Welcome to the Gray's Pottery website. It is intended to be a site for researchers of the history and products of Gray's Pottery, as well as for anyone with a general interest in Stoke-on-Trent, its industry and its history.
This is not a commercial site and will not be trading in Gray's ware, nor will there be any discussions of market prices of such ware.
P & K Niblett respectfully request that anyone using material from this site acknowledges its provenance, especially in the use of contemporary periodical reports (eg Pottery Gazette) now owned by Lema Publishing Ltd.
Note that this site has no connection with, and does not relate to, Grays pottery products of either Aldridge or Shenstone in south Staffordshire.
P & K Niblett respectfully request that anyone using material from this site acknowledges its provenance, especially in the use of contemporary periodical reports (eg Pottery Gazette) now owned by Lema Publishing Ltd.
Note that this site has no connection with, and does not relate to, Grays pottery products of either Aldridge or Shenstone in south Staffordshire.
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The site, launched in the centenary year of the company being established (1907), will grow to explore Gray's Pottery in detail, to describe and illustrate its products and to expand its database of patterns.
We welcome enquiries and contributions in order to develop a much wider and accurate understanding of what was an important, successful and innovative 20th century English pottery.
We welcome enquiries and contributions in order to develop a much wider and accurate understanding of what was an important, successful and innovative 20th century English pottery.
© 2007-2009 Paul & Kathy Niblett
The N Clipper backstamp used on all wares between 1931 and 1961 with minor variations.
100 Years later....
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6 April 2009: New section added - Adverts
13 Apr 2009: New Backstamp D8 1927New named pattern: Dickens Days
13 Apr 2009: New Backstamp D8 1927New named pattern: Dickens Days
Pattern 1581 of 1918. This particular example was selected by Queen Mary for the Red Cross Bazaar in Hanley.
Pattern A2999 of 1935. Almost certainly a Sam Talbot design, it is typical of Gray's floral patterns of the late 1920s and the 1930s.
Pattern D1401 of the late 1950s.