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John Arnold Fleming FRSE OBE JP (1871 – 22 October 1966) was a Scottish industrial chemist closely associated with the British pottery industry. He was also a noted journalist, author, politician, and philanthropist.
Sponge painted decoration was a historically common technique in the British pottery industry, but had fallen out of manufacturing practice until it was revived by the company in the 1980s. [10] The polka dot pattern is one prominent Emma Bridgewater design created using this technique. [14] Emma Bridgewater also produces a range of homeware ...
John Bartlam (1735–1781) was a British maker of pottery who emigrated to America in 1763, and established a factory in Cainhoy, then called Cain Hoy, nine miles north of Charleston, South Carolina before moving to Camden, South Carolina. His porcelain is the earliest ever produced on American soil.
Royal Doulton is an English ceramic and home accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, and later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of English pottery.
Portmeirion Pottery began in 1960 when pottery designer Susan Williams-Ellis (daughter of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who created the Italian-style Portmeirion Village in North Wales) and her husband, Euan Cooper-Willis, took over a small pottery-decorating company in Stoke-on-Trent called A. E. Gray Ltd, also known as Gray's Pottery.
He began making pottery there at the age of 13. His teacher was the sculptor Donald Potter, with whom he later formed a lifelong friendship. By the end of his school years in 1954, Batterham already knew that he wanted to become a potter. After his military service, he completed an apprenticeship with Bernard Leach in St Ives from 1957.
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Sandon died from a stroke at a care home in Malvern, Worcestershire, on 25 December 2023, at the age of 95. [8] [9] Following his death, the Museum of Royal Worcester wrote "It is with great sadness we share the news that Henry Sandon passed away on Christmas morning. Our curator and then patron of the Museum for many years, a much-loved expert ...