Poole Pottery
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Poole Pottery is a British pottery brand owned by Denby Pottery Company, with the products made in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
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Owner | Denby Pottery Company |
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Country | Poole, Dorset, England. |
Introduced | 1873 |
Previous owners | 1999 – 2001 Orb Estates Ltd 2002 – 2006 Peter Ford 2006 Zemmel & Symonds 2007 – 2011 Lifestyle Group Ltd |
Website | www |
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It was founded as a manufacturer in 1873 on Poole quayside in Dorset where it produced pottery, before moving its factory operations in 1999 to a new site in Sopers Lane until its closure in 2006.[1] They generally specialised on earthenware, although other bodies such as stoneware were periodically produced.[2]
Historical products from Poole Pottery are displayed in museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[3]