In 1921, the Carter & Co. Pottery in Poole, England acquired a subsidiary pottery that became known as Carter, Stabler & Adams. Known from early on as the ‘Poole Pottery’, the company soon became well known for its decorative wares. (more…)

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The Midwinter Pottery was founded in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in 1910 by William Robinson Midwinter. Tableware and nursery ware dominated production, with the prevalent Art Deco style being used from the mid-1920s-30s when the company had expanded to employ over 700 staff. (more…)

Flow Blue is the term used to describe 19th and early 20th century ‘blue and white’ earthenwares decorated with underglaze blue transfer-printed patterns. The name comes from the fact that the blue transfer pattern has flowed out of its sharp design, creating a blurred effect. It was primarily made in Staffordshire, England and exported to the US from the 1830s onwards. Due to growing popularity, US makers began to produce it from the mid-1870s. (more…)

Described as “the Austrian Tiffany”, Loetz epitomizes iridescent glass in the Art Nouveau style. The factory was established in 1840 but became internationally renowned under Max Ritter von Spaun in the 1880s and 1890s. It exhibited at the Chicago World Fair in 1893. (more…)

Denby was founded as The Bourne Pottery by William Bourne in 1806, in Denby, Derbyshire. Production initially focused on utilitarian salt-glazed stoneware, including bottles. Kitchenware became more important from the end of the 19th century, with decorative items only representing a small percentage of production. (more…)

The Schneider factory was established in c. 1920 by Ernest and Charles Schneider and became a major producer of marvered, bubbled and cameo glass. Charles was the main designer but the company also used etched patterns from Gustav Hoffman and Maurice Dufrene in the early 1920s. (more…)