The Clayburn Pottery was an English pottery works based in Milner St,

Hanley Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. Hanley is the ''de facto'' city centre, having long been the ...

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

History

The company was established in 1953 and ceased trading by 1960. The Clayburn pottery produced hand painted decorative wares such as lamp bases, small bowls, jugs and cruet sets. These were complementary to the products of the

Midwinter Pottery The Midwinter Pottery was founded as W.R. Midwinter by William Robinson Midwinter in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent in 1910 and had become one of England's largest potteries by the late 1930s with more than 700 employees. Production of Midwinter pot ...

, and Clayburn was established by William Lunt, who was a director of Midwinter. This link was strengthened by the arrival of Roy Midwinter as another director of the company. Many of the designs Clayburn produced were similar to those of the Midwinter Pottery, and were intended to sell alongside them. Examples include lamp bases that matched a Midwinter dinner service. In particular, the Midwinter Pottery designer

Jessie Tait Dorothy Jessie Tait (6 March 1928 – 14 January 2010) was a prolific English ceramic designer working in the Stoke-on-Trent pottery industries, most prominently for Midwinter, from the 1940s to the 1980s. Life and work Born in Stoke-on-Tre ...

produced versions of her Fiesta, Prima Vera and Tropicana designs for Clayburn.

References

*''MIDWINTER A Collector's guide'' - Alan Peat, Cameron and Hollis, 1992, (Now being reprinted on demand) *''Midwinter Pottery'' - Steven Jenkins, Richard Dennis, 2003, Ceramics manufacturers of England Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire pottery Design companies established in 1953 Companies disestablished in 1960 1953 establishments in England 1960 disestablishments in England Privately held companies of England {{England-company-stub