A green flower outlined in yellow with oblongs in grey, green, yellow & brown. Colourways Green & Blue. 1933
Moonlight - Bizarre - A stylised blue tree in green & yellow garden, over a lined and chequered setting. See also Devon & Cornwall. 1933
Morning - Clarice Cliff - A simple variation of the Rhodanthe design with flowers floating amidst a band of fine lines covering the ware. 1935
Morocco - Bizarre - An early simple abstract with a curved arch in panels around the ware. Colourways Orange & Blue. 1928/29
Moselle - Bizarre - Red, green, orange & blue flowers broadly outlined as a design at the top of ware, similar in style to Latona floral designs. 1934/35
Mountain - Fantasque - A stylised tree and cottage in the foreground with a mountain rising behind. Colourways Orange & Pastel. 1931/32
Mowcop - Clarice Cliff - A small tower amongst trees on a hillock. Variation with pink glaze known. 1937
Mushroom - Bizarre - A black ground with large honeyglaze mushrooms, outlined in green, with red oblongs. 1929/30
My Garden - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Embossed flowers on decorative & functional ware, produced in numerous variations. Colourways are named after the body colour of the ware and are: Flame (red), Mushroom (mushroom glaze), Sunrise (yellow/brown) & Verdant (green). 1934/41 & post war
Napoli - Clarice Cliff - A garden with a lily pond & tall trees under gold stars, on a mushroom glaze. 1937
Nasturtium - Bizarre - Realistically painted flowers in red, orange & yellow over a brown Cafe-au-Lait ground. 1932/34 (Matchings to 1940)
Nemesia - Bizarre - A printed outline of small flowers in the corners, or on handles, enamelled in yellow, orange & green. 1930
New Flag - Bizarre - An early version of Original Bizarre given a separate name. 1929
Newlyn - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - A green etched hillside with a pen outline cottage in the middle distance, under a grey & blue Delecia runnings sky. 1935/37  See also Forest Glen
New Fruit - See Apples
Newport - Bizarre - Geometric lines and blocks with simple flowers, various colourways including orange & Blue. 1934
Nuage - Produced with the same technique as Cafe-au-Lait but the paint was thickened to give the surfaces a texture. Designs include Bouquet, Flowers, Oranges & Passion Flower. 1932
Oasis - Bizarre - A landscape with a large blue & pink cloud shaped tree, with yellow tufted grass. 1933
Opalesque - A range using a clear, thinner Inspiration style glaze to which handpainted designs were applied.
Opalesque Stencil Deer - A blue, yellow & brown mountain scene with leaping deer's. 1934
Ophelia - Clarice Cliff - An outline print in brown of flowers in a basket, handpainted in enamel colours. 1938/41 & Post War
Orange Battle - Bizarre - Round orange shapes among vertical green stripes with black splashes flying off. 1929/30
Orange Blue Squares - Bizarre - An extremely bold design similar in colours and design to Mondrian & Cubist. Comprising of mostly straight lines and featuring solid blocks of colour with very heavy black lines. 1929/30
Orange Heaven - Bizarre - A single tree with spear shaped leaves and flowers in an undulating landscape, painted in orange & shades of brown. 1930 See also Blue Heaven
Orange House - Fantasque - A cottage with orange walls and black roof with a red, green & yellow tree blown over it. 1930/32. See also Green House
Orange Roof Cottage - Fantasque - An orange roofed cottage by a bridge with a tree behind and bushes to the foreground. 1932/33 (matchings to 1938) See also Pink Roof Cottage & Yellow Roof Cottage
Orange V - Bizarre - A geometric design in orange, yellow & red, with linear forms between the 'V' shapes. 1930/31
Oranges - Bizarre - Orange fruit with mauve, green & blue leaves. 1931/32
Oranges and Lemons - Bizarre - Red, orange & yellow fruit with large black leaves in-between. 1931/32
Original Bizarre - Bizarre - The first range of geometric designs, using a multiplicity of colours in a variety of designs, with triangles & diamonds featuring predominantly. 1927/36
Palm - Bizarre - A stylised tree with grass around the base. 1934
Parrot Tulip - Flared tulip flowers and leaves painted freehand. A design known only from the pattern book, but its presence there as a finished watercolour indicates it was definitely produced. 1929
Passion Fruit - Clarice Cliff - A twig heavy with pink & lilac, or yellow & blue fruit and flowers, on either a turquoise or honeyglaze background. 1936
Pastel Comets - Fantasque - Interwoven comet shapes with small cloud like motifs at their heads, the whole design painted in pastel shades. 1929/30 See also Comets
Patchwork Leaves - Bizarre - Outlined black curvilinear shapes, randomly painted in green, blue, red, yellow & pink. 1929
Patina - A range where coloured slip was splattered on biscuit ware, glazed, and designs applied over this. 1932/33
Patina Aurea - The Aurea design with a Patina finish. 1932/33
Patina Blue Firs - The Blue Firs design with a Patina finish. 1932/33
Patina Coastal - A brown, yellow & green tree by a simple coast, sometimes with purple & yellow Delecia runnings. 1932/33
Patina Coral Firs - The Coral Firs design with a Patina finish. 1932/33
Patina Country - A rolling landscape painted freehand, with a small fountain scratched out of the paint. 1932/33
Patina Daisy - Blue, purple & pink daisies, with yellow centres. 1932/33
Patina Green L - A simple design of two green L's on a patina ground. 1932/33
Patina Tree - A tree with bulbous pink, brown or blue foliage, on undulating ground. 1932/33
Patina Tulip - Tulip heads, in yellow, orange & red, with green leaves and trellis. 1932/33
Pebbles - Fantasque - A cluster of multi-coloured circles in panels with zig zag shaped in an orange or blue ground. 1929/30
Pearl Tree - Clarice Cliff - A thin tree trunk with pink & blue fruit and pink and red flowers around the base. Erroneously named Pink Pearls, then renamed. 1936/37
Persian Original - Isnic designs in handpainted enamels, decorated in the Original Bizarre style. 1928/29
Peter Pan Crocus - Bizarre - Handpainted Autumn Crocus flowers against a black print of a tree in silhouette with rabbits and occasionally bats and Peter Pan. 1930/32
Petunia - Bizarre - Freehand flowers painted in pinks, purples, blue & yellow. Yellow Cafe-au-Lait above, brown below. Not Petunia flowers, but alternate colourway for Canterbury Bells. 1933
