Exhibitions
Click on the lead-ins to view timelines for a specified time period.
Additional information on certain exhibitions can be found on the Exhibitions Resources page
The following abbreviations are used for magazine references:
PG The Pottery Gazette/The Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review*
P&GR Pottery and Glass Record*
P&G Pottery and Glass*
* these journals were incorporated into Tableware International, owned by Lema Publishing Ltd
B.I.F. British Industries Fair
Gray’s Pottery participated in both national and international exhibitions and was present at various trade shows throughout the life of the company. The annual British Industries Fair was an important showcase for decorative arts in the first half of the twentieth century and was held as listed below:
Note ” the Potteries Fair to be replaced by the new British Industries Fair in London” – Pottery and Glass Record (4) 1915 page 19
| 1st B.I.F. | 1915 | Agricultural Hall, Islington, London |
| 2nd B.I.F. | 1916 | Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 3rd B.I.F. | 1917 | Victoria & Albert Museum and the Imperial Institute, London |
| 4th B.I.F. | 1918 | Pennington Street premises of the London Dock |
| 5th B.I.F. | 1919 | Pennington Street premises of the London Dock |
| 6th B.I.F. | 1920 | Crystal Palace, London |
| 7th B.I.F. | 1921 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London |
| 8th B.I.F. | 1922 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London |
| 9th B.I.F. | 1923 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London |
| 10th B.I.F. | 1924 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London |
| 11th B.I.F. | 1926 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London |
| 12th B.I.F. | 1927 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham |
| 13th B.I.F. | 1928 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham |
| 14th B.I.F. | 1929 | White City, Shepherds Bush, London and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham |
| 15th B.I.F. | 1930 | Olympia, London |
| 16th B.I.F. | 1931 | Olympia, London |
| 17th B.I.F. | 1932 | Olympia, London |
| 18th B.I.F. | 1933 | Olympia, London |
| 19th B.I.F. | 1934 | Olympia, London |
| 20th B.I.F. | 1935 | Olympia, London |
| 21st B.I.F. | 1936 | Olympia, London |
| 22nd B.I.F. | 1937 | Olympia, London |
| 23rd B.I.F. | 1938 | Olympia, London |
| 24th B.I.F. | 1939 | Olympia, London (Referred to as the 25th Fair) |
| 25th B.I.F. | 1947 | Olympia, London |
| 26th B.I.F. | 1948 | Earl’s Court, London |
| 27th B.I.F. | 1949 | Earl’s Court, London |
| 28th B.I.F. | 1950 | Earl’s Court, London |
| 29th B.I.F. | 1951 | Earl’s Court, London (the last B.I.F. where Gray’s Pottery exhibited) |
| 30th B.I.F. | 1952 | Earl’s Court, London |
This section contains a chronological list of the known events with a Gray’s Pottery presence. Some images are contemporary, taken from written evidence of the period (often from the trade journals) and therefore considered to be definitive; others shown in [square brackets] or [square brackets] are the best estimate of what might have been on show.