POST-WAR POTTERY

Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1946, Page 4

POST-WAR POTTERY

BRITISH EXHIBITION On July 3 Londoners saw some Gf the .finest pottery ware nroduced in f he ' Uhited' 'Kih^dbm'^mce 'tlie ' ehd' of the war. This is a samnle eollection to be shown at tEe "Britain Can Make It" exhibition to be held in nondon in September. The collection, which has been assembled from the work of about forty leading producers, features a number of new styles. One development of particular interest is lithographic prjnting 011 China, which puts the work of British artists and designers in a moderate price range. The exhibits revealed the considerable progress made in this art by Britain in recent years. Members of the British .public wjio were interested in purchasing n,ew products were disappointed — for these are all samples of pottery scheduled for overseas markets only. Only the highest quality is going abroad. That customers overseas are becoming more and more appreeiative of this fact is shown by. the trade returns for the last fhree months. _ In March, Un.ited Kingdom pottf|ry( expprts totalled "470,00,0, in Aprjl £590,000 and in May £610.000. In the first five nonths of this year the total value ■)f these exports was well over £2|nillion — compared with approxinately £l-mjllion 117 the first fiye nonths of 1.938.