Picasso Flower - Bizarre - A cubist flower with geometric leaves & stems through it. Colourways: Orange or Red flower, blue centre & Blue flower, lilac centre. 1930
Pine Grove - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Boldly drawn black & blue fir trees, covered with thin blue lines. 1935
Pink Pearls - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Alternative colourway of Rhodanthe, with dominant pink flowers, with some blue, yellow & green. 1934/37
Pink Roof Cottage - Fantasque - A pink roofed cottage by a bridge with light green & blue trees and bushes all around. 1932/33   See also Orange Roof Cottage & Yellow Roof Cottage
Pink Tree - See Tropic
Pollen - Bizarre - Freehand flowers & foliage coloured brown, red & yellow. Orange blobs fly off the flowers. 1932
Poplar - Bizarre - One orange and one blue tree with a cottage on the horizon and large flowers in the foreground. 1932
Posy - Bizarre - An undulating rainbow line with three flowerheads, in orange, green & yellow. Similar to Nemesia. 1930
Propeller - Bizarre - Extremely stylised flowers looking like a ships propeller, with a contour line effect between. 1931
Raffia - Clarice Cliff - A large range of ware with surface modelling resembling woven raffia. 1936/37
Rainbow - Bizarre - A large blue & green band around ware, with an insert of red, orange & yellow banding. 1934
Ravel - Bizarre - Simple cubist flowers and leaves in jade & orange as a motif. Colourways Green & Blue. 1929/36
Red Roofs - Bizarre - A red roofed cottage with an orange flowered climbing plant up its side, in front of a tall green tree, with a fence running by and a giant orange flower to the reverse. 1931/32
Red Tulip - Fantasque - A single bold tulip in red with green leaves and yellow, blue & black detail. Also known as Tulip & Leaves. 1930/31
Reverie - Clarice Cliff - The smaller tree from the Mowcop design, with flowers growing underneath. 1936
Rhodanthe - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - A freehand design with large marigold flowers in orange & brown, on sinuous brown stems, painted in the etching style. 1934/41
Rudyard - Bizarre - A tree with light & dark green trunk, with pink & blue pendulous foliage. Named after the beauty spot north of Stoke-on-Trent. 1933/34 See also Honolulu
Sandon - Bizarre - A country garden with tall delphiniums and a large tree, with flowers in the foreground in yellow & orange. 1935 See also Fragrance
Scarlet Flower - Bizarre - Large red flower with green leaves and tracing over the entire piece. 1930
Scraphito - A range of vases with deeply moulded abstract design all over the body, broadly painted in a number of different colours. 1930/32
Secrets - Bizarre - A river estuary next to a green hill topped by two brown roofed cottages, and a tree with green & yellow foliage in the foreground. 1933/37
Secrets Orange - Bizarre - A river estuary next to a green hill topped by two brown roofed cottages, and a tree with blue & yellow foliage and some purple, in the foreground.  1933/34
Sharks Teeth - Bizarre - Curved shapes in orange, brown and mustard, with teeth shapes along the edge. 1930
Silver Birch - Clarice Cliff - A tree with green foliage and mottled white trunk and a chocolate and amber coloured hill. 1937
Sliced Circle - Bizarre - A geometric design of radiating lines and circles, the circles are displaced either side of a line. Produced in orange, green, yellow & blue, with irregularly coloured segments. Colourways: Green/Yellow & Red/Blue. 1929/30
Sliced Fruit - Bizarre - A band of stylised sliced fruit showing their segments, in orange, yellow & brown, or blue, mauve & green. 1930
Slimbridge - Fantasque - THE NEWLY DISCOVERED LANDSCAPE FROM 1934
Solitude - Fantasque - An orange & black tree in the foreground with a red bridge rising behind which crosses a green, yellow and grey sea. 1933
Solomons Seal - Bizarre   - A simple printed floral outline of a sprig of stylised Solomons Seal flowers, coloured in lilac, blue & green. 1930
Spearwort - Bizarre - Thin rust coloured stems supporting yellow flowers, with black and pink centre, with a decorative motif of five pink wavy lines. Pattern number 9560. Other colour variations known. 1934
Spire - Clarice Cliff - A tree in the foreground, with a green & yellow hatching landscape behind, and on the horizon, house roofs and a church spire. 1937
Springtime - Bizarre - Small bunch of Crocus flowers above a wavy line. Used on tableware. 1932/34
Standard Lamps - Bizarre - An extremely simple design of multicoloured squares including rust, green, blue and orange with a vertical brown line underneath each square. 1928
Stile and Trees - Clarice Cliff - A country stile with trees & bushes either side, painted in naturalistic colours. 1937
Stralia - Clarice Cliff - Shaded banding with overpainted golden yachts & clouds. Produced in 4 colourways. 1938
Stroud - Bizarre - A shoulder pattern of a cartouche with a cottage and tree motif against a band of colour. Colourways: Orange & Green. 1933
Summer - Bizarre - the name of a pale green translucent apple coloured glaze, on which standard patterns were painted. 1934/35
Summerhouse - Fantasque - A red hut, a tree with green trunk and pendulous yellow foliage, black bushes and a blue lake. Occasionally the hut roof is orange. 1931/33
Sunburst - Bizarre - Very stylish star like motif surrounding and divided by triangles in yellow, orange & brown. 1930
Sundew - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Etched flowers similar to Rhodanthe, painted centrally on tea and tableware. 1935 onwards  See also Honeydew
Sungay - Bizarre - Asters in yellow, blue & green. This was loosely based on Gayday, hence the name. 1932/33
Sungleam - See Sungleam Crocus
Sungold - Bizarre - Yellow & amber triangular wedges, in pastel shades, similar to the Original Bizarre, but much lighter. 1934
Sunray Leaves - Bizarre - Alternating panels of jade sunrays with orange sunrays, with stylised stems with leaves painted on them. 1929
Sunray - Bizarre - Stylised black skyscrapers between panels of purple and orange sunrays, a bridge with stylised stars in the sky above and a dark blue cloud. A green colourway is also known. 1929/30
Sunrise - Fantasque - A stylised sunray motif next to wavy lines and clusters of circles. Colourways: Orange, red & Blue. 1929/30
Sunshine - Bizarre - A printed outline of flowers enamelled in yellow & brown, with green leaves. 1931
