Lion & Unicorn Bookends in New Colourway

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Our contemporary but playful Lion & Unicorn bookends have just been released in a brand new celebratory colourway – Flamingo Pink, Sun Yellow, Blue Green with touches of black.

Though both inspired by Tattoo Art, this new surface decoration has a quite different, more graphic feel than the original Blue Green colourway, which you can see if you click here. 

Painstakingly hand-made & hand-painted these bookends are a celebration of our talented team, not least with their intricate, freehand brushwork.

Designed by creative director Josh Cole, illustrator Laura Gill and sculptor Neal French, this modern interpretation of the Lion & Unicorn plays with themes from the eponymous children’s poem, contemorary culture and the heraldic figures on the Royal Coat of Arms.

Drawing on Rye Pottery’s renowned 1950’s Festival of Britain motifs, this embellished design would look stunning on any mantle or dresser.

New Zigazig Lamp Base

This is our new ‘Zigazig’ design which is the centrepiece of our new vibrant and optimistic colour palette.

We’ve had enough of the doom and gloom of the last few years, so we wanted to inject a bit of fun and vibrancy back into life.

Shown here on our celebrated LB1 Lamp Base our new design and palette features a warm Sun Yellow, Flamingo Pink, soft Blue-Green and delicate shades of Black. The Table Lamp is available in a large and medium and is hand-made & hand-painted to order.

Available in Large or Medium. Both sizes come with an aged bronze lamp holder with a standard screw in E27 cap. Fitted with a Black 3 amp plug and 1m of Vintage effect fabric cable with an inline rocker switch. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Large  Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Medium Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm

Please email or call us to buy this product. We hold limited stock of our bases and typically paint to order so please allow for 6-8 weeks. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

If you’d like to see some of the other pieces we’re featuring with this palette please click here. This design will be coming to other shapes soon but for now it’s just available on our lamp bases.

“Atomic” Terracotta Little Dishes £35

Introducing six little Terracotta dishes featuring a handful of our Atomic designs.

So we have six of these simple but striking graphic designs in black on a simple off white glaze and currently it’s a limited first batch so grab them while you can.

Carefully handmade and then decorated using freehand brushwork, these are great to use for food, a spoon rest or just for those bits and bobs that accumulate by your favourite spot. That’s not to stop you popping them a plate hanger of course and adding these little 12cm beauties to your wall.

We conceived these designs for our Kitchen & Bathroom Tiles, but so many people have bought them to use as coasters it seemed churlish not to find another way to use them around the house.

We hope you like them!

Cascade B-52 Vase £48 ea

A bright fun collection of three vases in a wonderful vibrant set of colours to compliment our new  vibrant and optimistic colour palette from our new surface design called “Zigazig“. We’re chanelling the Love Shack Baby for these bad boys.

Featuring our Cascade decoration hand-painted warm Sun Yellow, Flamingo Pink and soft Blue Green. We think this particular decoration works really well to emphasise the glorious, curvy shape at the bottom.

Designed to echo the Mid-Century designs for which we’re well known these are handmade using traditional slip-casting methods and are available in the three colours featured above.

Depth of colour does vary from vase to vase so do note these images are representative only.

New Zigazig Lamp Base

This is our new ‘Zigazig’ design which is the centrepiece of our new vibrant and optimistic colour palette.

We’ve had enough of the doom and gloom of the last few years, so we wanted to inject a bit of fun and vibrancy back into life.

Shown here on our celebrated LB1 Lamp Base our new design and palette features a warm Sun Yellow, Flamingo Pink, soft Blue-Green and delicate shades of Black. The Table Lamp is available in a large and medium and is hand-made & hand-painted to order.

Available in Large or Medium. Both sizes come with an aged bronze lamp holder with a standard screw in E27 cap. Fitted with a Black 3 amp plug and 1m of Vintage effect fabric cable with an inline rocker switch. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Large  Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Medium Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm

Please email or call us to buy this product. We hold limited stock of our bases and typically paint to order so please allow for 6-8 weeks. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

If you’d like to see some of the other pieces we’re featuring with this palette please click here. This design will be coming to other shapes soon but for now it’s just available on our lamp bases.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in Pink £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here is our “Cascade” Decoration in Flamingo Pink to compliment our new ” vibrant and optimistic colour palette from our new surface design called “Zigazig“.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It makes a dramatic Bud vase with a single stem.

Available in a host of different colourways , including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in Yellow £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here is our “Astrakhan” Decoration in warm Sun Yellow to compliment our new ” vibrant and optimistic colour palette from our new surface design called “Zigazig“.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It makes a dramatic Bud vase with a single stem.

Available in a host of different colourways , including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in Blue Green £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here is our “Cascade” Decoration in soft Blue Green to compliment our new ” vibrant and optimistic colour palette from our new surface design called “Zigazig“.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It makes a dramatic Bud vase with a single stem.

Available in a host of different colourways , including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

Stripey Round Teracotta Vases £35

This is one of latest additions to our popular collection of hand-thrown terracotta vases.

We’ve given them a test run in our Rye shop and they’e proved really popular. Carefully thrown on the wheel, the hand-painted black stripe compliments the curvacious shape in the way only a straight line on a curved object can.

We also have these in our scratched through “Sgraffito” design, with or without the “RYE” stamp on the front, to match our existing “Conical” and “Flask” designs, which you can see if you click here.

Do note that these are absolutely guaranteed to vary in both shape and depth of colour but will be in the spirit of those pictured here.

Heights vary but 11-12 cm is a good guide to their size and they’re about 9cm at their widest point.

Candy Stripe B-52 Vase £48 ea

A wonderful new vase with its curvey base enhanced by our Candy Stripe Decoration.

Featured in two freehand-painted designs focussing on a colourful palette of Flamingo Pink, soft Blue Green , a delicate Black and a warm Sun Yellow.

Designed to echo the Mid-Century designs for which we’re well known these are handmade using traditional slip-casting methods and are available in a choice of two styles – ‘Blocks’ and ‘Incidental’.

Depth of colour does vary from vase to vase so do note these images are representative only.

Sgraffitto Round Terracotta Vases £35

This is the latest additions to our popular collection of hand-thrown terracotta vases.

We’ve given them a test run in our Rye shop and they’e proved really popular. Carefully thrown on the wheel, this decoration scratches through the glaze using a technique called “Sgraffito” design, and comes with or without the “RYE” stamp on the front, to match our existing “Conical” and “Flask” designs, which you can see if you click here.

We’ve also produced a hand-painted design for this shape that features a black stripe to compliment the curvacious shape in the way only a straight line on a curved object can.

Do note that these are absolutely guaranteed to vary in both shape and depth of colour but will be in the spirit of those pictured here.

Heights vary but 11-12 cm is a good guide to their size and they’re about 9cm at their widest point.

Hand thrown Red Clay Vase £35

These poopular little vases are hand-thrown on a wheel using red clay and then glazed and hand-decorated. The vases currently comes in two decorative styles, one features simple bands (refined black circles hand-painted at the base) while the other is a “Sgraffito” design, a scratch through technique that we call Tracery.

We produce them in three different shapes – Flask and Cone shown here, but also Round – either with or without the little RYE stamp on the front.

Hand thrown Red Clay Rye Vase £35

These poopular little vases are hand-thrown on a wheel using red clay and then glazed and hand-decorated. The vases currently comes in two decorative styles, one features simple bands (refined black circles hand-painted at the base) while the other is a “Sgraffito” design, a scratch through technique that we call Tracery.

We produce them in three different shapes – Flask and Cone shown here, but also Round – either with or without the little RYE stamp on the front.

Cottage Stripe Bowls

We now have four sizes of hand-thrown and hand-painted bowls.

Fruit/Salad Bowl – £110 – Also a decent sized serving bowl. Hand thrown so sizes will vary but is roughly 24cm diameter at the top and 11.5cm high. Not shown in the picture to the left.

The B8m Noodle Bowl – £45 – Pasta, rice, noodles or good as a serving dish and holds over a dozen eggs or lemons and limes. Hand thrown so sizes will vary but roughly 18.5cm diameter and 8.5cm tall

The B21M Cereal Bowl – £40 – Perfect for soup, cereal, pudding, sauces, nibbles, and will take for example a full packet of Carr’s Water Biscuits. Sizes will vary but roughly 16cm diameter and 8 cm high. 

