Description:
Black and white photograph of Michael Cardew demonstrating his craft at Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire, 1934. Photographed by Miss M Wight.
Between 1800 and 1914, Greet Pottery or Becketts Pottery (as it was known then), produced a range of farmhouse ware for the surrounding area. After the end of the war the pottery did not reopen and was sold to a local farmer (Alfred Butler) in 1923. In 1926 Michael Cardew (who had been training under Bernard Leach the last three years) rented the pottery buildings (including the bottle kiln) and with the help of two locals, Elijah Comfort (aged 63 and the chief thrower from before the closure) and Sydney Tustin (nearly 14 and and fit and willing) set about restarting the pottery.