Sunspots - Bizarre - A combination of Art Deco, Egyptian and Aztec motifs consisting of wavy lines, triangles, circles and dots all interlocking to produce a vibrant design. Colours used were yellow, red, green & black. 1930/31
Swirls - Fantasque - Black overlapping curved lines forming a pattern in which segments are differently coloured in orange, blue, yellow, red & lilac. 1930
Taormina - Bizarre - A pen outline of trees on a cliff top, seagulls above with etched colours for the foliage. Colourways: Orange, Pink & Blue. 1936/37
Tartan - Bizarre - A simple tartan pattern produced by very fine lining, in several colourways. 1934
Tartan Poppy - Bizarre - A stylised poppy with the petals completely covered in tartan style hatching, and the piece then covered in fine bands around the edge. 1935
Tennis - Bizarre - Without the usual outline, this is an entirely freehand design consisting of straight and curved lines in red, green, blue, yellow & black and a lilac "net". Often confused with Football. 1930/31
Tiger Tree - Bizarre - A brown tree trunk with red & black patches, an outlined blue cloud with green & brown shrubs and yellow & blue flowers. 1934
Trallee - Clarice Cliff - An etched thatched cottage with window shutters, in a country garden with Cafe-au-Lait blue smoke coming from its chimney. 1935/36
Tree - Fantasque - A very simple stylised tree with orange trunk and pink, green & blue pendulous foliage. 1929
Trees and House - Fantasque - A landscape with bubble tree, a wedge tree and a half hidden cottage. Colourways include Red, Orange, Pastel & Blue. 1929/31
Trent - Bizarre - A naturally coloured country scene with two tall trees in front of a short wooden bridge over an unseen brook, with flowers in the foreground. 1937
Tresco - Clarice Cliff - Etched flowerheads in Rhodanthe colours on a thorned vine. 1936
Triangle Flowers - Fantasque - Large flowerheads with petals shaped as triangles and diamonds, in orange & red, with green stems, blue diamond leaves and blue & green circular fruit. 1929/30
Tropic - Fantasque - A cloud shaped tree with pink foliage, in a wood with yellow thatched roofed cottages. Originally called Pink Tree, a plate has been discovered with the pattern name on the reverse. 1934
Tulips - Bizarre - A garden scene with a tree, a cottage and tulips in the distance. Essentially the Idyll design without the crinoline lady. 1934/35
Twin Peaks - Bizarre - A landscape outlined in purple, with two red mountains, a blue lake and orange trees, with a green landscape to the foreground. 1929
Umbrellas - Fantasque - The "umbrella" panels of the fuller Umbrellas & Rain design. 1929/30
Umbrellas and Rain - Fantasque - Two alternating abstract panels, one with stylised open umbrellas merging together, the other as rain symbolised as circles on a line. Colourways: Red & Orange. 1929/30
Vienna - Clarice Cliff - A simple design of finely executed dots and banding on Biarritz tableware. 1936
Viscaria - Bizarre & Clarice Cliff - Alternative colourway of Rhodanthe, with dominant blue & green flowers, with some green, yellow & pink. 1934/37
Waterlily - Bizarre - Chintz like flowers outlined in brown and painted yellow, with green leaves. 1931
Watermill - Bizarre - Unique at present, this design is perhaps an adaptation of Sunray. Panels of "wheel spokes" in varying colours, against orange bands. 1930
Waverley - A curved tree trunk in shades of brown, with  a green crown and red "star" shape flowers, against a wavy background landscape.
Wax Flower - Bizarre - Half a blue flower against black bars on an orange and honeyglaze ground. A pastel version (illustrated) is known. 1930
Wheat - Bizarre - A print of ears of wheat with handpainted colour. 1931
Whisper - Bizarre - Simple curved shapes in various colours. 1928/29
Windbells - Fantasque - A tree with a curving black trunk and blue lenticular foliage, against a wavy orange, green & yellow striped background. 1933/34
Windflowers - Bizarre - A circle of yellow, blue & brown freehand flowers with pale green leaves, surrounds a brown Cafe-au-Lait ground. 1933/34
Windows - Bizarre - A simple pattern of overlapping oblongs in black outline, with sections coloured in orange, yellow or black. 1929
Winsome - Bizarre - A complicated series of abstract shapes painted in various colours. One of the many variations of designs after the Original Bizarre triangles. 1929
Womans Journal - Bizarre - A printed floral motif enamelled in orange, green, blue & red, with yellow & orange banding. This was a tableware design offered exclusively to readers of Woman's Journal magazine on a mail-order basis. 1931
Woodland - Bizarre - A printed outline with enamelling of blue & purple flowers, with a tree behind with orange & green foliage. 1931
Xanthic - Bizarre - An outlined abstract design with grey, yellow & orange panels using elements of the earlier Orange V design. 1932/33
Xavier - Bizarre - An abstract freehand panel between Cafe-au-Lait, similar to the earlier Xanthic. 1932/34
Yellow Circles - Bizarre - Plain circles, with yellow outline on a plain blue ground. 1933/35
Yellow Orchid - Bizarre - A floral design with aerographed orange over whole of ware, except for the outline of the flower which was handpainted after aerographing. 1934/35
Yellow Roof Cottage - Fantasque - Known from one example which has the roof painted yellow, the side wall in orange and gable wall green. 1932/33 See also Orange Roof Cottage & Pink Roof Cottage
Yellow Rose - Bizarre - Known only on tableware, this design features a flower with yellow & tan petals and an orange "pansy" centre, on a spindly stem. 1932
Yew Tree - See Glendale
Yolk - Green flowers with yellow centres & red leaves, within a border of yellow & red lines.
Yoo Hoo - Ware painted all over in red & black, generally with red feet or handles and black body. 1930/31
Yuan - Clarice Cliff - Two cottages and two trees painted freehand as a motif on vases, generally on a green glazed background. 1937
Yugoslavian Dancers - Bizarre - A pair of dancers in peasant costumes surrounded by motifs of mountains and flowers in the Appliqué & Latona styles. Painted using over 20 colours, this is the most elaborate design issued in the Bizarre range. 1933/34?
Zap - Bizarre - An orange circle with a yellow stepped centre, below a blue & white arch and to the reverse an orange flower with green leaves. 1930 back

