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Poole Pottery
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Poole Pottery was a pottery manufacturer based in Poole, Dorset, England. The company was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside, where it continued to produce pottery by hand before moving its factory operations away from the quay in 1999. Production continued at the new site until its closure in 2006 [1]. Historical products from Poole Pottery are displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Poole Pottery was originally "Carter's Industrial Tile Manufactory" and it was this company that provided the financial foundation for the later "Poole Pottery". Carter (Jesse) joined forces in the 1920s with Harold Stabler and John Adams to form Carter Stabler Adams, who produced some striking Art Deco pottery seen in the UK.
The Carter company produced much of the ceramic tiling used on London Underground stations built in the 1930s and, of particular note, the relief tiles showing symbols of London that were designed by Stabler, some of which can still be seen on stations such as Bethnal Green.
Carter Stabler Adams eventually became "Poole Pottery", and during and after World War II produced many lines, including "Twin Tone" and "Traditional" Much of the traditional range was based on the work of the chief designer in the 1920s Truda Carter; her original designs were interpreted by "paintresses" who added their own individuality to the pieces, all of which were hand made.
Robert Jefferson joined in the 1950s, and alongside such artisans as Leslie Elsden (inventor/designer of the "Aegean" Range), Guy Sydenham, thrower and designer of the "Atlantis" range, Tony Morris, developer of the early "Delphis" Studio wares with Jefferson, and paintresses such as Carol Cutler, Diana Davies, Ros Sommerfeld, Ann Godfrey and others, including the three Wills sisters, Laura, Julia and Carolyn, produced two lines which are probably the most famous of all Poole's output: Delphis and Aegean.
Delphis is easily recognised: it is psychedelic, with vibrant colours and designs inspired by artists such as Mondrian, Warhol, Matisse and Pollock. Aegean is more subtle, with the sgraffito technique used to create the "silhouette" patterns that make this range so recognisable.
A new company trading as Poole Pottery was later formed and produced many of the old designs and styles of the original pottery. Items were still produced by the traditional methods of hand painting on the clay before it is placed in the kiln.
On the 15 December 2006, it was announced that the shop would close, due to none payment of debts mounting up since the new owners toke over in August[2]. The company, including the factory, went into administration on 20 December 2006, owing £1 million to over 300 creditors [1].
Poole Pottery has come out of administration on the 10th February 2007, now under the control of the Lifestyle Group Ltd, which also own the Royal Stafford Pottery.