The B8 Little Bowl – £35 – very useful for sugar, sweets, jam, cream, mini biscuits, weaning, tapas, nuts & olive…we could go on! Hand thrown so sizes will vary but roughly 11cm diameter and 6 cm high!

Rye Pottery’s classic Cottage Stripe bowls are available in 8 colourways – Cobalt Blue, Pink, Paris Green, London Stone, Coral, Blue Green, Denmark Green & Black.

Please call or email if you would like to order.

The B8 little bowl in Cottage Stripe £35 ea

Little bowls that are perfect for sugar, sweets, jam, mini biscuits, weaning, tapas…we could go on!

Try one and see how much you use it – you’ll need another.

These are hand thrown so do vary slightly in size, so if you want more than one it might be worth ordering them so they sit together as perfectly as we can make them.

Rye Pottery’s classic Cottage Stripe comes in eight colourways:

Cobalt Blue
Flamingo Pink
Paris Green
London Stone
Coral
Black
Denmark Green
Blue Green

Also available in the following larger sizes:
Cereal/Soup Bowl
Noodle/Pasta Bowl
Salad/Fruit/Serving Bowl

Lion & Unicorn Book Ends £197.50 ea

“State of the Union” – Our take on the UK Inspired by Tattoo Art

We have a long heritage of making pieces to commemorate significant Royal Events, but the Coronation of King Charles is such a huge change, we decided to launch something quite different.

This striking pair of hand-made & hand-painted ceramic bookends with their intricate, freehand brushwork are inspired by Tattoo art and highlight the incredible craftsmanship of our team.

Designed by creative director Josh Cole, illustrator Laura Gill and sculptor Neal French, this modern interpretation of the Lion & Unicorn plays with themes from the eponymous children’s poem, contemorary culture and the heraldic figures on the Royal Coat of Arms.

Drawing on Rye Pottery’s renowned 1950’s Festival of Britain motifs, this embellished design presents an alternative and thoughtful look at a nation’s relationship with the Royals, past, present and future. Stunning on the mantlepiece or bookshelf of monarchists and republicans alike.

We hope you like them.

Mother & Child – The Ewe & Lamb £86

We think this is a piece that really captures the touching bond between a mum and her new baby. It’s the closeness and effortlessness of the cuddle, with the Lamb nestled snuggly into the warmth of the Ewe.

The faces of this ceramic figure are predominantly a soft brown, decorated by hand using freehand brushwork & careful sponging. But the main white bodies of the two sheep are textured, using a technique known as Sgraffito. This accentuates the soft, curved shape of the figure, giving the glaze a texture that makes you want to stroke the Mother.

And we reckon she deserves a stroke having just produced that little fella.

Also available in London Stone with a Leaf Green base, this handmade piece is a good choice for a Mother’s Day Gift and adds a subtle touch of the English Countryside to any interiors scheme.

Black & White Spotted Rye Rabbit £86

The Rye Rabbit in Black & White Spot

This Black & White Spotted Bunny is a newer addition the Rye Pottery English Animals & Birds Collection.

The crisp contrast of black and white gives this piece a smart contemporary vibe, less Country Rabbit, more of a Georgian Townhouse kind of Bunny. He/she also works really well within a darker home decor or interiors scheme and looks very dramatic as one of a pair on a large mantlepiece with the fire raging. There is a somewhat cheeky smile, or perhaps he’s plotting, so maybe he’d make a good addition to your Halloween decorations.

The flowers on the base of this figure are applied using freehand brushwork and feature a warm Coral and Leaf Green, with a gentle pop of contrasting Blue. This figure is also available in a neutral, more naturalistic London Stone Sponge, an Easter perfect Indigo Blue Sponge as well as Ginger Sponge.

Click here to see the three other colours we hand-paint this figure. 

Height – 21.5cm/8.4in – Length at longest points roughly – 13.5cm/5.25in – Width 9.5cm/3.75in

Chickens – Hen & Rooster – Blue £57 ea

Our ceramic Hen & Rooster (or Cockerel) is pictured here in Soft Indigo Blue on our signature white base glaze. This is a strong sculptural pair of figures, originally modelled by our long-standing designer Tony Bennett.

As with many of our figures these elegant Chickens are hand-made using traditional slip-casting methods before being decorated individually by hand using freehand brushwork and delicate sponging. These make a lovely countryside addition to any home at any time of year but they are particularly charming as Easter decorations or as a centrepiece for a springtime table center.

They can be bought separately or as a pair and come in four sponged and hand-painted colourways:

Indigo Blue Sponge
London Stone Sponge
Coral Sponge
Sussex Chicken – Black & Flamingo Pink

Pair Maximum height 19 cm/7.5 in & 22 cm/8.75

The Running Hare Leaf Green Base £72

This piece will add an elegant touch of wildlife to a town home and in the countryside you can bring the outside in – just without the mess. With a wonderful sense of movement, we also love this as an elegant pottery centrepiece for an Easter or spring table decoration, though having said that he/she is just as good in the autumn and winter. The soft London Stone complements just about any colour scheme. They also work perfectly as a pair if you like making a symmetrical statement on a mantlepiece or dresser.

Our ceramic Hare is also slim enough to fit in the smallest of spaces as while this figure is 19cm long & 14cm high, it is in fact just 4cm wide, perfect for a shelf above the stove or Aga.

A timeless Rye Pottery figure, this Hare (technically not a Rabbit at conception but still pretty Rabbity) is currently available in two different colourways. London Stone & Leaf Green or London Stone with a more sultry Black Charcoal base.

The Running Hare  Neutral with Leaf Green base

Without doubt a classic Rye Pottery design.

Cick here to see more photos of the Running Hare with the Black Charcoal Base

The Rye Vixen £86

The Rye Vixen

The Rye Vixen is a striking standalone figure. With a suitably mischievous sense of movement & something of the Fantastic Mr Fox about her, this figure makes a strong focal point for a mantelpiece or dresser.

Modelled originally by Tony Bennett, the Rye Vixen is painted individually by our expert decorating team using a mixture of hand-sponging and free-hand brushwork. She features a Coral coat, Dark Green & Dark Brown base with additional black detailing.

At 26.8cm or 10.5in wide and 17cm/6.6″ high, The Rye Vixen has a very slight depth of 5/6 cm and is one of our pieces that regularly tempts new collectors. She also fits on the slimmest of shelves or infront books.

Chickens – Hen & Rooster – Coral £57 ea

Our striking ceramic Hen & Rooster figures are shown here in Coral on a crisp white base glaze. This is a strong sculptural pair of figures, originally modelled by our long-standing designer Tony Bennett.

As with many of our figures these elegant Chickens are hand-made using traditional slip-casting methods before being decorated individually by hand using freehand brushwork and delicate sponging. These make a charming countryside addition any time of year but they are particularly stylish as Easter decorations or as a centrepiece for a springtime table center.

They can be bought separately or as a pair and come in four sponged and hand-painted colourways, which you can see if you click the links below:

Indigo Blue Sponge
London Stone Songe
Coral Sponge
Sussex Chickens – Black & Flamingo Pink

Pair Maximum height 19 cm/7.5 in & 22 cm/8.75

Click here to watch The Wife of Bath being painted

Click here to return to the Chaucer Collection

Click to watch how Sussex Pigs are made

A traditional Sussex Wedding Gift, our quirky ceramic Sussex Pigs have been hand-made & hand painted here in Rye, England since the 1800s. These pigs involve over 12 expert hand processes, including free-hand brush work to create their surface decoration. This 12 minute short is a gentle & thoughtfully constructed piece explaining our pigs’ extraordinary story as a traditional gift for weddings & anniversaries and reveals exactly how these unusual pottery drinking vessels are made. The film below was commissioned for Rye Arts Festival’s Digital Fringe.

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Black Astrakhan

The Mid-Century Modern LB1 Lamp base in Large and Medium, shown here in hand-painted Black Astrakhan. This decoration sits well as a mis-matched pair of table lamps with our classic Black Tracery design.

