Atomic Tiles in Blue Green

Inspired by past, present & future Rye Pottery Motifs, a bold collection of 24 hand-painted kitchen & bathroom tiles.

Shown here in Shades of soft Blue Green on a white background glaze this has proved to be a particularly popular colourway and you can see how some of our customers have used them if you click through the photos on the left.

Use as many or as few of these designs as you like.

Each Atomic tile is individually hand-glazed & hand-painted, so slight variations in design, shape & hand-painted colour tone and depth are guaranteed. We also produce this series in dramatic Black.

152x152mmx6mm

£25 each including VAT

Please CLICK HERE for a PDF of each design and contact us if you’d like us to discuss your particular requirements or preferences.

Christmas Baubles – NEW Hygge set – £28 ea

A brand new set of our ever popular, totally bonkers Christmas Bauble heads.

This year they’re now available in a softer, more neutral palette to compliment our Bright Rainbow coloured set that you can see if you click here.

This new Hygge-style set, from left to right features: #8 Coral, #9 Dark Brown, #10 Textured All White, #11 Grey, #12 London Stone, #13 Textured Black (we call this one going grey) & #14 Dark Green.

Pick ‘n mix from the tree in store or click on the pics below to see them in all their glory. You can tell us which you’d like by giving us the number from left to right.

And if you’d like to know the origins of the Baubles, why not click here and we’ll introduce you to Miss Simplicity…

This has only happened to us once, but for the avoidance of doubt, please note all of our Baubles have faces on!

Salad, Fruit, Serving Bowl £145

This is a really useful size of bowl, perfect for Salad, Fruit or as a Serving dish.

It’s expertly hand thrown from a hefty hunk of clay and then the stripes are painted using freehand brush work.

They’re some of the longest stripes we ever paint and are a true testament to the incredible skilll of our team.

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

Available from stock or hand-painted to order.

The B8m Noodle/Pasta Bowl
The B21m Cereal/Soup Bowl
The B8s Little Nibbles/Serving Bowl

If you’d like to see the bowl being made from start to finish, click the 60 second film below.

Watch our Salad bowl be made & painted in just 60 seconds

Click the image below to watch our hand-thrown & hand-painted Salad Bowl.

It takes us hours and hours to produce this useful and beautiful piece, so we thought you might enjoy a taste of quite how much work goes into a “just” a seemingly simple stripey bowl.

These are some of longest Stripes we paint in our Cottage Stripe range – we hop you agree that seeing the freehand brushwork is a thing to behold.

And don’t get us started on how long it takes to learn to do it all …

If you want to see the whole Cotttage Stripe range click here.

Sussex Chickens – Hen & Rooster – £75 ea

Our ceramic Hen & Rooster (or Cockerel) are pictured here in our new “Sussex” colourway.

Known as docile, friendly and alert, these beautiful chickens are also one of Britain’s oldest breeds. They were shown in the first ever general poultry show in 1845 under the names ‘Old Sussex Fowl or Old Kent Fowl’ and even ‘Surrey Fowl’.

Now firmly established as”Sussex Chickens” we’re featuring the “Light” colourway using shades of Black, London Stone & Flamingo. The hand-painted detailing on the feathers, leaves and feet is incredibly delicate and we hope does justice to this backyard friendly, free range breed.

As with all of our figures these elegant Chickens are hand-made using traditional slip-casting methods before being decorated individually by hand.

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

Indigo Blue Sponge
London Stone Sponge
Coral Sponge

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

Field & Fork – Bull £110 ea

This Bull is part of a series of three of our English Animal figures as you’ve never seen them.

Half of each figure depicts a “normal” Ram, Boar & Bull, while the other half is painstakingly hand-painted to reveal classic English Butcher’s cuts. And yes we checked them with a Smithfield Butcher!

Please click on the images below to see more detailed photos and close-ups.

The hand-painted lettering on these takes ages to do and is made even harder because you can’t move the figure you’re working on, so you have to twist and turn yourself and your hands to be in a position to be able to paint the letters.

These three figures were born out of a Halloween window display a couple of years ago. We loved the idea so much we didn’t put any on show that year and instead decided to develop and refine the concept.

These may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but we think they’re a clever gift idea for the devoted Foodie, Farmer or Cook in your life and what better present to take to a BBQ!

Click here to check out the Ram or here to check out the Boar

Field & Fork – Boar £110 ea

This Boar is part of a series of three of our English Animal figures as you’ve never seen them.

