Poole Pottery
By Will Farmer
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Poole Pottery is a great British institution, and for more than 130 years has been in the very first rank of producers of tiles, mosaic flooring and advertising panels – as well as the pottery that remains its most famous and collectible product. Founded by Jesse Carter in 1873 as 'Carter's Industrial Tile Factory', the company went on to flourish in the hands of Carter's son and, in 1921, joined forces with Henry Stabler and John Adams to add art deco pottery to its list of products. 'Carter Stabler Adams', which would come to be known simply as Poole Pottery, was responsible for two of the most distinctive lines in the industry's history: the Delphis and Aegean designs.
In this extensively illustrated book, Will Farmer gives a lovingly detailed account of a unique and distinctively British company.
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Poole Pottery - Will Farmer
INTRODUCTION
A group of Freeform range wares after designs by Alfred Read and Guy Sydenham, c. 1954–7.
POOLE POTTERY is recognised as among the most important, distinctive and enthusiastically collected pottery of the twentieth century. Over its long history the company has moved effortlessly through changes in taste and style with an almost chameleon-like approach to design. Steeped in history, Poole Pottery is renowned throughout the world for producing innovative and versatile domestic ceramics that have withstood the test of time, while playing host to some of the most distinguished designers of the twentieth century. From its strong foundations in the nineteenth century’s industrial and social revolution, Poole Pottery has created a huge array of decorative wares, from the myriad of utilitarian and decorative tiles to bright and bold hollow wares.
While most major pottery manufacturers were located in the heartlands of Staffordshire, Poole Pottery, originally based in Dorset, grew from a combination of natural raw materials, inspired management, talented designers and skilled craftsmen. Its location, miles away from the suffocating ‘smoke’ and competition of the Potteries, allowed for a relaxed freedom that would be translated onto the surface of the pottery it so beautifully crafted.
Over the years Poole Pottery has drawn inspiration from many historical styles and cultures and experimented with countless decorative processes and techniques to produce a vast body of work which has created a large and dedicated following of collectors. Arts & Crafts, Traditional, Freeform, Studio, Delphis, Atlantis; the list of ‘ranges’ of ware goes on, establishing decades of inspired designs and creating a fondness and respect among collectors around the world.
The acute awareness of the wider world around them has allowed Poole Pottery to remain at the forefront of commercial design. Like a generational timeline, the company has undergone many changes in style which, while dramatically different, are unified by their quality. For many years the beating heart of the company was the design and manufacture of tiles. However, the experimentation with art wares at the turn of the century marked a new direction for Poole Pottery which would see them confidently through the twentieth century.
Original artwork by Truda Carter, c. 1930.
A shape 437 vase in BD pattern after designs by Truda Carter, c. 1930.
From the fluid and lustrous wares of the Arts & Crafts period to the inspired Living Glaze range, Poole Pottery has repeatedly placed itself at the heart of commercial ceramic manufacture with a philosophy that owes a great deal to the studio pottery movement.
In recent years the company has fallen on somewhat troubled times with financial issues, closures and takeovers. Today there seems to be a glimmer of hope that it can move into the twenty-first century with new vigour, new owners and new designs, which will sit happily alongside the truly magnificent body of work from the previous hundred years.
A small group of Atlantis wares after designs by Guy Sydenham, c. 1972–4.
EARLY BEGINNINGS – CARTER & COMPANY
A circular plaque with lustre floral decoration, c. 1900–18.
FOR CENTURIES the area around Poole has been inextricably linked with the production of ceramics, owing to the massive natural deposits of various types of clay. Since the eighteenth century the fine clay of the region has been exported to the Potteries and beyond, to provide the raw materials for the production of fine quality domestic wares.
From small craft concerns to larger, more significant businesses, there has been a long tradition of manufacture in a region keen to make use of the area’s natural resources. The development of a more significant pottery