Click on the pics to the left to see more detail.

Large – Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Shades sold separately

Medium – Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm
Shades sold separately

Both sizes come with aged bronze lamp holder with standard screw in E27 cap. 1.5m Vintage effect fabric cable with inline rocker switch, fitted with Black 3 amp plug. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Please email or call us to buy this product. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Black Tracery

The Mid-Century Modern LB1 Lamp base shown here in our textured black Tracery decoration, which adds a lovely sense of extra depth. This decoration also works well as a mis-matched pair of table lamps with our classic Black Astrakhan design.

Click on the pics to the left to see more detail.

Large – Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Shades sold separately

Medium – Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm
Shades sold separately

Both sizes come with aged bronze lamp holder with standard screw in E27 cap. 1.5m Vintage effect fabric cable with inline rocker switch, fitted with Black 3 amp plug. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Please email or call us to buy this product. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Soho Stripe in Denmark Green

The Mid-century Modern LB1 Table Lamp in our Soho Stripe decoration, hand-painted in Denmark Green. Originally designed for the White City House hotel in the BBC’s former Helios HQ in London. Sits well as a mis-matched pair with our Cascade Design in Denmark Green.

Click the pics on the left for more detail.

Large – Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Shades sold separately

Medium – Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm
Shades sold separately

Both sizes come with aged bronze lamp holder with standard screw in E27 cap. 1.5m Vintage effect fabric cable with inline rocker switch, fitted with Black 3 amp plug. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Please email or call us to buy this product. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Cascade in Denmark Green

Our LB1 Lamp base is shown here in a reworked take on our Cascade decoration – hand-painted in Denmark Green on a white glaze. This design works well as a mis-matched pair of table lamps with our new Soho Stripe design in Denmark Green, originally conceived for Soho House’s White City House hotel in the old BBC “Helios” building in London.

Click on the pics to the left to see more detail.

Large – Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Shades sold separately

Medium – Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm
Shades sold separately

Both sizes come with aged bronze lamp holder with standard screw in E27 cap. 1.5m Vintage effect fabric cable with inline rocker switch, fitted with Black 3 amp plug. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Please email or call us to buy this product. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

The V11 Mid-century Modern vase Denmark Green £45

A classic bud vase shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century, shown here in Denmark Green. We’ve featured it here with an warm, autumny wintery palette but it sits just as well with some of our new brighter versions too. The depth of this particular colour is one of our favourites.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is as a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It’s often used as a dramatic Bud vase by customers highlighting a single stem.

Available in many different finishes, including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large 31cm tall, Small 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in Black £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here in a textured all White decoration that we call Tracery.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is as a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It’s often used as a dramatic Bud vase by customers highlighting a single stem.

Available in seven different finishes, including new designs inspired by our archive from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall,
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in Coral £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here in our Astrakhan decoration using Coral with Black detailing.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is as a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It’s often used as a dramatic Bud vase by customers highlighting a single stem.

Available in seven different finishes, including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in Black & White £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here in our Astrakhan decoration using Coral with Black detailing.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is as a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It’s often used as a dramatic Bud vase by customers highlighting a single stem.

Available in seven different finishes, including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-century Modern vase in Textured White £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here in a textured all White decoration that we call Tracery.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is as a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It’s often used as a dramatic Bud vase by customers highlighting a single stem.

Available in seven different finishes, including new designs inspired by our archive from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall,
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

V11 Mid-Century Modern Vase in London Stone £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century. Featured here in our Astrakhan decoration using Coral with Black detailing.

This striking sculptural & functional shape is just as stunning displaying flowers or finds as it is as a standalone piece – no need to hide it away in a cupboard when it’s not in use.  It’s often used as a dramatic Bud vase by customers highlighting a single stem.

Available in seven different finishes, including new designs inspired by our archive  from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay and then decorated using freehand brush work.

Large £80 and 31cm tall
Small £45 and 16.5cm tall.

To buy this vase, please click the “Enquire About this Product” Button below, email us at sales@ryepottery.co.uk or call on +44 (0)197  223038.

Mid-Century Modern Oval Planter

A useful but stylish ceramic planter for kitchen herbs and small house plants.

Hand-made & hand-decorated in four colourways:

All white textured Tracery
Black Astrakhan
London Stone Astrakhan
Coral Astrakhan

Please click on the photos below to see the shape and different decorations in more detail.

Length: 10″/25.5cm Width: 5″/12.5 cm Height:  5″ 12.5cm

Hand Thrown Vase – Large £110

Known here as the large Jard (Jardiniere doncha know) this is a heavy hand-thrown and hand-painted vase that will take a very large bunch of Lillies or similar.

At roughly 26 cm high and 17 wide at the top it’s a wonderful statement piece.

These are £110 each.

OUT OF STOCK UNTIL FEB 2024

The LB1 Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp – Other colourways

The Mid-century Modern LB1 Table Lamp in Large and Medium too.

An iconic shape from our archive redesigned with a contemporary decorative twist in seven different designs. Collection conceived & designed by Josh Cole. Please click on the pictures to the left to see them larger and in all their glory!

Click the pics on the left for more detail.

Large – Ceramic Base – Height 38cm, Base width 17.5cm
Shades sold separately

Medium – Ceramic Base – Height 32cm, Base width 14cm
Shades sold separately

Both sizes come with aged bronze lamp holder with standard screw in E27 cap. 1.5m Vintage effect fabric cable with inline rocker switch, fitted with Black 3 amp plug. PAT tested. Please contact us if you would like to change any of the fixtures or fittings. Interiors and Trade enquiries welcome.

Please email or call us to buy this product. UK shipping free to mainland destinations, please enquire about international shipping costs.

The B8m noodle bowl in Cottage Stripe £45 ea

The B8 medium is a little more substantial than our cereal/soup bowl and is designed in shape terms to sit perfectly alongside our curvy little B8 bowls.

If it was us we’d use these for pasta, or chilli, or noodles. It works well as a medium-sized serving bowl and will hold a good dozen eggs or lemons for example, but you can of course do exactly what you’d like!

Hand-thrown &hand-painted, these all feature a clean white base glaze and are available in all eight colourways of our Cottage Stripes as well as our all white textured Tracery decoration.

Available from stock or hand-painted to order. We don’t like a hard-sell but if you want to use them as a set, we’d suggest you have them hand-painted to order at the same time to ensure they as close in size and colour-weight as we can make them.

Click below to see our smaller bowls:

The Cereal/Soup Bowl
The Little Nibbles/Serving Bowl

The B21m cereal bowl in Cottage Stripe £40

This may be stating the obvious but this sized bowl is for eating from.

We reckon these are the perfect size for serving small amounts, or for soup, cereal, or pudding. Then again it depends how much you want to eat and whether you prefer one large bowl or are game to go for seconds. And in case it’s of interest, this bowl will take a full packet of Carr Taylor Water Biscuits as pictured here in our fresh, Paris Green.

Anyway.

Hand-thrown and hand-painted, these all feature a clean white base glaze and are available in all eight colourways of our Cottage Stripes as well as our all white textured Tracery decoration.

Click on the smaller pics to the left to see them in more detail.

Available from stock or hand-painted to order. We don’t like a hard-sell but because they’re hand-thrown AND hand-made, if you want to use them as a set we’d suggest you have them hand-painted to order to ensure they as close in size and colour weight as we can make them.

Click the Links below to see our two other sized bowls

The Noodle/Pasta Bowl
The Little Nibbles/Serving Bowl

Small Striped Bowls Child & Adult from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted bespoke bowls are a great size for kids but they work well for adults too. Available plain or add a name with our hand-painted lettering.

A timeless favourite, these personalised pots have been cherished and bought for generations. They are particularly popular as christening gifts and birthday presents for smalls. Our hand-lettered pieces are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in eight Cottage Stripe colourways: Cobalt Blue, Flamingo Pink, Paris Green, London Stone, Coral, Black, Denmark Green & Blue Green. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

Patterned Child’s Bowl

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

Please click here to see our matching stripey mugs with names on.

