Pattern No: A8897

Pattern Name Design Type Designer Likely Design Date
Not known Lustre - silver Not known 1950

Notes

Patterns A8897 and its copper/bronze lustre equivalent A8919 epitomise Gray’s lustre resist designs of the 1940s and 50s.
Recorded pots suggest that they were predominantly produced in useful ware: tea sets, coffee sets, jugs and bowls.

The small jug in the second image was known as a ‘Castle’ jug at Gray’s Pottery: see the website section Retailers, North America – USA, Skinners for more information on these jugs.

The dish shown in the third image is of a shape known as a ‘shell butter’ at Gray’s Pottery.

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