Torquay Apple Branch English Vase

Hand painted apple branch on charcoal colored back ground and light blue interior. Approx. 12" tall. In very good age appropriate condition, see photos.

The Torquay Pottery at Hele Cross evolved a few years after the Torquay Terracotta Company (TTC) closed in 1905. In about 1908 a new pottery was opened on the old TTC site, under the ownership of Enoch Staddon who had previously worked at the Big Bovey pottery. He added more modern equipment and new kilns and employed new staff, eventually 20 or more. Artist decorators Harry Crute and Harry Birbeck were both believed to be working at the pottery some time prior to 1914, another decorator was F. Bowden. Enoch Staddonâ€â„¢s brother in law Vincent Kane did some of the modelling for the moulded items made later on like the various Widecombe Fair souvenirs.