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'''Ashby Potters' Guild''' was an English studio pottery existing from 1909-1922.
'''Ashby Potters' Guild''' was an English [[art pottery]] existing from 1909 to 1922.


The studio pottery was established in 1909 in [[Woodville, Derbyshire]], by Pascoe Tunnicliffe<ref name="Vase">{{Cite web | title = Vase | work = Collections Online | publisher = Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | date = 18 September 2011 | url = http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=72332 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 18 September 2011}}</ref> (1881-1956). Tunnicliffe's father, Edwin Rowland Tunnicliffe who lived in Woodlville,<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=1891 census|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/woodville/wood_91_dby2.htm|publisher=HMG|accessdate=7 December 2011}}</ref> had taken over a ceramics factory known as Victoria Pottery in 1897 and produced a range of utilitarian household wares. Ashby Potters' Guild was an expansion of the business intended to produce more high end [[art pottery]]. Pascoe Tunnicliff created experimental decorative glaze effects and worked with Thomas Camm who was in charge of design.<ref name="Fletcher">{{Cite web | last = Fletcher | first = Richard | title = The Art Potteries of South Derbyshire | work = An Ancestry.com community | date = July 2001 | url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/gresley/gresley_artpot.htm | accessdate = 18 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103222645/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/gresley/gresley_artpot.htm | archive-date = 3 November 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
The studio pottery was established in 1909 in [[Woodville, Derbyshire]], by Pascoe Tunnicliffe<ref name="Vase">{{Cite web | title = Vase | work = Collections Online | publisher = Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | date = 18 September 2011 | url = http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=72332 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 18 September 2011}}</ref> (1881–1956). Tunnicliffe's father, Edwin Rowland Tunnicliffe, who lived in Woodlville,<ref name=census>{{cite web|title=1891 census|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/woodville/wood_91_dby2.htm|publisher=HMG|accessdate=7 December 2011}}</ref> had taken over a ceramics factory known as Victoria Pottery in 1897 and produced a range of utilitarian household wares. Ashby Potters' Guild was an expansion of the business intended to produce more high-end [[art pottery]]. Pascoe Tunnicliff created experimental decorative glaze effects and worked with Thomas Camm, who was in charge of design.<ref name="Fletcher">{{Cite web | last = Fletcher | first = Richard | title = The Art Potteries of South Derbyshire | work = An Ancestry.com community | date = July 2001 | url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/gresley/gresley_artpot.htm | accessdate = 18 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103222645/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brett/gresley/gresley_artpot.htm | archive-date = 3 November 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


Tunnicliffe exhibited at the [[Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles (1910)|International Exhibition Brussels 1910]], [[Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor (1911)|the Turin International Exhibition 1911]], the [[Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)|Ghent Exhibition 1913]] and the British Industrial Arts Exhibition (1920).
Tunnicliffe exhibited at the [[Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles (1910)|International Exhibition Brussels 1910]], [[Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor (1911)|the Turin International Exhibition 1911]], the [[Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)|Ghent Exhibition 1913]] and the British Industrial Arts Exhibition (1920).


Studio production was temporarily suspended during the first World War. In 1922 the pottery merged with the Ault Faience Pottery to form Ault and Tunnicliffe. The owner of Ault Faience Pottery, [[William Ault]] had retired and Pascoe Tunnicliffe became the Works Director. The merged company was later renamed Aultcliff and renamed again in 1937 as Ault Potteries Ltd.<ref name="Fletcher" />
Studio production was temporarily suspended during the first World War. In 1922 the pottery merged with the Ault Faience Pottery to form Ault and Tunnicliffe. The owner of Ault Faience Pottery, [[William Ault]] had retired and Pascoe Tunnicliffe became the works director. The merged company was later renamed Aultcliff and renamed again in 1937 as Ault Potteries Ltd.<ref name="Fletcher" />


==Examples in Public Collections==
==Examples in public collections==
Ceramics by the Ashby Potter's Guild are in the collection of a number of museums including the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]],<ref>{{Cite web | title = Ashby Potters' Guild | work = Collections Online | publisher = Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | date = 18 September 2011 | url = http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Party.aspx?irn=4956 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 18 September 2011}}</ref> [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web | title = Vase | work = V&A Search the Collections | publisher = Victoria and Albert Museum | date = 18 September 2011 | url = https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151108/vase/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 18 September 2011}}</ref> and locally [[Sharpe's Pottery Museum]] in [[Swadlincote]].
Ceramics by the Ashby Potter's Guild are in the collection of a number of museums including the [[Te Papa|Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]],<ref>{{Cite web | title = Ashby Potters' Guild | work = Collections Online | publisher = Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | date = 18 September 2011 | url = http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Party.aspx?irn=4956 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 18 September 2011}}</ref> [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web | title = Vase | work = V&A Search the Collections | publisher = Victoria and Albert Museum | date = 18 September 2011 | url = https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151108/vase/ | format = | doi = | accessdate = 18 September 2011}}</ref> and locally [[Sharpe's Pottery Museum]] in [[Swadlincote]].


== See also ==
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Ceramics manufacturers of England]]
[[Category:Ceramics manufacturers of England]]

Latest revision as of 22:58, 19 April 2022

William Ault inspecting his company's work.

Ashby Potters' Guild was an English art pottery existing from 1909 to 1922.

The studio pottery was established in 1909 in Woodville, Derbyshire, by Pascoe Tunnicliffe[1] (1881–1956). Tunnicliffe's father, Edwin Rowland Tunnicliffe, who lived in Woodlville,[2] had taken over a ceramics factory known as Victoria Pottery in 1897 and produced a range of utilitarian household wares. Ashby Potters' Guild was an expansion of the business intended to produce more high-end art pottery. Pascoe Tunnicliff created experimental decorative glaze effects and worked with Thomas Camm, who was in charge of design.[3]

Tunnicliffe exhibited at the International Exhibition Brussels 1910, the Turin International Exhibition 1911, the Ghent Exhibition 1913 and the British Industrial Arts Exhibition (1920).

Studio production was temporarily suspended during the first World War. In 1922 the pottery merged with the Ault Faience Pottery to form Ault and Tunnicliffe. The owner of Ault Faience Pottery, William Ault had retired and Pascoe Tunnicliffe became the works director. The merged company was later renamed Aultcliff and renamed again in 1937 as Ault Potteries Ltd.[3]

Examples in public collections

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Ceramics by the Ashby Potter's Guild are in the collection of a number of museums including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,[4] Derby Museum and Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum[5] and locally Sharpe's Pottery Museum in Swadlincote.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vase". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ^ "1891 census". HMG. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b Fletcher, Richard (July 2001). "The Art Potteries of South Derbyshire". An Ancestry.com community. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Ashby Potters' Guild". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Vase". V&A Search the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.