THE POTTERY ART

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 111, 23 April 1936, Page 6

THE POTTERY ART

Hie British Royal Academy, in a praiseworthy desire to encourage art in England as applied to pottery, invited manufacturers to submit examples of modern productions in pottery, a medium of expression of art and craftsmanship handed down to England for countless centuries from all peoples. Several committees adjudicated in the wide ranges offered, the final choice being that of the Royal Academv Committee. 1 he honour of the only acceptance in earthenware fell to the 'Bristol Pottery (Messrs Pountney and Coy.), the selection being their beautiful and simple "Dorland” shape as shown in Messrs Clausen, Ltd.’s window. It is not generally known that the Bristol pottery traces its origin back to the year 1683, it being the oldest tableware factory in Britain, being established many years before the Staffordshire Potteries. The various famous productions of the Bristol pottery issued during the last several centuries, the original of which are treasured in the British national museums, are a lasting tribute to the craftsmanship of this wonderful old firm. It is a pleasure to record that the aim in planning the recent new Bristol factory was not to substitute machinery for craftsmanship, and as is evident the Bristol Pottery is being awarded the Royal Academy prize is sfill the world’s foremost designer of modern pottery art.