A particularly large and gorgeous 1930s Art Deco floral vase by Carter, Stabler & Adams, Poole Pottery. The pattern, known as HQ, was designed by Truda Carter in the 1930s, a decade that represented the pinnacle of Poole Pottery's achievements; and the vase shape is 627. Hand painted by the celebrated Poole paintress Anne Hatchard - her AH signature is signed underneath - the geometric flowers and leaves are rich in colour and beautifully executed. It's a true stunner.

History

No other UK pottery has consistently reflected the spirit of its age: from the jazz-age designs of the 1920s and 30s; the clean Festival of Britain shapes and patterns of the 1950s; through to the explosive colour and abstractions used to decorate the amoeboid shapes of the 1960s and 70s. Poole Pottery was always at the forefront of change and adapted to each decade with bold, striking and popular designs.

Poole Pottery was a tile and architectural ceramics company that started life as Carter & Co in 1873 on Poole quayside in Dorset. It changed to Carter, Stabler & Adams (CSA) in 1921, when Jesse Carter joined forces with designers Harold Stabler and Phoebe Stabler, along with potters John Adams and Truda Adams (formerly Truda Carter). Throughout the 1930s CSA produced much of the ceramic tiling used on London Underground stations, and were leaders in decorative hand painted pottery, much of which has become very collectable today.

Throughout the 1920s and 30s their contemporary ceramics range was based on the work of their chief designer Truda Carter, who coincidentally designed the pattern on this stunning vase. Her original jazz modern (Art Deco) designs were interpreted by paintresses who added their own individuality to the decoration of vases, plates, chargers, bookends, lamp bases, candlesticks, tiles for the home, and decorative figures – much of which was sold though leading London stores, such as Liberty and Heal & Son.

Manufacturer: Carter, Stabler & Adams, Poole England

Date of manufacture: c.1930

Country of Origin: UK

Material: earthenware

Dimensions: Height 23cm  Diameter 25.5cm

Condition: All good, and without restoration, cracks, hairlines or chips. There is a firing fault to the underside, in the base (see image); and a few pin-head sized burst firing bubbles in the glaze - and of course some crazing of the glaze, which is characteristic of CSA ceramics of this age.