By Virginia Brisco - Published by Torquay Pottery Collectors Society - 1991Paperback - 98 pages - 210 mm x 148 mm
17 Colour and 54 Black & White Photographs
The Torquay potteries produced commemoratives for all the coronations and jubilees between 1887 and 1953, as well as a wide variety of military, local and personal commemoratives; made from local clays and decorated with traditional coloured slips and sgraffito inscriptions. Sections include Royal Commemoratives, Politicians and Political Causes, Military Commemoratives, Personal Commemoratives and Commemoratives which have a Religious Theme.
The second section of this colourful volume deals with advertising wares and Torquay pottery was used to sell a great variety of things, from cigarettes and alcohol to soap and coal. There were pieces to advertise cafes, hotels and holiday camps and a whole range of souvenirs.