Rye Pottery

Hounds £80

Our ceramic Hounds have travelled the globe far and wide and are particularly popular with dog lovers.

These elegant dogs are available as delightful spotty Dalmatians or in London Stone Sponge with a Leaf Green base. And they’ve recently made a return for our Chaucer collectors too. So they’re now available decorated with London Stone Sponge but critically the base on this version is painted in the Chaucer range’s classic soft Cobalt Blue, Star & Daisy base.

This figure was originally designed to accompany The Monk from our Canterbury Tales range and is modelled by Tony Bennett.

Height 10.2cm or 4 inches.

Dogs & Puppies Cobalt Blue 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.

Lovers – Regency Love £225

The Lovers – Regency Love

The tilt of her head and the way this young lady curves into her companion tell you all you need to know.

This is love Regency style.

There are minute details hand-painted onto this piece, such as the woman’s necklace, while the back view shows an incredible sense of movement as her dress fabric appearing to be swinging.

A great gift for Jane Austen fans.

Originally modeled by sculptor Neal French.

The Rye Chef £225

Introducing the rather superior Rye Chef.

As he proudly displays his talents for all to see, do look at the back where you’ll discover an intricately painted dish stacked with jam tarts that are almost good enough to eat.

We make no comment about the battle of the sexes in the kitchen but…he does make a rather splendid partner for our lovely female Mrs Beeton figure, who we also call the Pastry Cook.

Girl Sweet Bowl

Rye Pottery – Girl Sweet Bowl ht  also available in blue & olive

Boy Sweet Bowl

Rye Pottery – Boy Sweet Bowl

Flowers In Circles

Rye Tiles – Rye Flowers, no corners – 6 inch hand painted, other colourways available

Flower Tiles with Leaf Corners

Our hand-painted Rye Flower Tiles are available in a host of colourways, but if you really want to guild, the, um Lily, you can add leaf corners too. We can work with your existing interiors scheme or if you’re updating the room, we can work with samples of fabric, wallpaper and paint to produce a palette tile for you so we get the details just right before your order is painted. The colour combinations really are unlimited.

Glazed by hand using our own bespoke recipes our Flower Tiles are hand-painted using freehand brushwork onto a background of White.

Available as wall tiles only – size 152mm x 152mm x 6mm or 6 inches x 6 inches x 6mm

Price – £28.00 per tile incl VAT + carriage. Delivery times typically 6-8 weeks after design, quantities and colours are finalised and your order is paid for.

Please contact us to discuss ideas on +44 (0)1797 223038 or sales@ryepottery.co.uk

Photographs above are representative only – our designs and colours are guaranteed to vary because they’re individually hand-painted.

Rye Pottery Boy & Girl

Rye Pottery Boy & Girl  Blue and Black

The Batsman – Fuller Pilch £225

The Rye Batsman is based upon Fuller Pilch of Kent, Sussex & England.

Widely recognised as the greatest Batsman of his time and the greatest to have have played the game before the subsequent emergence of W.G. Grace.

Our second cricketing figure is The Bowler. He is decorated featuring the Rye colours of red & black as he is modelled on William Lillywhite, who played for England, Sussex and Rye!

The Rye Bowler – William Lillywhite £225

The first of our Rye Pottery Cricketer’s, designed in 2002, is The Bowler.

Shown wearing the Rye colours of red & black he is modelled on William Lillywhite, who played for England, Sussex and Rye!

You can see the second of our Cricketing figures  if you click here, The Rye Batsman, who is based upon Fuller Pilch of Kent, Sussex & England.

Widely recognised as the greatest Bowler of his time and the greatest to have played the game before the subsequent emergence of W.G. Grace, William Lillywhite was also known by the nickname “The Nonpareil”.

And he started life as brickmaker, so clay was a large part of his life and upbrigning –  the cricketing fans at Rye Pottery didn’t need further encouraging!

Rye Pottery Girl & Boy

The Rye Boy & The Rye Girl

These enchanting figures of a young Boy and Girl are available in three colourways, Pink, Lavender or London Stone.

Their timeless appeal is enhanced by the fact that the girl is reading her book while the boy is playing with a ball, pursuits those young ‘uns continue to enjoy today despite all the temptations of 21st century technology. Though we have often wondered whether the Girl’s decoration could be artfully tweaked so she’s texting on her mobile!

Modelled originally by sculptor Neal French, these work well as a pair, group or singly.

Lovers: Sailor’s Farewell £225

Rye Pottery Lovers: Sailor’s Farewell

Lovers – Young Love £225

Rye Pottery Lovers – Young Love

Beach Girl £125

The Beach Girl

A charming figure conceived by Tarquin Cole with modelling by Tony Bennett and Chris O’Donoghue.

Beach Boy £125

The Beach Boy

A charming figure conceived by Tarquin Cole with modelling by Tony Bennett and Chris O’Donoghue.