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Moorcroft, producers of outstanding ranges of giftware, tablelamps and collectors tea sets have been producing their beautifully crafted wares for a century. Fine design work and the consummate skills of Macintyre's tube liners and decorators not only launched the Moorcroft name to an enthusiastic public world-wide but also started a Moorcroft tradition of gold medals, awards and even two Royal Appointments.  It was in 1904 that the Moorcroft name first appeared in gold at the St Louis International Exhibition with others following in 1910 (Brussels) and 1925 (Paris).  The Moorcroft appetite for gold continued unabated and in 1996 its present young designer, Rachel Bishop, won for Moorcroft the Gold Award for Excellence at the International Light Show, Earls Court in London against powerful international competition.

In 1992 the Edwards family assumed control of the business with Hugh Edwards as Chairman.  Until 1996, design has been in the skilled hands of ceramic graduate Rachel Bishop.  Appointed at the age of 24 (the same age that William Moorcroft was employed as a designer at James Macintyre & Co Ltd in 1897), Rachel continued to enhance Moorcroft's international reputation, building strongly on the work of her predecessor. In early 1997, the Moorcroft Design Studio was formed, comprising no less than seven designers with Rachel at their head. Through the medium of this new initiative, and with added value coming from the design experience and artistic vision of the Design Studio, plus total support from the skills and craftsmanship of a dedicated workforce, Moorcroft is selling more of its magnificent ware all over the world today, than it did even in its previous heyday in the mid-1920's. With a strong belief in its own destiny, Moorcroft pottery moves towards the millennium with an ever-increasing reputation for quality and value first established more than a century ago. The Moorcroft story is well reflected in the title of the recently published volume The Phoenix Years, (#30 retail).
 
