Over the course of 2024, Bridie took multiple trips to our pottery in Stoke-on-Trent and stood alongside the lathe at the elbow of our master craftsman Andrew as he shaped big blocks of plaster into the classic designs we see today. The turning process took a lot of time and a lot of skill, particularly with the Temple jars that had four separate components, the lid making up three of them. Once the proportions were right, (Ben was regularly updated with images via text and would quickly send us feedback as the lathe spun!) and we agreed on the final arrangement, the plasters were cast into moulds from which the resulting creamware came through, slip cast using our favourite creamy Cornish clay. The reassuringly traditional plain glazed cream earthenware made by the great English potteries of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, known as creamware, has been a stock staple of Pentreath & Hall since it opened its doors over 16 years ago. Selling at first, the now defunct Leeds Creamware, still in daily use in both Ben and Bridie’s homes. Leading on to our own small fine collection of creamware column candlesticks, urns and now vases and jars and always with a smattering of early antique examples up for consideration too. In our opinion every home needs a little or a lot of creamware. Dimensions: Height: 22.5cm, Diameter at widest: 20cm, Base diameter: 11cm. Made for and designed by Pentreath & Hall in Stoke-on-Trent.
