A quirky and fun
English art pottery, begun really as a cottage industry from several modest
potteries in the Devon area, especially the Torquay area, of Southern England
from local red clays, from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s.
It is usually of red
clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the
gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and
different and very collectible!
There is a wonderful
collectors society that used to publish a wonderful quarterly magazine…. The
Scandy, named for the stylized foliage often seen on the pottery. Also featured
is the traditional cottage.
There are also flowers, the Kingfisher bird, a
cockerel and other designs.
The mottos span folk
wisdom, proverbs, advice, folklore and were often in dialect.
Very collectible.
Here are some examples
from Time Was Antiques noted with motto and which pottery if known…
The eggcup above says
Speak little but think much...
with the traditional cottage on the back. Made by Aller Vale pottery, Torquay Devon in the 1940-1950s.
a souvenir cup and saucer from Tiree, which a village in the Hebridees of Scotland, made by the Royal Watcombe pottery in Devon between 1958-1966
The motto is in dialect and is:
Elp yersel tu craim
I hope you enjoyed a glimpse at a few examples of this fun pottery genre...
to see more examples at Time Was Antiques, click on the photos, or visit this link for the Cottage Ware and Motto Ware category
1 comment:
When we lived in England, my mother bought a little dish with the motto "My worst word is welcome and welcome again".
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