Waiting times vary but please allow for at least 6-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we can turn things around a little faster. We think they’re worth the wait. Please email us sales@ryepottery.co.uk or give a ring on +44 (0)1797 223038 to discuss your requirements.

Small Striped Mugs Child & Coffee from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted little mug is the perfect size for children or for an adult mug of coffee. Available with or without bespoke lettering.

A timeless favourite, these mugs have been cherished and bought for generations and are particularly popular as christening and birthday presents. Our mugs are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in eight Cottage Stripe colourways: Cobalt Blue, Flamingo Pink, Paris Green, London Stone, Coral, Black, Denmark Green & Blue Green. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

We also make matching bowls with names on too, which you can see if you click here. 

Waiting times vary but please allow for at least 6-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we can turn things around a little faster. We think they’re worth the wait. Please email us sales@ryepottery.co.uk or give a ring on +44 (0)1797 223038 to discuss your requirements.

Striped Small Mug – H: 8.5cm/ 3.5 inches – D: 7.75cm/ 3 inches

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

To see other ways we can personalise our Tableware or Cottage Stripes please click here for our dedicated Bespoke pages.

Small Striped Plates Child & Adult from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted bespoke little plates are a great size for kids but they work well for adults too. Available plain or add a name with our hand-painted lettering.

A timeless favourite, these personalised pots have been cherished and bought for generations. They are particularly popular as christening gifts and birthday presents for smalls. Our hand-lettered pieces are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in eight Cottage Stripe colourways: Cobalt Blue, Flamingo Pink, Paris Green, London Stone, Coral, Black, Denmark Green & Blue Green. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

Small Child’s Plate

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

Please click the following links to see our matching Bowls or Mugs 

Waiting times vary but please allow for at least 6-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we can turn things around a little faster. We think they’re worth the wait. Please email us sales@ryepottery.co.uk or give a ring on +44 (0)1797 223038 to discuss your requirements.

Small Floral Bowls Child & Adult from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted bespoke bowls are a great size for kids but they work well for adults too. Available plain or add a name with our hand-painted lettering.

A timeless favourite, these personalised pots have been cherished and bought for generations. They are particularly popular as christening gifts and birthday presents for smalls. Our hand-lettered pieces are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in three floral colourways: Damson Floral, Pink & Green Floral and finally Multi Floral, which includes a sunny pop of yellow. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

Please click on the following links which have additional examples featuring our matching Small Plates and Mugs.

Patterned Child’s Bowl

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

Please click here to see our matching floral mugs for children with names on.

Waiting times vary but please allow for 4-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we can turn things around a little faster. We think they’re worth the wait. Please email us sales@ryepottery.co.uk or give a ring on +44 (0)1797 223038 to discuss your requirements.

Small Floral Mugs Child & Coffee from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted little mug is the perfect size for children or for an adult mug of coffee. Available with or without bespoke lettering.

A timeless favourite, these mugs have been cherished and bought for generations and are particularly popular as christening and birthday presents. Our mugs are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in three floral colourways: Damson Floral, Pink & Green Floral and finally Multi Floral, which includes a sunny pop of yellow. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

Please click on the following links which have additional examples featuring our matching Small Plates and  Little bowls.

Waiting times vary but please allow for at least 6-8 weeks, sometimes shorter but also sometimes longer when we’re busy. We think they’re worth the wait. Please call us on +44 (0)1797 223038 or email sales@ryepottery.co.uk to discuss your requirements.

Patterned Child’s Mug – (3.5 inches high, 3 inches diameter)

NO LETTERING  – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

Small Floral Plates Child & Adult from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted bespoke little plates are a great size for kids but they work well for adults too. Available plain or add a name with our hand-painted lettering.

A timeless favourite, these personalised pots have been cherished and bought for generations. They are particularly popular as christening gifts and birthday presents for smalls. Our hand-lettered pieces are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in three floral colourways: Damson Floral, Pink & Green Floral and finally Multi Floral, which includes a sunny pop of yellow. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all or click on the following links which have additional examples featuring our matching Small Bowls and Mugs.

Small Child’s Plate

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

Waiting times vary but please allow for 4-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we can turn things around a little faster. We think they’re worth the wait. Please email us sales@ryepottery.co.uk or give a ring on +44 (0)1797 223038 to discuss your requirements.

Small Hop Bowls Child & Adult from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted bespoke bowls are a great size for kids but they work well for adults too. Available plain or add a name with our hand-painted lettering.

A timeless favourite, these personalised pots have been cherished and bought for generations. They are particularly popular as christening gifts and birthday presents for smalls. Our hand-lettered pieces are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in eight Hop colourways: Cobalt Blue, Flamingo Pink, Paris Green, Chartreuse & Leaf Green, Coral, Black, Denmark Green & Blue Green. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

Small Hop Bowl

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

Please click here to see our matching small mugs with names on.

Waiting times vary but please allow for at least 6-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we ca

Small Hop Mugs Child & Adult from £40 ea

Our hand-made & hand-painted little mug is the perfect size for children or for an adult mug of coffee. Available with or without bespoke lettering.

A timeless favourite, these mugs have been cherished and bought for generations and are particularly popular as christening and birthday presents. Our mugs are strictly Limited Edition and are all hand-painted to order. The art of lettering by hand, with no room for rubbing any mistakes off makes these a true testament to the skills of our talented decorators.

Available in eight Hop colourways: Cobalt Blue, Flamingo Pink, Paris Green, Chartreuse & Leaf Green, Coral, Black, Denmark Green & Blue Green. Please click through the pictures to the left to see them all.

Patterned Child’s Mug – (3.5 inches high, 3 inches diameter)

NO LETTERING – £35.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £40.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £45.00

We also make matching bowls with names on too, which you can see if you click here.

Waiting times vary but please allow for at least 6-8 weeks when we’re busy, though sometimes we can turn things around a little faster. We think they’re worth the wait. Please email us sales@ryepottery.co.uk or give a ring on +44 (0)1797 223038 to discuss your requirements.

Ceramic Christmas Baubles £25 ea

Christmas Bauble Heads!

Suitably Bonkers for Rye Pottery … and suitably last minute.

What started as a few baubles for a window display has quickly escalated. These are fun one-offs, hand-painted and individually singed by the decorator – we’ve been having some fun with them if we’re honest and the whole team has taken part.

Pick n mix from the tree in store, or order here from our seven favourites so far.

Please tell us by clicking below which you’d like by saying the number from left to right!

Rye Robins £29 ea

The Rye Robin

One of our absolute personal favourites, and arguably the essence of Rye Pottery, modelled by our post war founder, the sculptor Wally Cole MBE.

This piece take up the smallest of spaces while making the largest of impacts. This is our take on the Gardener’s Friend. As a collector’s piece this is sculptural at its heart and begging to be touched. You can feel the shape in your hand.

Pieces by Wally are to be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, but this is a chance to own one of his classics but not at museum prices.

Available in three colourways Black, Cobalt Blue & Olive.

Rye Pottery Dove £12

Our signature Rye Pottery Dove.

Small but perfectly formed this Earthenware Dove was originally modelled by our post-war co-founder Wally Cole MBE.

If you put your thumb onto the back of its tail you can still feel where Wally’s thumb conjured the original shape.

This is a strongly sculptural piece where the simplicity of the form speaks for itself.

Length 6.5cm
Height 3.5cm

Price £12 each

The Rye Cockatoos £86 ea

Rye Pottery has a long history with birds, which we’ll go into another day.

In the meantime, take a look at our beautiful Cockatoos.

Choose from stunning & understated Charcoal & Radiccio, or Jade & Pink & fabulous!

These are all sold singly, but do look closely at the Jade & Pink pics, as one has a predominantly Pink wing, wit the other predominantly Jade, which makes them fun as a “Mismatched Pair”.

Click here to see more pics of the Charcoal & Radiccio

Rye Turtle Dish £112

The Turtle Dish

Who doesn’t want a hand-made and hand-painted Ceramic Turtle Dish?

This piece is a real talking point and it’s useful too! The striking and beautifully detailed Seagull perching atop our friendly Turtle is in fact the handle for this little dish. He also carries that somewhat nonchalant, arrogant air that any regular seaside visitors knows only too well.

