Description

Devonmoor Pottery Blueware

Until 2021 Bryan’s Ground was under the stewardship of David Wheeler and Simon Dorrell. They opened the gardens of their house, which stands just outside Presteigne, to the public for a limited number of days in early summer every year. As well as being able to explore the gardens there was also tea and cakes served from a hatch into their kitchen and seating in a room that opened out on to the garden where you could consume the aforementioned tea and cake. My abiding memory of this room was a high level shelf that ran the perimeter of the room on which was a selection of Devonmoore touristware.

The rich and striking blue glaze covers all of these pieces, it has a satin sheen to the glaze and the names of the tourist towns or locations are incised into this blue glaze to reveal the white body of the clay underneath.

Originally founded as Liverton Art Pottery in 1911/12 the workshop was based in Ilsington, Devon. This range was known as blueware. It was made from the 1950s until the closure of the pottery in 1981.

All of the measurements are given against each individual piece.

All pieces are in good condition with no chips or cracks.