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Charlotte Antoinette Adolphine Rhead was born into a talented Potteries’ family on 19 October 1885 at 12 Newport Street, Burslem, one of the six towns which are now part …

Several generations of the Rhead family were designers and art directors to important potteries in Stoke-on-Trent and in the United States of America. Frederick Hurten Rhead left for America …

Josiah Wedgwood was born in 1730 and began his career in the potteries at the age of 14 when he was apprenticed to his brother. In 1752 he set …

The Life of Clarice Cliff Part 1 When Clarice Cliff became the Art Director of Newport Pottery in 1930, she was the first woman to reach such a high …

No one could have predicted Clarice Cliff’s rise to become Art Director of Newport Pottery. Her fellow-workers recall that while Clarice was friendly, rather than socializing she preferred wandering …

The Life of Clarice Cliff Part 3 In spring 1927 Clarice Cliff left Gladys producing these trial pieces while she was sent to the prestigious Royal College of Art, …

Staffordshire Pottery Identification Using Backstamps The name of the pottery manufacturer and approximate date of manufacture can be discovered if the piece of pottery has a backstamp.There are way …

Pottery marks and porcelain marks are like silver hallmarks – often difficult to decipher, frequently duplicated with very small variations by other manufacturers, and changing with periods of manufacture …