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1914
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Outbreak
of World War I. Defense of the Realm Act restricts production of
decorative architectural tiles - Poole Pottery's major products at this
time
Vorticism journal "Blast"
published, edited by Wyndham
Lewis. Three years earlier Wassily Kandinsky,
Franz Marc and others form
"The Blue Rider" group
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Radley Young establishes a small department, within the architectural
pottery at Poole, to produce
domestic pottery, both unglazed pots and the "Delft" tin glazes
with simple "sprig" decoration that would later become Poole's
mainstay "Traditional ware"
Red earthenware body introduced for pots
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1915
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Art
On this side of the timeline
I've listed significant historical events, together with external artistic
influences which may (I have no evidence) have influenced later design.
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New
company of Carter, Stabler and Adams formed when John Adams and Harold
Stabler arrive together with Truda Adams and Pheobe Stabler
Grape
pattern designed by Erna Manners for Delft vase. Over following
years numerous similarly elaborate patterns would be designed by Truda
Adams for decorating the Traditional wares
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1921
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Ruth
Pavley joins Poole Pottery as a decorator
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1922
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1924
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Andre
Bretton publishes the Surrealist Manifesto, advocating Automatic Drawing
(taking a line for a walk) seen in later works by Joan Miró
and Paul Klee
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1925
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Paris
International Exhibition popularises Jazz Modern (Art Deco) influences
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"Picotee" range devised by John
Adams and Leslie Elsden
"Everest"
and "Plane Ware" created by John Adams |
1932
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Red
earthenware body replaced by white
earthenware
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1934
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Carter
and Co.'s red clay pits are exhausted
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"Streamline" table ware range by John
Adams
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1935
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| Earnest
Baggaley joins Poole Pottery and with John Adams develops 2-colour combination glazes later named "Twintone"
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1936
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of decorative wears for home market stopped and production switched
to produce plain Utility Wares
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1939
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World War
II
begins
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1947
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Abstract
Expressionism - Jackson Pollock
starts to drip paint
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Myers replaces John Adams as Managing Director
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1950
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Read Joins Poole as head of design
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1951
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Festival
of Britain
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1952
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Restrictions
lifted on sales of decorative ceramic wares to the home market
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shapes
designed by Alfred Read and Guy Sydenham
"Contemporary"
patterns developed by Alfred Read and Ruth Pavley
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1953
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Jefferson joins Poole
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1958
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"Contour"
table ware range designed by Robert Jefferson
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1959
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Jefferson and Guy Sydenham relaunch Poole Studio as the "Crafts
Section" producing the "Studio"
forerunners of what was to become the "Delphis"
range
Poole "Oven to
Table" ware designed by Robert Jefferson
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1961
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"Compact"
table ware range designed by Robert Jefferson
Stabler,
Carter and Adams Ltd. officially renamed Poole Pottery |
1962
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Tony
Morris joins Poole Pottery
"Delphis"
collection launched at Heal's department store, London
"Green
Diamond" Jars designed by Robert Jefferson
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1963
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"Bokhara"
range of jars and vases designed by Robert Jefferson |
1964
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Poole
Pottery merger with Pilkington Tiles
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| "Atlantis"
range developed by Guy Sydenham
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1969
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"Aegean"
range developed by Leslie Elsden
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1970
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| Delphis
glazes restricted to 4 basic
colours and decorators paid at piece rates to
increase speed of production
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1971
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Pilkington
Tile's (and Poole) taken over by Thomas Tiling Group
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1973
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Poole
Pottery centenary
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"Olympus"
range designed by Ros Sommerfelt
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1977
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Section closes after several years of decline
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1982
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