It was in 1927 that Queen Mary appointed W Moorcroft Limited Potters to H M The Queen, an honour which William accepted on behalf of the company which bears his name and which Walter Moorcroft also accepted following his father's death.  It is the quality of Moorcroft's design and decoration which has ensured that one hundred years later, the company is still supplying Liberty of London and Shreve & Co of San Francisco. By 1997 many other prestigious retailer names have been added to the list.  A thriving world wide Moorcroft Collectors Club serves members in all parts of the world with unique special offers and benefits that are available to members only.  back

Murray (Keith) (1892-1981)

Keith Murray left his native New Zealand in 1906 when together with his family, he came to England. Having trained as an architect, his eye for form encouraged him to exploit this gift, which he did by designing glass for Whitefriars before moving in 1932 to Stevens & Williams glassworks. In 1933, he accepted a part-time position as ceramics designer with Wedgewood. His simplistic work was very successful, with his wares mainly hand thrown and turned and lacking decoration other than ribbing or fluting, which gave it an almost industrial appearance, as if being turned on a lathe. His immediate rise to fame in the decorative market saw him, in 1934, also work in the medium of silver when his designs were manufactured by Mappin & Webb. His successful relationship with Wedgewood resulted in him being commissioned to design Wedgewood's new factory, the first stone being laid in 1938. After the Second World War he returned to his career as an architect. back

