Paul & Linda Wilson: 1 Pint Tankard - Scroll Pattern Dark Glaze

1 pint tankard with scroll decoration in dark blue/grey glaze: 12cm tall by 9cm rim tapering to 10.5cm at the base by Paul & Linda Wilson

After attending Southport and Bournemouth Colleges of Art, Paul and Linda Wilson did a specialist pottery course at the Harrow Pottery Studio.

In 1980 Paul became the Production thrower at Harefield Pottery in Hertfordshire. Two years later Paul and Linda re-established Invermoriston Pottery in the Highlands of Scotland.

They then moved to Wharfside Pottery in devises, Wiltshire where they produced slip decorated earthenware. In 1985 they established Branscombe Pottery at Bulstone producing a wide range of reduction fired stoneware. Currently they are producing a range of ware specifically designed for the quality cider makers throughout Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Herefordshire, Kent and Sussex.

The pottery is now located in Sidmouth on the Jurassic Coast in East Devon. Linda is also a ceramics technician at Plymouth University.