Perfect for a host of storage ideas but we like cotton wool balls in the bathroom, cufflinks in the bedroom or knick knacks around the house. Some people use it to serve food and sweets in too.

The detail on the Seagull perched on top is particularly striking.

Originally modelled by Tony Bennett this classic piece of Rye Pottery is available in two colourways:

Delphinium & Jade
Charcoal & Olive (click here to see more pics).

London Stone Squirrel £86 ea

Our charming ceramic Squirrel is available in two colourways – London Stone or Coral Sponge. The main photograph here shows London Stone.

The animal’s main body is carefully sponged by our decorators, while features and the base are painstakingly hand-painted; from the detailed branch of the tree to the acorn that’s just been grasped.

Designed by Biddy & Tarquin Cole and modelled by Tony Bennett.

More Info:

Height (approx): 21cm/8.2in

Dogs & Puppies – Black from £29

Every Rye Dog and Puppy is different, so why not group a few of them together?

These characterful best friends come in a host of variations, but your decision starts with choosing a sponged or spotted coat.

Then it’s on to colours. These little chaps are currently available in Black but also in Classic Cobalt Blue, and the ever-popular soft London Stone.

And finally it’s neck decorations- will it be Classic Dog Tag, Dapper Bow or School & Office Tie?

You can mix and match any of these three combinations to make your very own personalised furry friend.

Each one of these is painted to order, but we always have some combinations available for immediate dispatch and if you’re visiting Rye we always try to have a few in stock in our shop too, so why not pop in and take a look for yourself?

Both the Rye Puppies and Dogs were originally modelled for Rye Pottery by Joan de Bethel with decoration design by Tarquin & Biddy Cole and the Rye Design Team.

Dogs & Puppies Stone from £29

Every Rye Dog and Puppy is different, so why not group a few of them together?

These characterful best friends come in a host of variations, but your decision starts with choosing a sponged or spotted coat.

Then it’s on to colours. These little chaps are currently available in the ever-popular soft London Stone as well as Classic Cobalt Blue, and Black. 

And finally it’s neck decorations- will it be Classic Dog Tag, Dapper Bow or School & Office Tie?

You can mix and match any of these three combinations to make your very own personalised furry friend.

Each one of these is painted to order, but we always have some combinations available for immediate dispatch and if you’re visiting Rye we always try to have a few in stock in our shop too, so why not pop in and take a look for yourself?

Both the Rye Puppies and Dogs were originally modelled for Rye Pottery by Joan de Bethel with decoration design by Tarquin & Biddy Cole and the Rye Design Team.

Blue Rye Rabbit £86

The Rye Rabbit in Indigo Blue

This hand-crafted if slightly cheeky rabbit is one of our favourite pieces in our English Animals & Birds Collection.

The main image shows the Rye Rabbit in Indigo Blue Sponge with delicate flowers in contrasting soft Blues & Corals, which are added with freehand brushwork. This is one of our figures that works really well as a pair and makes a lovely countryside addition to any home decor setting. We think it also looks fab as part of an Easter or Springtime table setting, bringing a fresh pop of blue to the party. And who says you can’t have a blue Easter Bunny?

This figure is also available in a neutral, more naturalistic London Stone Sponge, Ginger Sponge and a contemporary White with Black Spots.

Click here to see the three other colours we hand-paint this figure. 

Height – 21.5cm/8.4in – Length at longest points roughly – 13.5cm/5.25in – Width 9.5cm/3.75in

Little Pink Pigs from £32 ea

Little Pink Pigs

Or ‘Lil Pigs as we like to call them!

These are our smallest lil piggies and they come in a confusing array of sizes. The standing Pigs are available in small, medium and large while the little sitting pig is available only as a small chap.

They’re sold separately but do look good as a pair, or  more! Shown here in Pink with Brown spot they’re also available as a “Saddleback” in a soft black sponge with the a white stripe.

Why not take a look at possible parents for the littlest of these pigs with our Boar & Sow, or our Famous Sussex Pigs.

The Running Hare £72 ea

The Running Hare

Though many like to think this beautiful figure is a rabbit, and indeed call it a rabbit, it was in fact conceived originally as a Hare, going at full pelt to boot.

A timeless Rye Pottery piece, this figure is currently available in two different colourways.

London Stone and Leaf Green or London Stone with a more sultry Black Charcoal base.

We’re particularly attracted to the sense of movement in this piece, it makes a wonderful addition to any home, and is skinny enough to sit in front of books on a book shelf or take centre stage on a dresser or mantlepiece. We love to style it as part of an Easter or Springtime table decoration too.

Without doubt a classic Rye Pottery design.

Click here to see more photographs of the Hare with the Leaf Green base

Length 19cm/7.5in – Height 14cm/5.5in – Width 4cm/1.5in

The Penguin £29 each

The Penguin

Our Rye Penguin was modelled and designed in the 1930’s by our post-war co-founder WV Cole MBE (Wally) and re-introduced by Rye Pottery in 1993.

This was Wally’s first ever moulded piece, which he created specifically to learn about moulding and traditional slip casting methods while studying sculpture at the Central School of Art under John Skeaping.

He was working on another job at London Zoo at the time where the then radical Penguin Pool had just been built. So this piece was conceived while spending his lunch hour sketching the zoo’s incredible collections – and he was paid to be there to boot!

Please contact us if you would like to buy this piece.

Lop Eared Rabbit £86

The Lop Eared Rabbit In London Stone & Black

Our pottery Lop Eared Rabbit is available in two colourways, London Stone Sponge or Indigo Blue & Leaf Green.

Designed by Tony Bennet, this piece is simplicity itself, with sweeping sculptural shapes doing much of the talking.

Having said that, this piece has particularly mesmerising eyes, and incredibly detailed painting on the plant.

The Donkeys from £72

The Donkeys

We call them our Beach Donkey & our Little Donkey.

Popular with horse, donkey and beach lovers alike, these are ever popular figures for us. They also fit well with our Ceramic Nativity, featuring Mary, Joseph & Child. 

Painted with a unique, varying Brown that we blend in-house here at Rye Pottery, these Donkeys are lovingly sponged by hand with charming faces added by paintbrush. The base is worth a look too, with hand-painted delicate thistles nestling at the bottom.

Available In Large or Small, these are sold separately.

Modelled originally for us by sculptor and ceramicist Tony Bennett.

The Rye Zebra £72 ea

The Rye Zebra

As all Zebra afficionados know, no two Zebras are ever the same. And this is a classic example of where our hand-painting comes to the fore and reinforces our take on the natural world.

Straight lines, or even Zebra-style lines, are incredibly difficult to paint free-hand, particularly as we paint onto raw, unfired glaze. It’s kind of like painting onto cake icing or blotting paper. The glaze absorbs the colour immediately, which means there’s no room for error.

So sit back and reminisce about those trips to the plains and mountains of Africa.

The Rye Cockatoos £86 ea

Rye Pottery has a long history with birds, which we’ll go into another day.

In the meantime, take a look at our beautiful Cockatoos.

Choose from stunning & understated Charcoal & Radiccio, or Jade & Pink & fabulous!

These are all sold singly, but do look closely at the Jade & Pink pics, as one has a predominantly Pink wing, wit the other predominantly Jade, which makes them fun as a “Mismatched Pair”.

Natural Rye Rabbit £86 ea

The Rye Rabbit in London Stone Sponge. 

This colourway of our playful Rye Rabbit is popular with customers who prefer a more realistic, naturalistic palette. The soft sponged body in London Stone is lifted by the  Coral & Black detailing, which is applied using free-hand brushwork. As is the cheeky, smiling face of course.

This is one of our figures that sits well as a pair and because they’re hand-painted no two will ever be the same. Wherever you decide to put one – or two – this brings a touch of the English countryside to any home decor setting – think mantlepiece, dresser or above the stove or Range. We think it also adds a fun element to an Easter or Springtime table setting – a smiling, or is that chuckling, Easter Bunny.

This figure is also available in Indigo Blue Sponge, Ginger Sponge and a dramatic White with Black Spots.

Click here to see the three other colours we hand-paint this figure. 

