Undecorated and matt

It seems incongruous that a decorating firm sold undecorated ware, but it did! Reflecting the fashion for plain, matt-glazed ware typified by the Keith Murray productions at Wedgwood between 1933 and 1939, Gray's Pottery produced this type of ware in the mid-to-late 1930s. The acquisition of an interest in Kirklands pottery in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent in 1936, gave AE Gray the opportunity to produce matt-glazed products for himself. It also gave him the opportunity to introduce many new shapes such as candle sconces, bud vases and jam & toast racks.