Title: Rye Pottery Lamp Base Reference: 01482 Description: A delighful Rye Pottery lamp base, rewired and working.
Pottery has been produced in Rye since mediaeval times, but what is now known as Rye Pottery was started at Cadborough near the end of the eighteenth century followed by Bellevue Pottery in the second half of the nineteenth century . After the war the premises were bought by two young sculptors - the brothers Wally and Jack Cole, who renamed the company 'Rye Pottery'. They moved away from the traditional designs and produced high quality majolica in the styles of the fifties. This lamp base is one of the stripe designs from that period.
Printed mark to base. c.1959-71. Dimensions: H: 17cm (6.5") Price: £68 |