Half of each figure depicts a “normal” Ram, Boar & Bull, while the other half is painstakingly hand-painted to reveal classic English Butcher’s cuts. And yes we checked them with a Smithfield Butcher!

Please click on the images below to see more detailed photos and close-ups.

The hand-painted lettering on these takes ages to do and is made even harder because you can’t move the figure you’re working on, so you have to twist and turn yourself and your hands to be in a position to be able to paint the letters.

These three figures were born out of a Halloween window display a couple of years ago. We loved the idea so much we didn’t put any on show that year and instead decided to develop and refine the concept.

These may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but we think they’re a clever gift idea for the devoted Foodie, Farmer or Cook in your life and what better present to take to a BBQ!

Click here to see the Ram or here to check out the Bull

Field & Fork – Ram £110 ea

This Ram is part of a series of three of our English Animal figures as you’ve never seen them.

Half of each figure depicts a “normal” Ram, Boar & Bull, while the other half is painstakingly hand-painted to reveal classic English Butcher’s cuts. And yes we checked them with a Smithfield Butcher!

Please click on the images below to see more detailed photos and close-ups.

The hand-painted lettering on these takes ages to do and is made even harder because you can’t move the figure you’re working on, so you have to twist and turn yourself and your hands to be in a position to be able to paint the letters.

These three figures were born out of a Halloween window display a couple of years ago. We loved the idea so much we didn’t put any on show that year and instead decided to develop and refine the concept.

These may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but we think they’re a clever gift idea for the devoted Foodie, Farmer or Cook in your life and what better present to take to a BBQ!

Click here to see the Bull or here to check out the Boar

Candy Stripe Egg Cups £25

Delicate but useful, these egg cups are the perfect stylish flourish for boiled eggs & soldiers.

And for all you vegans out there, well, all we can tell you is they make a good shot glass too.

Available initially in three of our most popular colours in “Candy Stripe” –

Cobalt Blue
Blue Green
Fresh Paris Green

These tiny things of beauty are hand-made using an enormous Edwardian shaping machine and then decorated by our skilled team using freehand brushwork.

At just over 5cm tall & 5cm wide the small size makes them particularly tricky to paint.

The team typically place them on a series of wooden blocks to get them as high up as they can. They are then pulled to the very edge of the block to allow the stripe to be painted right to the bottom.

Galaxy Pintrays £35

Our classic little 12cm Dishes now available in an uplifting version of a decoration we call Galaxy.

Featuring spring-like Flamingo Pink, Sun Yellow and Blue Green these pintrays are carefully hand made and then decorated using freehand brushwork with a gentle but intricate top layer of Sgraffito.

Displayed here with Cadbury’s Mini Eggs, these are a good size for things like olives or butter and also make a great spoon rest or trinket dish.

Come to think of it even used teabags would look pretty using this on the worktop!

Do Note the photo is only indicative and individual dishes are guaranteed to differ slightly in tone, pattern and depth of colour.

Utensil & Pen Pots – Breakwater from £35

Breakwater decoration out of stock, other colourways available.

These are so useful!

The larger Utensil pot works well as a vase and will take everything from Kitchen spoons to large paint brushes.

The smaller pen pot is just as good for the bathroom and dressing table as it is for the sitting room or office. And yes they’ll take garden flowers too if you want to use them as a vase.

Featured here is our intricate hand-painted “Breakwater” decoration in shades of Black & London Stone. This is a re-imagined little known 1950s pattern that was originally inspired by the weathered wooden groynes on the local pebble beaches. We developed the decoration with renowned Margate gallery Turner Contemporary.

Available in several different colourways, including other designs inspired by our archive from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay then hand finished and decorated using freehand brush work.

Large Utensil Pot – £48 – Diameter just a smidgen over 9cm, Height 13cm
Pencil Pots – £35 – Sizes can vary slightly – Diameter 8cm Height 9cm

Mid-century modern Table Lamp in Breakwater

Our latest design was a creative partnership with the renowned Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate and is available on our lamps, vases and utensil pots.

Together we re-imagined a little known 1950s pattern, which was originally inspired by the weathered wooden groynes on the pebble beaches, into a bold new hand-painted colourway. Click on the pics to the left to see the pattern in more detail.

The collaboration was designed to accompany a Turner exhibition – Beyond Form: Lines of Abstraction, 1950-1970, which focused on abstraction in a post-WWII period.

