Dartington Pottery

Dartington Pottery is one of the unsung heros of the 20th century British ceramics world,With pottery giants such as Janice Tchalenko,Petra Tilly and Alan White,all chosing to work at Dartington in recent years,there is little wonder that the output was stunningly good.
Dartington closed in April 2006 when it merged with Grayshott pottery.

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Blue Rose pattern

The Dartington pottery stamp the pattern on the pot is Leopard pattern designed by Janice Tchalenko,one of many Dartington sponged decorations

& a lovely couple of vases.

to the left is Quilt design and to the right is one of the Garden designs by Petra Tilly

Petra Tilly's Quilt design

 Jazz by Janice Tchalenko

one of the new Grayshott/Dartington pots

My Dartington outlet had a sale recently.

Black rose design by Janice Tchalenko

My latest vase, a huge 10 inches tall,Blue Rose pattern vase, thrown by the great Alan White of Poole pottery.

this one was bought from the same seller, an example of 'Iris' design by Janice Tchalenko

Blue Wood designed and decorated by Petra Tilly.
Petra was asked to decorate all the Blue Wood pieces personally as it was important to keep the black outlines loose and quickly painted so if you buy one you are buying a very collectable piece

a lovely Alan White miniature bottle vase.

and a group

A deep bowl with whale and calf design

More Alan White miniature vases

Dartington style cup and saucer,it seems to have a Janice Tchalenko design but the stamp isn't the usual DP but instead it's the letter M

Here we have a stunning signed example of the work of Petra Tilly,one of Dartington's most talented designers.
This mug was made at Petra's studio in Dartmoor in 2006 and shows her skill in the use of flux to infuse reduction stoneware glazes in a way that resembles those funky oil projectors that we all saw on top of the pops in the 60's & 70's.
I particularly like the simple strap handle that has been worked and refined into a thing of exquisite beauty,the nature theme is one close to Petra's heart and she does a lot of good work for conservation.

here's another cup made and signed by Petra the following year,this time using a muted palette

 

this trial arrived today,shame it never went into production as it's so weird & wonderful

Seal marks on jug are , dart pottery WH is Wayne Hathaway

Personal mark of Petra Tilly, confirmed by Petra herself .

this is an older example of Dartington,probably made while David Leach still owned the pottery .
I'll have to do a bit of research as I have forgotten the designers name

possibly David Winkley

 

this is the present 'Ruskin' glaze used on the tableware at Grayshott