plate
Edwin Beer Fishley inherited the Fishley pottery 1865. He responded to the popular Art Pottery aesthetics of the time, blended with North Devon slip traditions.
He was much admired by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada who called him ‘the Last Peasant Potter’.
He was much admired by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada who called him ‘the Last Peasant Potter’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 76/1927/7
- Collection Class
- British ceramics
- Material
- earthenware
- Simple Name
- plate
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Town
- Fremington
- Production County
- N. Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Edwin Beer
- Production Person Surname
- Fishley
- Production Year Low
- 1895
- Production Year High
- 1910
