Synopsis

John Carson is a Londoner who has lived in Somerset for most of the past 40 years. In the mid-1980's, he began collecting earthenwares produced by “The Bristol Pottery”, which was the factory associated with the name “Pountney” for much of its long history. As his knowledge of the Pottery increased, he became conscious of the many gaps that existed in the published information available, particularly in regard to the actual wares produced. Consequently, he saw a need for a comprehensive publication covering the whole period from the time creamware succeeded delftware at Temple Back in the late eighteenth century until the Pottery's last years in Cornwall in the 1970's.

This new book combines the results of his researches and provides a general overview of the Bristol Pottery, its wares and principal personalities at the Temple Back, Victoria and Fishponds factories. Sarah Levitt has written the Foreword to the book which serves as a fitting sequel and companion to her excellent social history "Pountneys: The Bristol Pottery at Fishponds" published in 1990 by the Redcliffe Press Ltd., Bristol.

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