Poole Pottery

Poole Pottery is an English ceramics brand that describes itself as designed and handmade in England since 1873. Its online shop offers artistic pieces including handmade vases, homeware gifts, and its iconic pottery birds and fish, with collections such as Celestial, Maya, and Volcano. The brand states that it manufactures Poole ceramics at the historic Middleport Pottery as part of the Burgess and Leigh Ltd group of brands, which also includes Burleigh Pottery and Hartley Greens and Co. According to its own account, the story began in 1873 when Jesse Carter bought a tile factory on Poole's East Quay near local deposits of Dorset clay.

According to Poole Pottery's own account, the story of Poole Pottery began in 1873 when Jesse Carter bought a tile factory on Poole's East Quay near to the local deposits of Dorset clay. The brand states that it has been designed and handmade in England since 1873, and that 2023 marks its 150th anniversary. It says it has produced and nurtured some of the UK's most prolific visionaries, designers and ceramicists, and has played an important role in art and design movements throughout the last century, including the late Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism periods. The brand states that it manufactures Poole ceramics at the historic Middleport Pottery as part of the Burgess and Leigh Ltd group of brands, which also includes Burleigh Pottery and Hartley Greens and Co.

Renowned for excellence in design and commitment to developing innovative collections; ceramics signed by the artist and gift-boxed.

• Horizon Owl

  Part of the Poole Pottery animal collection; cast and decorated by hand from English earthenware clay using the unique Living Glaze technique; height 12.5cm, width 8.5cm.

• Horizon Birds, Set of 2

  Glazed in multiple, reactive layers that continue to develop as the piece matures; cast and decorated by hand from English earthenware clay; height 7.5cm, length 15cm.

1. 1Poole Pottery – Online Store and Pottery Shop | Handmade in Englandpoolepottery.co.uk
2. 2About Us | Poole Potterypoolepottery.co.uk
3. 3Horizon Owl – Poole Potterypoolepottery.co.uk
4. 4Horizon Birds, Set of 2 – Poole Potterypoolepottery.co.uk