Our new surface decoration features raw, earthy tonal shifts, layered lines and sgraffito, with the colours taking inspiration from the exhibition’s title and abstract markings from key pieces within it, as well as the Rye Pottery archive and our shared coastal geography.

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.

V11 Mid-Century Modern vase in Breakwater £45

A classic shape from our Mid-century Modern archive reinvented for the 21st Century.

Featured here is our intricate hand-painted “Breakwater” decoration in shades of Black & London Stone. This is a re-imagined little known 1950s pattern that was originally inspired by the weathered wooden groynes on the local pebble beaches. We developed the decoration with renowned Margate gallery Turner Contemporary.

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.

Sheep – Ram & Ewe in Textured White £55 ea

The Ram & Ewe

A classic pair for us now with a new textured white coat as part of our All White collection.

The All White pair uses a technique called “Sgrafitto” creating a pattern called Tracery that we’ve traditionally used on homewares. The glaze is delicately scratched through giving the sheep a textured coat that makes you want to stroke it. The Ram and Ewe are finished off with a soft brown sponged face with black detailing and hooves.

The figures were originally modelled for Rye Pottery by our long-term collaborator and renowned sculptor and ceramicist, Tony Bennett.

If you’d like to see the other colourway available do click here. 

Chickens – Hen & Rooster – London Stone £75 ea

Our striking ceramic Hen & Rooster figures are shown here in London Stone on a crisp white base glaze.

This is a strong sculptural pair of figures, originally modelled by our long-standing designer Tony Bennett. Combined with our gentle London Stone this could be the perfect present for the minimalist chicken lover in your life.

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
Coral Sponge
Sussex Chickens – Black & Flamingo Pink

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

Bespoke Rye Pottery Gift Vouchers

Stuck for ideas but you know they love our work or are saving up for something?

Why not give them a Rye Pottery Voucher.

Valid for a year we can make you a personalised digital or physical voucher to any value you choose – from as little as £5 all the way up to £500.

Just let us know what you’d like written inside – personalise it as much as you like – and we’ll have it with you in no time.

We’ve made vouchers for the Dogs to give Mum & Dad, as a contribution to a much cherished lamp base and as a “thank you” to a best friend who went above and beyond. And last year we made our first ever voucher for a Family “Secret Santa”.

Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp Cascade in Blue Green

Our LB1 Lamp base is shown here in a reworked take on our Cascade decoration – hand-painted in Blue Green on a white glaze.

We carry a very limited amount of stock with these so if we’re out of stock we quote 6-8 weeks until delivery.

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.

Pen Pots £35 – Low Stock

These are so useful!

They’re just as good for the bathroom and dressing table as they are for the sitting room or office. And yes they’ll take little garden flowers too if you want to use them as a vase.

Available in several different colourways, including other designs inspired by our archive from the 1950s and 60s. The shape is Slipcast with liquid clay then hand finished and decorated using freehand brush work.

Shown here is our Cascade Decoration in Denmark Green, Sun Yellow, Flamingo Pink and Blue Green. They’re also available in our dramatic new “Breakwater” decoration here, and our popular Astrakhan designs in Black, London Stone, Coral and London Stone – click on the thumbnail on the left to see them.

Can’t decide which colour? Buy two!

Pencil Pots – £35 – Sizes can vary slightly – Diameter 8cm Height 9cm

Hand-painted Silk Lampshades

Rye Pottery x Epiphany51

We’re excited to share a stunning hand-painted lamp-shade collaboration with designer, branding guru and Condé Nast legend Timothy Rennie @epiphany51

Taking inspiration from the shape, colour and hand-painted pattern on our Mid-century Modern Table Lamp in Black Astrakhan, the shade has been designed specially for us and features a Rye Harbour Seaweed design. The design will become part of Tim’s “Inksplodge” Collection, a series of botanically inspired and flowing surface patterns featuring organic forms that create an ebb and flow effect as they move across a surface.

Perfectly colour-matched and hand-painted delicately onto a luxury silk shade, the fluidity of the Seaweed design sits beautifully with our Mid-Century modern Black Astrakhan Table Lamp.

Like our Table Lamps these beautiful shades are hand-painted to order and Timothy will dispatch direct to you.

Please contact us if you’d like one.

Little Black Cats from £65

This is our very individual take on an absolute Ceramic collectors’ classic, shown here in a new colourway Black & White.

Our Rye Cats come in large and small and in a multitude of colourways to boot –  London Stone, Indigo Blue, Classic Marmalade or Spring Daisy. To see the other colourways click here.

