CARLTON WARE POTTERY

Basic Information

The firm was founded in 1890 by Wiltshaw and two Robinson brothers. Carlton Ware produced a great range of pottery over the years from very ordinary tablewares to fine quality stylish art pottery.

Since 1967 there have been a number of owners :

1967 Arthur Wood and Son

1987 County Potteries

1989 Grosvenor ceramics

1992-1997 No production

1997 Francis Joseph. Production continues today under the ownership of Francis J. Salmon

Books and Articles

Collecting Carlton Ware, David Serpell, Francis Joseph Publications, 1999

Carlton Ware in Perspective, David Berry

Carlton Ware Part 1: 1890-1930s, Helen Martin, Antique collecting, March 1998 Page 15

Carlton Ware Part 11: 1930s onwards, Helen Martin, Antique collecting, November 1998 Page 36

Selection of images

12 1/2" vase, panels of exotic birds and vegetation painted in enamels in mottled blue gilt bordered panels against a yellow background. WORCESTER BIRDS design. W. & R. early crown and bluebird mark, circa 1910, thoroughly pre-Deco. Private collection	Flaring octagonal vase in an earlier richly enamelled and gilded version of the BIRD OF PARADISE AND TREE design, c. late 20s, no pattern number, about 10" (from memory). Not really Art Deco. Compare the later version below, design 3144. Appleton Antiques,sold from stock.
10" CHINALAND vase with a pale blue sky pattern 3014A, late 20s. Special coloured mark which the early Chinaland pieces have. Appleton antiques, sold from stock.	6" cylindrical vase pattern 3144 BIRD OF PARADISE AND TREE design on a mottled light blue lustre ground. Painted enamels and painted underglaze decoration and gilding, c. 1930s. Considered by some an Art Deco design. Private collection
6" vase (lacking cover) pattern 3322 NEW CHINESE BIRD AND CLOUD design. Underglaze painted decoration and gilding. Printed script mark. Good Art Deco design, c. 1930s. Private collection	7 1/4" vase pattern 3653 MANDARINS CHATTING design. Underglaze painted decoration and overglaze painted enamels and gilding. Script mark (Carlton Ware, MADE IN ENGLAND, "TRADE MARK"). Private collection

Special Choice Image

Ginger jar and cover 7" high (ginger jars are attractive and desirable items) in the fantasy design Devil`s Copse. This is a particularly attractive design in painted enamels.There is a very rare variant of the design in which a red devil is featured. Private collection

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