Poole Pottery Patterns

Arden, Black Pebble, Blue Lace, Blue Leaf, Blue Moon, Brazil, Broadstone, Calabash, Celadon, Celeste, Chantilly, Charcoal, Chestnut, Constellation, Daisy, Dawn Ballet, Desert Song, Dorset Fruit, Dove Grey, Fresia, Grey Pebble, Ice Green, Kismet, Mandalay, Melbury, Mushroom, New England, Nut Tree, Parkstone, Pink, Polka, Red Indian, Seagull, Sepia, Sherwood, Sky Blue, Springtime, Summer Glory, Sweetcorn, Thistlewood. back

Susie Cooper
 
Born in 1902 in the Stansfield area of Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Susie Cooper's education eventually found her studying under the influence of Gordon Forsyth, having been awarded a scholarship at the Burslem School of Art. Intending to pursue a career in fashion, her application to the Royal College of Art, London was rejected because she was not currently working in a related industry. Gordon Forsyth suggested that Susie should work for a local potter, A.E.Gray in order to meet the college requirements. In 1922 Susie joined A.E.Gray initially to train as a paintress. however she was soon promoted to resident designer.

In 1923 A.E.Gray launched the Gloria Lustre Range (see photo) which was developed in collaboration with Gordon Forsyth.
Susie's progress was rapid, alongside the increase in production of bright hand painted ranges Gray's launched a new factory mark showing a steamship at full speed, and incorporated the words 'Designed by Susie Cooper.' This trend in designer marks was to become fashionable throughout the potteries during the 1930's.
With an increased desire to design shapes as well as patterns Susie left Gray's to establish the 'Susie Cooper pottery' in October 1929. With the help of her family and particularly her brother in law, Susie took two rooms in a building known as the George Street Pottery, Tunstall. With the help of six paintresses a paint shop and office were established and then the decoration of pots began.
After three weeks the George Street Pottery was closed by the owners creditors, so Susie was forced to relocate. It was March 1930 before They managed to find suitable premises. This time the chosen site was the Chelsea Works a small pottery in Moorland Road, Burslem.
Keen to resume production, Susie initially bought in whiteware for decorating from various manufacturers, blacking out their factory marks and adding her own.(Susie Cooper Productions enclosed in a triangle and rubber-stamped in black.) Demand for Susie Cooper ware grew steadily and despite taking on extra staff, it became necessary to find larger premises. Wood & Sons of Burslem could provide Susie with the best quality white-ware that she required and at a reasonable price. With this in mind, it was decided that it would be advantageous to move Susie Cooper Production to premises adjacent to Wood's factory. This move into her famous 'Crown Works' took place in August 1931.

The bulk of her production during these early years reflected the tastes of the times, bright florals, geometric and modernist designs in bold handpainted colours. The first shapes designed by Susie as an independent appeared in 1930 triangle with the assistance of Wood & Sons and around the same time the was replaced by the Leaping Deer version which has become the most commonly associated mark with her work.
This was a time of expansion for Susie, productivity was high, new shapes were being introduced, lithograph patterns were developed, heralding a move away from predominately hand painted wares. In 1932 the Kestrel shape was launched, and a range of studio pieces was added to her range. 1933 saw developments in crayon decoration and 1935 saw the introduction of her most famous lithograph pattern, 'Dresden Spray.'
1939 brought the outbreak of the Second World War and with it constraints on the production of pottery. Things got worse in May 1942 when a fire swept through Crown Works destroying Susie's stock of lithographs. The factory was closed as a result.It was 1945 before the factory re-opened.