These stylish cats, while designed to work as a pair are not identical; each cat was originally modelled individually, and as ever with our pieces, every one is hand-painted to order. These Cats work wonderfully as a single figure on a mantlepiece or windowsill, but they’re also great if you match big and small or display them as a classic “pair”.

Lion & Unicorn Bookends Multicoloured

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.

“Atomic” Terracotta Little Dishes £35

**LIMITED STOCK**

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.

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 – £145 – 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 – £55 – 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 – £45 – 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 £225 ea

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

Also available in a punchy, graphic alternative using Flamingo Pink, Sun Yellow, Blue Green with touches of Black.

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 £99

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.

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

Chickens – Hen & Rooster – Blue £75 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 dining table.

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 £80 ea

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 Running Hare with a Black Charcoal Base.

Without doubt a classic Rye Pottery design.

The Rye Vixen £99

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, our elegant 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 in front of books.

Chickens – Hen & Rooster – Coral £75 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 Sponge
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 by 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 Limited Stock

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

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 £55

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 Salad/Fruit Bowl

The B21m cereal bowl in Cottage Stripe £45

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 B21m Noodle/Pasta Bowl
The B8 Little Nibbles/Serving Bowl
The Salad/Fruit Bowl

Small Striped Bowls Child & Adult from £45 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 – £45.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £50.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £55.00

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 £50 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 – £50.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £55.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £60.00

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 £45 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 – £45.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £50.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £55.00

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 £45 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 – £45.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £50.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £55.00

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 £50 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  – £50.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £55.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £60.00

Small Floral Plates Child & Adult from £45 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 – £45.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £50.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £55.00

Waiting times vary but please allow for 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 Hop Bowls Child & Adult from £45 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 – £45.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £50.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £55.00

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 £45 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 – £45.00
SINGLE LINE up to ten characters – £55.00
TWO LINES up to ten characters – £60.00

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.

Christmas Bauble Heads £28 ea

Christmas Bauble Heads!

Suitably Bonkers for Rye Pottery … also available in brightly coloured Rainbow set here.

What started as a few baubles for a window display quickly escalated into our amazing Rye Pottery Emoji Bauble heads. Each colour comes with its own special face, from eyebrows au naturel to a quizical raised brow – it’s up to you to decide what’s going through their minds… is #1 an animated “yuk” or just sneezing…

Pick n mix from the tree in store or click on the pics below to see them in all their glory. You can tell us which you’d like by giving us the number from left to right!

And if you’d like to know the origins of the Baubles, why not click here and we’ll introduce you to Miss Simplicity…

Rye Robins £35 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 £15

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 £15 each

The Rye Cockatoos £99 ea

Call them Parakeets, call them Parrots but just look at our beautiful Cockatoos!

Choose from stunning & understated Black & Pink, 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, with 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 £120

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 £35

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 £35

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 £99

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, a contemporary White with Black Spots as well as Ginger Sponge.

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

Little Pink Pigs from £40 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 with Black base £80 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.

Running Hare with the Leaf Green base

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

The Penguin £35 ea

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.

Donkeys from £75

The Donkeys

Come on how could you not fall in love with those soft, gentle faces?

The perfect hand-made gift for horse, donkey and beach lovers alike, our Little and Large Donkeys are a constant favourite.

Painted with a unique Brown that we blend in-house, these Donkeys are lovingly sponged by hand with their charming faces added using free-hand brushwork. The base is worth a look too with delicate thistles nestling at the bottom.

And just to add another touch every Donkey has its ears added individually guaranteeing yours comes with its own totally unique character.

Available In Little or Large, these are sold separately but also look good as pair and they’re often teamed with our ever popular Ceramic Nativity, featuring Mary, Joseph & Child. 

Modelled originally for us by sculptor and ceramicist Tony Bennett.

The Rye Zebra £80

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 £99 ea

Call them Parakeets, call them Parrots, but just look at our beautiful Cockatoos!

Choose from stunning & understated Black & Pink, 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”.

Take a look at the Jade & Pink pair here

Natural Rye Rabbit £99

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 an Easter perfect Indigo Blue Sponge, a dramatic White with Black Spots as well as Ginger Sponge.

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

Little Saddleback Pigs from £40 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 £120

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 £225

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 £225

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 £225

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 £225

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 £225

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 £225

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 £250

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 £125

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 £125

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 £125

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 £125

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 £125

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 £125

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 £125

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.