Height – 21.5cm/8.4in – Length at longest points roughly – 13.5cm/5.25in – Width 9.5cm/3.75in

Little Saddleback Pigs from £32 ea

Little Pink Piglets

Or ‘Lil Pigs as we like to call them!

These are our smallest lil piggies and they come in a confusing array of sizes. The standing Pigs are available in small, medium and large while the littleest sitting pig is available only as a small chap.

They’re sold separately but do look good as a pair, or more! Shown here is “Saddleback” – a soft black sponge with a white stripe. Also available in Pink with Brown spot here.

Why not take a look at possible parents for the littlest of these pigs with our Boar & Sow, or for our Famous Sussex Pigs click here.

The Red Squirrel – £86 ea

The Red Squirrel

Ok, so not strictly red, actually this is our soft Coral colour but it works beautifully we think.

The animal’s main body is carefully sponged by our decorators, while features and the base are painstakingly hand-painted; from the detailed branch of the tree to the acorn that’s just been grasped.

Also available in London Stone Sponge.

Designed by Biddy & Tarquin Cole and modelled by Tony Bennett.

Rye Turtle Dish £112

The Turtle Dish

Who doesn’t want a hand-made and hand-painted Ceramic Turtle Dish?

This piece is a real talking point and it’s useful too! The striking and beautifully detailed Seagull perching atop our friendly Turtle is in fact the handle for this little dish. He also carries that somewhat nonchalant, arrogant air that any regular seaside visitors knows only too well.

Perfect for a host of storage ideas but we like cotton wool balls in the bathroom, cufflinks in the bedroom or knick knacks around the house. Some people use it to serve food and sweets in too.

The detail on the Seagull perched on top is particularly striking.

Originally modelled by Tony Bennett this classic piece of Rye Pottery is available in two colourways:

Delphinium & Jade
Charcoal & Olive.

Hand thrown – Little Red Clay Vases £35

These are a popular little hand-thrown vase that we’ve been selling in the shop for a while now but are new to our online customers.

They are hand-thrown on a wheel using red clay and then glazed and hand-decorated. The vases currently come in two shapes and two decorative styles, one features simple bands (refined black circles hand-painted at the base) while the other is a “Sgraffito” design, a scratch through technique that we call Tracery.

We produce them in two shapes – Conical or Flask – and either with or without the little RYE stamp on the front.

Do note that these are absolutely guaranteed to vary but will be in the spirit of those pictured here.

Our Chaucer Journey – The making & painting

This is a short-ish version of how we actually make our Canterbury Tales Collection. It’s hard to over-emphasise quite how hand made our work is, so we thought some photographs would help. Please click through the pics on the left to see them in all their glory.

After a three stage moulding process from the original design, every figure is individually cast using liquid clay – known as slip – into plaster of paris working moulds. Using a top secret recipe and equally hush-hush timings excess clay is poured away and the moulds are carefully opened to reveal the figure inside. After a period drying the pieces are “fettled”, trimmed and sponged to remove seams, rough areas and generally provide a perfect surface for painting. Some pieces are made using more than one mould so this where any heads, limbs, ears or even tails will be “stuck” on.

This stage is one of the unseen but critical and highly skillful elements of our work. It requires a deft but delicate touch and a lot of attention to detail. One of the pictures on the left shows what happens if you’re too firm with the trimming knife!

The pieces are fired for the first time in the kiln to become “bisque” and are then inspected and hand-glazed by our talented decorating team. Every decorator then trims, signs, “backstamps” and prepares the glazed surface for painting. We use hand brushwork directly onto the powder-dry glaze before it’s been fired, which means the surface is incredibly absorbent and there’s little room for mistakes! The decorators tend to start with hand-painting the face if possible as they say it conjours the spirit of the individual piece and helps them focus on what they are depicting. You may have already noticed that the colours we paint with change, sometimes dramatically, during the final “glost” firing so the decorating team are vigilant not to mix colours up.

Once painted the figures are carefully packed into the kiln. They are picked up by hand, taken to the kiln and fitted snugly together, all without smudging the painting. A delicate 3d jigsaw.

Then…we wait. About 36 hours, before the kiln doors are cool enough to open and reveal the treasure inside. A bit of Alchemy and a lot of industrial Artistry.

Our Lady £197.50

Our Lady

This is our tribute to all female Saints, but you can call her the Virgin Mary or Mary, Mother of Jesus if you like.

A beautiful sensitive, tiny figure, with Angels supporting (or looking down?) on her, this is a charming and tranquil addition to any quiet space.

With striking turquoise skies and a beautiful, simple dress this piece oozes peace and contemplation and as ever with this series really challenges our dedicated and talented team of hand painting decorators.

We hope you like her.

Naive Nativity £197.50

The Naive Nativity

Another of our favourite pieces. Full of charm and packed with detail, this figure depicts a serene Mary & Child. While the sheep and cattle look on, the Angels herald the child’s arrival.

And don’t forget to check the back, where you’ll find two Shepherds celebrating the birth too with the Angel’s perching up above.

Please do click the thumbnails below to see all the elements. This range carries the most intricate details on a physically very small piece and really shows off our paintresses talents. Tiny, tiny brushes are used here and this piece takes an absolute age to paint and an extraordinary eye for detail.

The palette here makes use of several Blues, including Delphinium, Cobalt and Garter alongside Dark Chocolatey Brown and warm Coral, Russett and Chetsnut.

Designed by Tarquin Cole & and modeled originally by Chris O’Donoghue

The Hop Pickers £197.50

The Hop Pickers

Hops have been a quintessential part of the landscape here in Kent & Sussex since the 16th Century. They’ve also been central to the pottery made by us here in Rye since the 1800s – our company has always made pots decorated with hops in various forms and we used the old hop poles as fuel for the old wood fired kilns.

So what could be more natural than a Pastoral figure depicting Oast Houses and the traditional craft of Hop Picking? We still meet lots of customers who remember the annual pilgrimage at harvest time with their Mums and Aunts. Really it was temporary work for adults, but for city kids it was a country holiday.

This is a feelgood snapshot of history, filled with fond childhood memories. As ever the small scale of this piece relies on the incredible talents of our painting team who take hours with tiny brushes to paint every individual brick and hop on this piece.

Designers Tarquin Cole & Chris O’Donoghue

Mothers Day £197.50

Mother’s Day

However you want to spell it , or put the apostrophes, this is a charming naïve celebration of arguably the most important member in the family – Mum.

Part of our range of English pastoral scenes, Mother’s Day proves a popular gift all year round.

Featuring Dad delivering breakfast in bed to Mum and the kids, in relief on the reverse is the latest baby in its cradle – with admiring cat!

The pretty palette for this piece reflects the rosy glow of the scene depicted and focuses on soft, light colours including Delphinium & Cobalt Blue and two of our most popular pinks, Flower Pink &Flamingo pink.

Designed by Tarquin Cole & Chris O’Donoghue

New England Settlers £197.50

The New England Settlers

A delightful piece created specifically for our many loyal international customers.

This figure was conceived to create a dedicated piece for collectors of our American Heroes series who were taken by the simplicity and naivity of our Pastoral collection. And we think the first settlers were a wonderful match for the design concept of this series.

The gentle colours of this piece take you back in time to the fierce, brave and dangerous world of starting afresh in the new lands. Our delicate Olive, Tan and the Dark Drown used to create the detail of the wood on their basic, hand-made cabin is particularly hard to produce on such a small scale. The gentle tones of Damson for Mrs’ dress gives just the right lift of colour to keep a woman’s spirits up while tackling a brave new world. The faithful dogs by their side are charming but essential in the new Frontier.

Designed by Tarquin Cole & modelled by Chris O’Donoghue

Shepherd Neame & His Wife of Sussex £197.50

Shepherd Neame & His Wife of Sussex

We’re not sure about the origins of the name for this piece, but it’s without doubt a simple, country figure depicting a humble Shepherd and his wife.

With their charming two sheep at their side, these are hard-working country folk who spend their days tending their animals and tilling the land. Farming is one of those classic professions that seems to simple to those on the outside, but its tough work as every shepherd and farmer knows. There’s no breaks at Christmas or on your birthday, the animals still need to be looked after and fed, though the addition of quad bikes these days does at least make getting around the fields a tad quicker. Though you still have to open the gates!