The re-opening of the factory brought new challenges. The fire had severely damaged her stock of lithographs and the rationing of building materials made refurbishment difficult. Similar restrictions on supplies of materials also meant that producing new lithographs to use was also limited, so Susie returned to pre-war decorating techniques to increase production. Handpainting, mainly under glaze, aerographed and sgraffito decoration all re-appeared, however the colours were more subdued than pre-war equivalents, and organic or plant forms provided the inspiration for her work. the "Chinese Fern" pattern cup and saucer (see right) is an example of this post war style.
In June 1950 it was announced that Susie Cooper had acquired a bone china manufacturer. Until now Susies' production had been restricted to earthenware. She soon set about designing new shapes for this manufacturing process. The resulting "Quail shape is possibly the most elegant shape Susie designed. This fresh and curvaceous shape was embellished with subtle sgraffito scrolls, circles and dots on an aerographed body. The most flamboyant of her designs to be produced in this style are the "Lion and Unicorn" patterns issued for the Royal Pavilion at the 1951 Festival of Britain.
A second fire at Crown Works in March 1957 brought about another loss of production which took a year to recover from. Little in the way of new patterns appeared during this time.
Keen to repeat in bone china what she had achieved in earthenware, Susie sought to produce a range of dinnerware. A merger with R.H. & S.L. Plant in 1958, a family whom Susie had been friends with for many years, gave her access to a tunnel oven which made the mass production of flatware possible. All bone china production was moved to Plants' factory, while Susies' own bone china works were sold off. Meanwhile Crown Works remained the hub of Susie Cooper Productions.

By the mid 1960's the Plant family had concerns about their personal financial position and when in 1966 Wedgwood made a take over bid, the offer proved too good to ignore. Plants' sold their share in the partnership and the company, along with Suise Cooper, became part of the Wedgwood Group. At first Wedgwood continued production of Susies' designs, in particular "Black Fruits" and "Glen Mist." They also continued production of the "Can" shape which Susie designed in 1958. The initial reaction to the merger was one of optimism: the merger released Susie from factory management responsibilities, allowing more time for designing. Wedgwood were also pleased with their acquisition adding the words "Susie Cooper Design" to the famous Portland vase factory mark when appropriate.
Susie worked with Wedgwood through the 1960's and 70's during which time distinct patterns like "Carnaby Daisy," a bright harlequin set based on a simple daisy design, and the vibrant red "Cornpoppy" pattern were amongst her successes.

Despite these triumphs Susie faced an increasing struggle with the corporate structure of Wedgwood and the restrictions this placed on getting things into production. Matters were not helped by the death of her husband in March 1972.
Two months later Susie resigned her position as a director and operated solely as a designer. Recession in 1979 brought about the closure, by Wedgwood, of her beloved Crown Works. Susie moved her design studio to Adams & Sons (also part of the Wedgwood Group) and continued to work from there, until her move to the Isle of Man in 1986. From here she continued to work as a freelance designer.

Susie Cooper died on 28th July 1995.

The immense and diverse range of patterns that She designed have left the collector with a wonderful choice of areas to collect, early art deco handpainted ware from the Grays period, her rare and elusive early independent productions, fresh floral lithographs of the mid 1930's, post-war sgraffito and bone china, or her work while with Wedgwood, the choice is vast. back

Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 95)

Josiah Wedgwood I was the twelfth and youngest child of Thomas and Mary Wedgwood of the Churchyard Works in Burslem. From humble beginnings and overcoming frequent bouts of ill health, including smallpox at the age of 12, he ultimately became a renowned and successful businessman whose name is revered world-wide. That he perfected a number of ceramic bodies and developed the unique ware, which is now synonymous with his name, Jasper - is well known. Equally famous is his outstanding achievement of recreating the cameo-glass Portland vase in his celebrated ware - Jasper. This vase has become the symbol of Wedgwood around the world. However, there was a great deal more to this complex man, as you will discover
 
Then disaster struck in 1742 when Josiah fell victim to the smallpox epidemic that had reached Burslem. Confined to his bed for many months, the 12-year-old boy spent his time reading avidly to improve his education. The serious disease had left him with a permanently weakened right knee so that he could not operate the foot pedal on the wheel. Instead, Josiah learned other skills, such as modelling.

In 1752, Josiah went into partnership with two potters (Alders and Harrison) and moved on into a partnership with the finest English potter of the time, Thomas Whieldon. Here he was encouraged to experiment with glazes, bodies, colours and shapes, and from 1759 he began keeping his detailed Experiment Books. Having been given such freedom to experiment, as well as opportunities to visit the bustling industrial city of Birmingham, Josiah began dreaming of having his own business. In 1759 his chance came when two relatives, Thomas and John Wedgwood, agreed to lease him the Ivy House works in Burslem. 
The business flourished.
In 1762, when Josiah was again confined to bed by his troublesome knee, he was introduced to Thomas Bentley, who was to prove a lifelong friend and cultural mentor. He was also to introduce Wedgwood to the scientists and radical free-thinkers who would influence both his career and his philosophy.