State Occasion £252

Designed by Tarquin Cole & Chris O’ Donoghue

The Net Menders £225

Designed by Chris O’Donoghue & Tarquin Cole

Contemporary Rye Pottery Sussex Pigs

Wild Ass £72

We’ve recently revived our hand-painted Wild Ass figure for fans of all things equine with four hooves.

Well why not?

A characterful figure, this piece is delicately sponged in a Grey and has become a popular, humourous present under the tree for partners. It also sits well with our farm animals range, not least the Donkeys.

We purposefully vary the degrees of colour depth so you can easily build a “coffle”, the collective noun that Wikipedia assures us is correct, for several of these handsome beasts.

Given these chaps vary quite a lot let us know if you need to see a photo before you buy it.

The Rye Unicorn £120

We think this striking, mythical creature works particularly well as a central feature on a generous mantle piece. Some people as you will see from the photos even have two!

Very dramatic.

And a lot more masculine than a lot of Unicorns out there…

The Rye Unicorn was modelled by Tony Bennett and despite pressure from some to produce a pink one, this figure currently only comes in majestic hand-painted Classic Black and White.

Magnificent.

The black sponged base on this figure can vary – some are lighter/darker than others – so please email if you’d like to see a photograph first.

Rye Dalmatians £80 ea

The Rye Dalmatians

People tend to associate pottery figures of humans and creatures as being flat backed, so this piece is a great example of Rye Pottery’s determination to offer fully three dimensional approach. Two beautiful Dalmatians for the price of one to be enjoyed from every possible angle.

Dalmatians and their famous black spots are also a wonderful match for our motto of “no two pieces are ever the same”.

Originally modelled by ceramic Designer Tony Bennett, this is a great addition in particular to a modern mantlepiece. Sold singly but they also look great as a pair.

Height 10.2cm or 4 inches.

Pigs – Boar & Sow – Black £55 ea

These farmyard favourites come as hand-painted Sponged Saddlebacks and also in a more traditional Pink Sponge.

The words “Boar” & “Sow” are both spelt out on their base just so no-one gets confused. They sit really well with our Little Pigs, particularly the smallest two, with one sitting and one standing, just in case you’re in the mood for conjuring up a whole porcine farmyard family.

Available separately or together as a pair, this is a classic piece of characterful, rural Rye Pottery.

Click here for our Sussex Pigs or here for our prize-winning Champion Pigs.

Cottage Stripe Jugs from £55

Certainly a contestant for our most famous design, hand-made & hand-painted Cottage Stripe Jugs – a true British classic. Please be warned that our Jugs are produced in very limited numbers every year and we are operating a sizeable waiting list – months not weeks – so if it’s for a specific date please get in touch sooner rather than later.

And don’t be fooled by the seeming simplicity of these pieces. Using just a brush to create straight lines on a curved surface (no ruler mind) when the paint is sucked up the second it hits the unfired glaze takes an awful lot of practice. And skill. Our post-war paintress-turned thrower Pam Goddard reckoned if you could paint Rye Pottery’s Cottage Stripes onto these curvaceous jugs, well, you could paint anything.

Available in three sizes; Small/Cream, Medium/Half Pint and Large/Pint. As well as being useful but decorative items, these look particularly good with garden flowers in.

Now available in eight colourways: Cobalt Blue, Pink, Paris Green, London Stone, Denmark Green, Coral, Blue Green & Black.

The Cobalt Blue is currently our most popular colourway, not least with collectors of Blue & White ceramics.

Large (Pint) 14/15cm High
Medium (Half Pint) 12/12.5cm High
Small (Cream)  10.5cm High

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Rye Pottery at the 1951 Festival of Britain

The 21st Century Mid-century Modern Collection from Rye Pottery is a contemporary take on our rich archive of patterns and shapes from the 1950s and 1960s. As ever form and function are at the core of every piece.

Rye Pottery was one of a select band of British pottery companies & potters asked to exhibit at the now iconic Festival of Britain in 1951. Rye Pottery’s designs featured in the “Homes & Gardens” Pavilion at the Festival’s main South Bank site as well as the Land Travelling Exhibition. As a newer, smaller pottery than the traditional northern firms, the celebrated Rye Pottery work sat alongside other leading names of the era including Bernard Leach & Lucie Rie.

Rye Pottery was transformed almost overnight from a run-down country firm into a modernist, design-led production pottery when it was re-opened in 1947 by two fashionable sculptor/potters from London – brothers Wally & Jack Cole. The Coles’ ethos of injecting modernism and contemporary industrial design theory into a neglected production pottery was perfectly in tune with the aims of the Festival. Wally was a founder member of the Council of Industrial Design and was also a key member of the team who staged the Festival’s predecessor – the 1946 Britain Can Make it exhibition.

Stocked by everyone from Heal’s in London to Tiffany’s in New York, Rye Pottery’s fame grew and the company never looked back. Original examples from this period are now considered Mid-century classics and are part of the ceramics collections of both the V&A and the British Museum’s “Museum of the Home”, formerly known as The Geffrye Museum.