This is a great addition to any country home with soft, gentle colours and a unique country charm. A perfect gift for the smallest, err, smallholder to the biggest sheep farmer.

Designed and originally modelled by Joan de Bethel

Geoffrey Chaucer £197.50

Geoffrey Chaucer

This key figure in our Canterbury Tales Collection is originally modelled on an early portrait belonging to the Sackville family at Knowle in Kent.  Sculptor and Ceramicist Tony Bennett created Chaucer as a larger figure than the rest of the figures in this series, visualising him  as “The Puppet Master” pulling the strings of his Canterbury Tales Pilgrims.

Geoffrey Chaucer was an important civil servant at the court of King Richard 11 and was responsible for the building of Westminster Hall – a great medieval building still used for the Lying in State of the Monarch and  some notable Statesmen.

Chaucer is also decorated within the same tight colour palette of the Canterbury Collection, cobalt, terracotta, warm earthy brown and soft green.

The Wife of Bath £109.50

The Wife of Bath

Rye Pottery’s hand-made & painted Wife of Bath was the very first pottery figure we designed based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. As, arguably, the most famous pilgrim from Chaucer’s incredible work, she continues to be one of our most popular characters in the collection. We love the fact she’s one of the best-known characters in English literature – and she’s female. She’s the perfect unique gift for the literature medieval buff in your life.

A worthy woman all her life, what’s more

She’d had five husbands, all at the Church door

Apart from other company in youth,

No need just now to speak of that, forsooth.

The Wife of Bath is the only pottery figure in the series modelled by sculptor/painter Gordon Davies and was originally conceived as a one-off character for Canterbury Cathedral’s gift shop. In her early days she was hand-painted only in Cobalt Blue & White, but today her decoration now ties in with the range’s medieval colour palette of Cobalt Blue, Terracotta, earthy Browns and a soft Sherwood Forest Green.

Take a look at the short video below to watch our talented team painting her using free-hand brushwork.

The Miller £109.50

The Miller

The Miller was a chap of sixteen stone,

A great stout fellow big in brawn and bone.

A wrangler and a buffoon, he had a store

Of tavern stories, filthy in the main.

The Infamous Miller, or The Dirty Miller as some of us call him, is famous to a certain generation as compulsory English Literature reading. We’ve worked hard to really bring Chaucer’s tale to life here and as a result this really is one of our most characterful figures.

He is depicted here warts and all, with a palette using mainly terracotta and cobalt blue – even his bagpipes are painstakingly hand-painted in detail to match Chaucer’s many references to all things pig and porcine in the Miller’s Tale.

We’ve also tried to be true to Chaucer’s description of the Miller’s poor old horse, which is a far cry from many of the other fine looking beasts in this series and is clearly working hard to carry his burden.

The Guildsman’s Wife £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Guildsman’s Wife

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

Chaucer does not actually tell us that the Guildsmen had taken their wives with them on the Pilgrimage to Canterbury, but he does describe them rather well. So we have chosen to assume they went too, as it allows us the fun of having more than just 2 women in our Collection.

The Guildsman’s Wife

To be called madam is a glorious thought,

And so is going to church and being seen

Having your mantle carried like a queen 

The Guildsman’s Wife is shown wearing a similarly patterned coral dress to her husband’s tunic, along with a n incredibly decorative wimple head dress, that is somewhat hard for our decorator’s to paint.

Click here to see The Guildsman himself.

The Guildsman £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Guildsman

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in the prologue of The Canterbury Tales;

The Guildsman’s knife was tricked out with brass,

But wrought with purest silver, which avouches

A like display on girdles and on pouches.

Guilds were extremely powerful and important in medieval England; becoming a Member of your trade guild marked both you and your family as worthy of attention.

Once we realised that the Guilds gave us great scope for our decorating skills, we were able to enjoy working with an array of patterned tunics, alternative fabrics and particularly decorative hats.

The Guildsman is clothed in soft terracotta both patterned and braided,  and ties in perfectly with his wife. While his pleated, draped hat adds gravitas to his whole costume.

Click here to see The Guildsman’s Wife.

The Carpenter’s Wife £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Carpenter’s Wife

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

THE CARPENTER’S WIFE

And so is going to church and being seen

Having your mantle carried like a queen.

The Carpenter’s Wife has a particularly grand, decorated mantle (or cloak), which she clearly felt befitted her status as a Guildsman’s wife.  Her gown, an elegant, soft blue, has a rather fine series of coral buttons down the front of the bodice that id designed to tie in with the ornate clasp on her cloak as well as her headdress.

Click here to see her husband The Carpenter.

The Carpenter £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Carpenter

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

THE CARPENTER

Their wisdom would have justified a plan

To make each one of them an alderman.

The Carpenter is sporting a particularly jaunty hat, which was inspired during a visit to a museum in Perugia, Italy  where we loved a series of medieval tapestries. We found so many ideas for decoration that we filled up an entire sketch book with hasty scribbles. His tunic is in our soft russet brown , carefully matching his Wife’s ample cloak.

Click here to see The Carpenter’s charming wife.

The Pardoner £109.50

The Pardoner

This Pardoner had hair as yellow as wax,

Hanging down smoothly like a hank of flax.

His chin no beard had harboured, nor would harbour,

Smoother than ever chin was left by barber.

The Pardoner with his rather swarthy partner The Summoner,  gave us the only chance to include a new colour: his lank greasy Yellow hair. Though might say we’ve been too kind to him!

To offset some of the more solid coloured tunics we also  gave him a striped finish which makes him a little more feminine as well as  showing off our decorators’ skills – painting straight lines as if they are fabric is no mean feat.

The Yeoman £109.50

The Yeoman

The Yeoman, servant to The Knight, always seems to us to be one of the characters Chaucer actually liked.  A real man with a real job, ready to defend and follow his master – The Knight – at any cost.

The detail in this figure is extremely important to show his action character credentials; his sword, bow & arrows and his shield are all carefully delineated against his soft green tunic and russet leather head gear.  Note too, that unlike all the other Pilgrims he is riding in leather gauntlets.

This Yeoman wore a coat and hood of green,

And peacock feathered arrows bright and keen.

His arrows never drooped their feathers low –

And in his hands he bore a mighty bow.

He was a proper forester I guess.

The Carpetmaker’s Wife £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Carpetmaker’s Wife

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

 Besides their wives declared it was their due,

And if they did not think so then they ought:

To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

The Carpetmaker’s Wife sports a soft Cobalt blue dress with a delicate repeat motif teamed with a flattering coral collar. She hasgenerously patterned coral cuffs to complement her husband’s wide sleeves.

Her headdress is one of the most complicated in our Canterbury Tales range, allowing her carefully netted hair to be shown as well as her veil, but also allowing our talented painting team to show off their skills in the minutest detail.

Click here to see her husband The Carpetmaker.

The Carpetmaker £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Carpetmaker

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

A Haberdasher, a Dyer, a Carpenter

A Weaver and a Carpet maker were

Among our ranks, all in the livery

Of one impressive guild fraternity

With his spirited horse and his spurs clearly in use, The Carpetmaker wears a richly patterned cobalt blue tunic with a fine, wide cuff detail. He also sports another of our favourite hats, which was designed after very brief visit to a museum in Perugia, Italy. We discovered a series of medieval tapestries there and were so inspired with new ideas that we filled up an entire sketchbook with hasty scribbles.

Each figure in the Canterbury Tales range is designed to work as a standalone figure or as part of a wider collection, but alongside the other guildsmen and their partners The Carpetmaker was conceived to pair perfectly with his Wife who you can see if you click here so there are a series of subtle decoration details that echo between the couple.

The Reeve £109.50

The Reeve

Probably not one of the most charming characters but without doubt a good business head; once again The Reeve proves the timeless  quality in Chaucer’s writing,  every Pilgrim can still be recognised today over 600 years later.

There is wonderful detail on the Reeve, intricate stripes on his tunic that are very tricky to paint, as well as beautifully detailed keys.

The Reeve was old and choleric and thin;

His beard was shaven closely to the skin.

