Torquay pottery, sometimes known as Torquay ware, is pottery created in Torquay, Devon, England, using local clay at one of the fifteen or so local potteries that primarily serve the tourist sector but also supply high-end merchants like Liberty of London. Mottoware - earthenware such as plates or jugs adorned with inspiring or hilarious text, frequently written in a Devon dialect, and known as Devon mottoware - was the most prevalent type. Some things were made in Cornish vernacular for "export" to Cornwall and sale there. Novelty products with no useful purpose were also made, but they are more unusual. G. J. Allen founded the first pottery, the "Watcombe Terra Cotta Clay Company," in 1875 after discovering a particularly good clay in the grounds of Watcombe House. Longpark Pottery is commemorated by a plaque. The Longpark Pottery, in the Long Park neighbourhood, closed in 1957; Lemon & Crute; Torquay Terra-Cotta Company; and the St. Marychurch Pottery were among the other potteries. Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy was a well-known potter. "For A Good Boy" is written on an earthenware cup. The Torquay Pottery Collectors' Society, founded in 1976, promotes the study and collection of ceramics. In 2001, the club organised an exhibition at Newton Abbot Town Museum called "Torquay Pottery: A Local Story." In 1990, the North American Torquay Society was founded for the same objective. Collectible item comes with Original Maker’s Mark and in Good Condition.

Dimensions: 62D x 35H mm

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