In January 1764, Josiah married Sarah Wedgwood, a distant cousin. Sarah, or 'Sally' as she was known, was the daughter of a prosperous cheese merchant and brought with her a large dowry. This money was to prove useful during the years of expansion. However, there is no doubt that it was a marriage of love rather than convenience. Wedgwood described their relationship to Bentley as 'two married Lovers, happy as this world can make them'.
The following year saw the birth of Susannah, also known as Sukey, the Wedgwood's first child, 'so like her father!' exclaimed Josiah (The couple were eventually to have eight children in all. Mary Ann, however, died in her 8th year). It also saw Josiah securing the first of many important patrons in the shape of Sir William Meredith, MP for Liverpool and, more importantly, his first order from Queen Charlotte. Ever the astute businessman, Josiah capitalised on the Queen's pleasure in her creamware tea and coffee service by gaining Royal Assent for the ware to be renamed Queen's Ware, and emblazoning his letterheads and bills with the legend, 'Josiah Wedgwood, Potter to Her Majesty'.
The year of 1765 was a busy one indeed for Josiah for he also threw his energies into promoting a canal to join the Trent and Mersey rivers. Wedgwood not only travelled widely to gain support for the venture, but also corresponded with Erasmus Darwin on the subject.
The Partnership Years

During the mid-1760s, a strong business relationship was being established between Wedgwood and Bentley, already the closest of friends. Bentley, a Liverpool merchant, was selling Josiah's wares, particularly Queen's Ware. After an enthusiastic courtship on Wedgwood's side, the partnership documents were eventually signed on 10th August 1769. Despite the success of his business, Josiah somehow found time during this period to pursue his experiments, discuss scientific, political and philosophical issues with the many friends he had made on his own account and through Bentley, and to enjoy his life at home with Sally and the children. All did not run completely smoothly, however. In the spring of 1768, Josiah's right knee caused more trouble and the decision was taken to amputate. Wedgwood endured the pain of an operation without anaesthetics remarkably well and made a swift recovery. Sadly, shortly after the operation, his son Richard, aged only one, died. 
In 1766, Wedgwood had purchased a magnificent estate in Staffordshire where his new factory, Etruria, was to be built as well as a Georgian mansion, Etruria Hall, for himself and his family. Aware of the benefits of education, Wedgwood decided that his children should be educated in a proper schoolroom at Etruria Hall. French, Latin, 'Writing and Accounts', drawing, English, exercise...all these and more were included in Josiah's instructions to the teachers he employed. The years of the partnership with Bentley were probably Josiah's happiest and most prosperous. The two men complemented each other perfectly - the inventive, mercurial, ambitious and tireless Wedgwood tempered by the sensible and educated Bentley with his entrepreneurial ability. Wedgwood developed his Black Basalt body and, most famously, Jasper.

Then, in November 1780, Bentley died, aged 50. It was a bitter blow for Wedgwood.

Josiah Wedgwood I had lost his closest friend and the man who, to a great extent, had tempered his own more outlandish plans and ideas.

Josiah turned to Thomas Byerley, a nephew whom he had taken into the business as a young lad in 1775 and who, after an extremely reckless adolescence, was maturing into a useful businessman - though no match for Bentley. As a personal confidant he chose Darwin, but this eccentric genius could never replace Bentley in this role, either. 
 
Life had to go on, and Josiah became engrossed in the invention of the pyrometer, a device for measuring higher degrees of heat in the kilns. The paper was communicated by Josiah to the President of the Royal Society Sir Joseph Banks and was read to the Society at the meeting of the 9th May 1782. As a result, Josiah was elected to a Fellowship in January 1783.
 
  
The Last Years

Despite missing Bentley's flair, the business prospered, though there were to be no more innovations of the stature of Queen's Ware, Black Basalt and Jasper. But one last major ceramic achievement lay ahead - the Portland Vase. Creating a facsimile of this 25 BC cameo glass vase in Jasper was a daunting challenge and, as such, it enthused Wedgwood. Although Wedgwood first started work on the Portland Vase in 1786, the first copy that met Josiah's standards of perfection was produced in September 1789.

In 1790, Wedgwood took his sons Jos, Tom and Jack and Tom Byerley into partnership, although Jack soon left the business for a career in banking. From this time onwards, Josiah's health began to fail. Nevertheless, he kept a close eye on the business and was still starting new experiments several years later. After a long illness Josiah died on 3 January 1795. back