Art Deco hand-painted Honiton Pottery vase, 1930s

Pottery had been made in Honiton for centuries, but it was after 1918 when Charles Collard purchased an existing pottery and began to produce new brightly coloured hand-painted pottery that Honiton was firmly fixed on the regional pottery map.  Collard ran the pottery until 1947 when he sold it and it continued until the early 1990s when Dartington acquired it.  The Collard period ware is the most familiar to the collector, and much of it resembles the 'Traditional' ware patterns designed by Truda Carter for the Carter, Stabler and Adams period at Poole pottery with which Honiton is often confused, although Honiton's painted designs tend to be a little free-er and less prescribed than the Poole patterns.

• Height approx. 10cm
• Diameter at widest point approx. 8cm
• Diameter at rim approx. 6cm