If you’re looking for some 1950′s style retro objects for your home then why not consider a piece of Poole Pottery Contemporary Freeform ware? See two examples below:
Poole Alfred Read vase & Poole Freeform bowl
As you’ll see from the two pieces pictures above the soft streamlined shapes and cool toned colouring really are reminiscent of the 1950′s era. The first piece is a Poole Pottery vase decorated in the Poole PRB pattern which was designed by Poole’s noted designer Alfred Read in the mid 1950′s. This particular piece has been decorated by Gwen Haskins who was a senior paintress at Poole at this time – and the pattern she’s painted onto this vase with cool brown tones and intertwined lines are indeed very modern in style.
The Poole bowl pictured above is also decorated in this stylish Poole pattern which was designed by Alfred Read. Believed to have been decorated by Diane Holloway this particular Poole bowl can be dated to the mid to late 1950′s. A perfect accompaniment to the streamlined vase at its side!
We have a wide range of Poole Pottery for sale including Poole Freeform pieces, vivid retro pieces from the Poole Delphis & Aegean ranges and some traditional-style Poole Pottery.
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Poole Pottery is another of Shire Books A5-sized paperback books, written by Will Farmer. Will Farmer is an expert on 20th Century decorative arts and a director of Fielding’s Auctioneers in Stourbridge. His face might also be familiar to you as one of the experts on the Antiques Roadshow.
This is a concise book that looks at the history of Poole Pottery from the early days of Carter & Co, through the 1950′s when Poole produced its Freeform range to the present day. The author not only talks about the pottery and its historical background, but looks at how the changing times influenced the designs that came out of the pottery.
This is really nice short volume and is laid out well with colour photographs on every page. There are some really interesting pictures of early Poole pieces, including one of a wall plaque originally attached to the factory wall back in c1925. There is not any information on pottery marks or decorators’ marks; if this is what you are looking for, the definitive (and expensive) Poole book is Poole Pottery by Hayward & Atterbury
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However at under £7, Will Farmer’s Poole Pottery is certainly good value if you want a readable and illustrated introduction to the history and wares of Poole Pottery.
Buy Poole Pottery direct from Shire Books or on Amazon
Book Details
Title: Poole Pottery
Author: Will Farmer
RRP: £6.99
Publisher: Shire Books (www.shirebooks.co.uk)
ISBN: 978-0-74780-835-0
Format: A5 paperback, 64 pages
If you watched the Royal Wedding on Friday 29th April 2011 between Prince William and Catherine Middleton then you might be thinking about commemorative collectables and what’s available for earlier Royal events.
A new addition to the Perfect Pieces Poole Pottery section is this superb Poole Pottery Coronation jug from the 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II:
Poole Pottery 1953 Coronation Jug
This Poole jug has been hand decorated by Poole artist Jean Cockram and was issued as a range of items from the Poole Pottery to celebrate the Coronation of our current Queen in 1953. On one side of the jug is the year of the coronation, 1953, and on the other the royal crown with ER II. It is a lovely example.
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Another new addition to the Perfect Pieces Poole Pottery section is this superbly attractive Poole pottery freeform vase decorated by Gwen Haskins:
Poole Freeform Vase Decorated By Gwen Haskins – Shape 699
This is Poole shape number 699 and is referred to as a Poole peanut vase – because of its peanut shape! It has been decorated with the very modern and stylised PKT pattern designed by Alfred Read back in c1954 and belongs to the range often referred to as Poole Freeform ware. It can be dated c1959-1967.
We also have a bigger version of this Poole freeform vase available - shape number 799, the next size up! This vase has also been decorated in the Alfred Read design PKT but the pottery mark dates slightly earlier, c1955-1959. They make quite a pair – see below!
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A new addition to the Poole Pottery section of the Perfect Pieces website is this superb and very modern in style Poole Pottery Freeform range vase from the 1950′s:
Poole Pottery Alfred Read Designed Vase
This Poole vase has been decorated with a pattern designed by Alfred Read in c1954 – pattern reference PKT. It is Poole shape number 700 often called the peanut shape – as it looks a bit like a peanut!
In the picture below you can see the size of this vase against its smaller counterpart – shape number 699:
Poole Shape 700 on the left & Poole shape 699 on the right!
Belonging to what is referred to as the Poole Freeform range this vase is very modern and slick in design when it actually dates c1955-1959! It’s an impressive vase that has the black stamped Poole pottery dolphin pottery mark to its base along with the impressed shape number, 700.
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We currently have a Carol Cutler Poole Delphis range spear dish in our Perfect Pieces Poole Pottery section, perfect for that special Christmas present!
Poole Pottery Carol Cutler Spear Dish
This Delphis range dish is brightly coloured in vivid oranges and yellows and has been decorated by the very popular and hugely collectable Carol Cutler. It is Poole shape number 82 often called a Spear dish or Sweat dish. This particular piece of Poole pottery can be dated, c1969-1975 – a classic piece from that era.
This Poole pottery piece would be sent to you by Royal Mail Special Delivery. This service normally is guaranteed next working day delivery by 1pm but with the current weather situation Royal Mail has suspended this guarantee although many parcels are being delivered in this time. REMEMBER - If you order before 3pm we’ll despatch THE SAME DAY!
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The latest Perfect Pieces Newsletter is now out:
Read all about BURRA BEARS & CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS…
This month’s newsletter looks at the adorable Burra Bear handmade in Shetland from true Shetland wool. Founded by Wendy Inkster these teddy bears are unique and a true delight!
We also take a look at a few Christmas gift ideas as the days countdown to Christmas 2010, including a fabulous Troika lamp base and a collectable PenDelfin set – the PenDelfin Christmas Scene.
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It’s that time of year again folks when the darkness is drawing closer in an evening and the shops are gradually starting to push that jolly big red & white bloke onto their shelves!
If like me you haven’t even thought about Christmas presents and can’t believe some people have even started – some even finished(!) – their Christmas shopping, then here’s how to make the most out of your visit to the Perfect Pieces website.
To make shopping a little easier on the Perfect Piece website we’ve created a page that displays every piece of stock we currently have available, that way you can just browse through all the images and see if there’s anything that might suit someone on your Christmas list! It’s as easy as that:
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In the meantime here’s a (very) small selection of the range of items we currently have available.
They range from collectible studio type pottery like Troika pottery, traditional pottery like Denby pottery & Ruskin pottery, modernist & retro pottery designs like the Poole Delphis range, small collectables like PenDelfin and Corgi diecast models to name but a few:
Denby Pottery bowl, PenDelfin Jim Lad, Troika Marmalade vase, Corgi OM 41109 Model Bus & Poole Carol Cutler Dish
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A new addition to the Perfect Pieces Poole Pottery Delphis section is this superb and very collectable Carol Cutler decorated Poole Delphis range Spear dish:
Poole Carol Cutler Delphis range Spear Dish
This Poole Pottery dish is shape number 82, often referred to as a Spear dish (I assume because of its shape!). It is from the Poole Pottery Delphis range with its bright modern colours and designs. This particular Poole dish has the decorator’s mark of the very collectable Carol Cutler. The particular mark on this dish she used at the Poole factory from 1969-1975 – so it truly is an early 1970′s dish!
Decorated with its bright vivid colours the abstract design is picked out and displayed well.
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We’ve just sent out the latest Perfect Pieces Newsletter. This month we detail a few new and interesting items of stock we have recently added to the Perfect Pieces site and also look at some of the Antique & Collectors fairs that are scheduled for the next month.
Summer antique fairs can often be very pleasant to wander around – the good sunny dry weather (well hopefully!) entice visitors and traders to fairs often making them bustling events.
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