Description

Poole Pottery Twintone 1950s England Sepia Mushroom C54

A collection of twintone pottery in the C54 Sepia and Mushroom colour-way that was brought out in the 1930s by Poole Pottery England and produced until 1981.  These pieces have the 1950-60s back stamps.

All the pieces are in excellent condition.  The biscuit barrel would have originally had a bamboo handle.

Biscuit Barrel Size: 14cm tall x 13cm diameter, weight 770g

Preserve/Sugar Pot Size: 9cm tall x 9cm diameter, weight 200g

Platter Size: 31cm diameter, weight 890g

Weight Total: ~2kg

Poole Pottery has operated in Dorset England since 1873 and are still operating today.  They started with architectural ceramics, moved into decorative pottery in the 1900s.  They produced a wide range of art pottery and useful tableware throughout the 1900s.

They attracted some excellent designers/artists for their art pottery and produced the twintone tableware range in a variety of colour-ways over the years.

For more on their history goto http://antique-marks.com/poole-pottery.html

For more on the twintone range go to https://www.yayretro.co.uk/brands/1/poole-pottery/