He kept his bins and garners very trim;

No auditors could gain a point on him.

No bailiff, serf or herdsman dared to kick,

He knew their dodges, knew their every trick.

The Nun Prioress £109.50

The Nun Prioress

Our gentle little Nun Prioress is the height of Simplicity. She is shown wearing a soft cobalt blue habit and pairs up particularly well in terms of size with both the Friar or the Parson. Her pretty coral Rosary beads are carefully matched with her slippers.

The Nun prioress is the only Female religious character we have included in our range of Canterbury Pilgrims.

Full well she sang a service, with a fine

Intoning through her nose, as was most seemly

And she spoke dantily in French, extremely,

After the school of Stratford-atte-Bow

The Doctor of Physic £109.50

The Doctor of Physic

No one alive could talk as well as he did,

On points of medicine and of surgery;

Yet he was rather close as to expenses

And kept the gold he won in pestilences.

Gold stimulates the heart,or so we’re told

He therefore had a special love of gold.

The Doctor is one of the best selling Pilgrims despite his tight book keeping habit.  Shown with his medicinal  leech bottle and riding a modestly harnessed horse, he wears a soft terracotta robe and a Sherwood green hood.

The Knight £109.50

The Knight 

The Knight, together with his Squire and Yeoman, were the first three characters to join the original figure in our Canterbury Tales range – The Wife of Bath. Designed for Rye by Tony Bennett, the three new additions were enthusiastically received by our customers and it quickly became apparent that our Canterbury Tales range had a band of loyal collectors.

The noble character of the ‘parfit gentil Knight’ is well displayed both in his powerful horse and his ornately decorated cobalt tunic with rather splendid turban-style head gear.

There was a Knight, a most distinguished man,

Who from the day on which he first began

to ride abroad had followed chivalry,

Truth, honour, generousness and courtesy,

In all his life to any; comes what might;

He was a true, a perfect gentle-knight

The Dyer’s Wife £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Dyer’s Wife

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

The Dyer’s Wife

They had the capital and revenue

Besides their wives declared it was their due.

We have always felt that our Guildsmen’s Wives were the forerunners of’ ‘The Ladies who lunch’ and no doubt each wife was carefully scrutinised about the exact state and cost of her dress and head gear.

The Dyer’s Wife is wearing blue to match her husband, but in her case the fabric is richly paterned and her large hat and wimple is worthy of Ladies Day at Ascot.

Click here to see her husband the Dyer.

The Dyer £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Dyer

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

 The Dyer

Each seemed a worthy burgess, fit to grace

A guild-hall with a seat upon the dais.

As with our other guildsmen and women, The Dyer is shown wearing as many colours as possible, showing-off his dyeing prowess and skills.

His hat is a stylish turban shape in coral, trimmed with a dark brown beaver brim.

Click here to see the Dyer’s Wife in all her finery.

The Haberdasher £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Haberdasher

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

THE HABERDASHER

A Haberdasher, a Dyer, a Carpenter

 A Weaver and a Carpet-maker were

Among our ranks.

One of the grandest looking Guildsmen. Our Haberdasher wears a short but richly patterned tunic in terracotta, while his excellent, fashionably draped turban hat is in two shades of soft and dark brown.

Even his regal hand wave adds to the impression of his own importance!

Click here to see his equally elaborately dressed wife. 

The Haberdasher’s Wife £109.50

The Guildsmen & their Wives – The Haberdasher’s Wife

Chaucer mentions the specific Guilds in his prologue, and when we first introduced a generic Guildsman and his Wife we realised there was huge scope for us to work with each of the named Guilds allowing us an exciting choice of costume especially for the wives. As it says in the Prologue: They had the capital and revenue,/Besides their wives declared it was their due./And if they did not think so, then they ought;/To be called Madam is a glorious thought.

THE HABERDASHER’S WIFE

To be called  Madam is a glorious thought,

And so is going to church and being seen

Having your mantle carried like a queen

Just like her husband, The Haberdasher’s Wife well knows the importance of her position in life.  Like him she, too, is very well dressed with a beaver fur trimming to the neck of her gown.

While the toning, exotic terracotta and rich brown, of both dress and hat are designed to make the couples’ wealth and social standing crystal clear to all the other Pilgrims.

To see her husband in all his finery, click here. 

The Oxford Cleric £109.50

The Oxford Cleric

An Oxford Cleric, his horse was thinner than a rake,

And he ws not too fat, I undertake,

But had a hollow look, a sober stare;

The thread upon his overcoat was bare.

One of our personal favourites probably because of his very thin horse. The Oxford Cleric must surely be up to the minute as a debt-ridden student with all his money needed to pay for his course and his books.

Painted in a similar style to the lower clerical orders to differentiate him, we have used our soft Sherwood green for his main robe with a little earthy brown for his hood.

The Parson £109.50

The Parson

A holy-minded man of good renown

There was, and poor, the Parson to a town.

Wide was his parish, with houses far asunder,

Yet he neglected not in rain or thunder,

In sickness, or in grief, to pay a call

On the remotest, whether great or small.

The Parson is we think, Chaucer’s most favourite character, together with his brother The Plowman he has nothing but good to say about him, remarking on his care and interest in all his parishioners whether rich or poor.

As one of the religious Pilgrims he is wearing a soft blue habit detailed with a broad leather belt and terracotta cowl.

The Rye Pastry Cook £197.50

The Rye Pastry Cook, aka Mrs Beeton

This is a particular favourite for one of us.

The folds in the strong sculptural shape of her dress and cooking apron are beautifully emphasised by the hand-painted soft Delphinium Blue which is over-layed with a technically challenging Cobalt Stripe.

This is a clean crisp piece showing off enticing goodies in her mixing bowl and the worktop behind her, combining to provide just the right splash of additional colour.

Like all the best food, the Rye Pastry Cook is enticing yet comforting at the same time.

She is a favourite with Downton Abbey and Mrs Beeton fans alike, a charming gift for any cook.

Originally modelled by Neal French, she pairs well with The Rye Chef who you can see if you click here. 

The Country Gardener £197.50

The Country Gardener

A handsome chap, The Country Gardner has a host of wonderful detail but first mention must go to the incredible brushwork that goes into the hand-painting of the wooden fence behind him.

At his feet are a set of not-terribly-carefully-balanced pots, in a rich terracotta and a generous pile of something delicious, just freshly picked – Cauliflowers or Cabbages, you decide. He’s also clutching one to his chest giving the clear sense of pride every gardener recognises when the crop comes up good after all that work, represented in his other hand in the form of his hoe. We also particularly like his textured hat and leather chaps – this is serious work come rain or shine. 

Modeled by Neal French, the Country Gardener is designed to pair perfectly with his female counterpart, The County Gardener, who you can see if you click here. Together they will serve as delicate book ends to a small number of small books, so don’t overload them!

The Fisherman’s Tale £197.50

The Fisherman’s Tale

A fun and whimsical piece dedicated to the Fisherman’s Tale, you know the one where he met a beautiful Mermaid and she sat upon his knee…

This charming piece forms part of our Naive and Pastoral Collections and has a wealth of incredible detail. From the back of her hand mirror to the intricate fishing nets and fish at their feet there is always something to wonder at. The reverse is charming too with miniature crabs, shells and starfish, yet again showing off our incredible decorators talents.

Originally modelled by Wendy Johnson

The County Gardener £197.50

The County or “Lady” Gardener

Well, who wouldn’t like to float about their topiary and flower beds with a straw hat, plucking blooms from their bountiful display on a lovely summer’s evening? Well we might not all be able to manage that, but you can live the life through our charming female gardening figure.

The gentle flop in her hat and the sway in her skirt are hallmarks of the celebrated Neal French who modeled her for us. With just the right amount of movement, the hand-painted decoration of skirt as ever poses a challenge to our talented decorating team who painstakingly ensure that the check pattern follows the movement of the fabric.

The flowers too are deceptively simple but through careful brushwork in soft Flamingo pink, the sense of abundant English blooms shines through.

She pairs perfectly with her male counterpart, The Country Gardener who you can see if you click here, who was also designed by Neal French.