Beige pot with birds
Beige pot-pourri with leaf design
Beige pot-pourri with snails
Beige side-handled jug
Blue teapot
Brown beaker with leaf design
Brown Fishley Holland pot-pourri
Feathered Fishley Holland dish
Feathered Fishley Holland dish (mark)
Fishley bowl
Fishley bowl (mark)
Fishley Holland cider set
Fishley Holland cider set (mark)
Fishley Holland coffee things
Fishley Holland coffee things (mark)
Fishley Holland cruet
Fishley Holland cruet (mark)
Fishley Holland dish with ears
Fishley Holland dish with ears (mark)
Fishley Holland green jug
Fishley Holland green jug (mark)
Fishley Holland grey/green jug
Fishley Holland jug
Fishley Holland jug (mark)
Fishley Holland jug and bowl
Fishley Holland jug and bowl (mark)
Fishley Holland mug
Fishley Holland owl dish
Fishley Holland owl dish (mark)
Fishley Holland pear dishes
Fishley Holland pear dishes (mark)
Fishley Holland quart jug
Fishley Holland quart jug (mark)
Fishley Holland snail dish
Fishley Holland snail dish (mark)
Fishley Holland stork plate
Fishley Holland stork plate (mark)
Fishley Holland swan plate
Fishley Holland swan plate (mark)
Fishley Holland swan vase
Fishley Holland swan vase (mark)
Fishley Holland tableware
Fishley Holland tableware (mark)
Fishley Holland vase
Fishley Holland vase (mark)
Fishley-Holland dish
Fishley-Holland dish (mark)
George Fishley Holland jug
George Fishley Holland jug (mark)
Green Fishley Holland pot-pourri
Green Fishley Holland pot-pourri (mark)
Green streaky jug
Green streaky jug (mark)
Large Fishley Holland jug
Large Fishley Holland jug (mark)
Orange Fishley trough
William Fishley Holland jug
William Fishley Holland jug (base)
William Fishley Holland vase
William Fishley Holland vase (base)
Yellow Fishley trough

Fishley Holland Pottery

The Fishley Holland story starts with George Fishley, father of Edmund and Robert Fishley and grandfather of Edwin Beer Fishley (1832-1912, who ran the Fremington Pottery in North Devon from 1865 to 1906. Edwin's grandson, William Fishley Holland worked at the pottery from 1902, and found himself unemployed when his uncles sold the works after Edwin's death.

William went to nearby Braunton and built and managed the Braunton Pottery for a gentleman by the name of Hooper. It was at Braunton that Michael Cardew learnt to throw, under the tuition of William Fishley Holland. In 1921 Hooper became insolvent and the Pottery was sold.

William moved to Clevedon in North Somerset, purchased a piece of land and opened his own pottery. Many other Fishley Hollands followed, including William (his son), Peter, Isabel and George, who added 'DUNSTER' to his signature from 1959 onwards when he moved from Clevedon to Dunster, also in Somerset.


 
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