William Greatbatch (1735 – 1813)

It is generally claimed that William Greatbatch was apprenticed to ...

Mug by Frederick Alfred Rhead with illustration by Louis Rhead

Several generations of the Rhead fa...

Clarice Cliff 1899-1972

Clarice Cliff

Clarice Cliff was born on 20 January 1899 in Meir Street, Tu...

Charlotte Rhead

Charlotte Antoinette Adolphine Rhead was born into a talented Potteries’ family on...

Several generations of the Rhead family were designers and art directors to important potteries in S...

Josiah Wedgwood was born in 1730 and began his career in the potteries at the age of 14 when he was ...

The Life of Clarice Cliff Part 1

In 1930, when Clarice Cliff became Art Director of Newport Pottery,...

Clarice Cliff

No one could have predicted Clarice Cliff’s rise to become Art Director of Newport P...