Chelsea Pottery tabby cat pin dish by Joyce Morgan. Vintage hand drawn/painted shallow footed bowl. Signed 'JM', glazed art. Handmade, brown

A stunning round art pottery piece, by Chelsea Pottery, England. Vintage, though unsure of exact vintage - likely to be 1970s.

A beautifully tabby cat - hand drawn (fine brown black outlines) and coloured in brown and beige stripy glazes, with a white bib, chin and feet. The design is by Joyce Morgan and it is signed JM. The decor is stylised and typical of Chelsea Pottery pieces. Glossy finish, with deep brown trim on a rich red clay. The base has an original sticker - maybe if you know your Chelsea Pottery you may be able to date it from this.

It's a petite 8.8 x 3.5cm. Excellent condition, beautifully painted. It's been made as a small pin/coin dish or small shallow bowl, suitable for earrings etc. and also (with use of a hole on the foot) a wall hanging small concave plate.

Price includes P&P to the UK.


About Chelsea Pottery:
In London in 1952 David Rawnsley and his wife Mary started up the Chelsea Pottery in Radnor Walk, SW3. It was styled an 'open studio' - a place where any potter could come to work and learn. David soon left for warmer climates, and the pottery was left in the hands of Brian Hubbard who went on to run Chelsea for nearly forty years with the help of Joyce Morgan, modeller Frank Spindler, Barbara Ross, Daphne Corke and a large number of decorators, trained in-house, who lasted for various lengths of time. The pottery is best known for its highly decorated earthenware, the colour of the pieces being achieved by the use of painting and coloured glazes - a technique that has been referred to as 'inlay and overlay'.
Chelsea Pottery became very popular with the rich and famous in the late 60s. It closed in 1997.