Hele Cross produced moonlit cottage scenes and Barton and Lemon & Crute moonlit landscapes and seascapes,
SCENES
(Landscapes & Seascapes)
Landscapes
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| The most distinctive Torquay landscape is "Tintern Abbey" -- the view of a ruined abbey by the side of a river silhouetted against an evening sky. The only pottery to make this slip glazed design was Longpark. |
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The other typical art pottery landscape is windmills The windmill is common in high quality Watcombe faience pieces and earlier Aller Vale examples. | |
| With the increasing interest in Egypt by the English, beginning with the building of the Suez canal and culminating with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the potteries began producing a series of Egyptian landscapes, seascapes and abstract designs. (See the excellent article by Virginia Briscoe in the July 1991 TPCS Magazine.) | |
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| Hele Cross produced moonlit cottage scenes and Barton and Lemon & Crute moonlit landscapes and seascapes,
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The Royal Torquay Potteries produced faience lake scenes. Many other examples of landscapes were produced, including village scenes, and forest scenes (sometimes with animals). | |
Seascapes
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| As the Torquay area is heavily influenced by the sea, the
potteries also produced a large number of Seascapes featuring ships.
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| The most common is the Royal Torquay "Rosy Sunset" design. In this design the smaller pieces can be of poor quality, but the large pieces can be excellent |
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Watcombe produced a similar ship design of much higher quality, almost porcelain like. Sometimes this Watcombe design is seen with a blue sea. |  |
| Lemon and Crute produced an "Egyptian Style" ship where the design is not glazed. |
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In addition to seascapes, beach scenes were also made by Collard and others at the Crown Dorset Pottery |  |
