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Torquay is the name given to ceramics by several potteries working near Torquay, England, from 1870 until 1962. Until about 1900, the potteries used local red clay to make classical-style art pottery vases and figurines. Then they turned to making souvenir wares. Items were dipped in colored slip and decorated with painted slip and sgraffito designs. They often had mottoes or proverbs, and scenes of cottages, ships, birds, or flowers. The Scandy design was a symmetrical arrangement of brushstrokes and spots done in colored slips. Potteries included Watcombe Pottery (1870-1962); Torquay Terra-Cotta Company (1875-1905); Aller Vale (1881-1924); Torquay Pottery (1908-1940); and Longpark (1883-1957). Aller Vale produced mottowares that became a common product for the Torquay potteries.
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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Torquay | Syrup | Squat, Motto Ware | 2002 | | Torquay | Tobacco Jar | Motto Ware | 2002 | | Torquay | Ashtray | Cottage, Motto Ware, Better To Smoke Here Than Hereafter, 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Berry Bowl | Pigeon Blood, Large | 2003 | | Torquay | Chamberstick | Motto Ware, Many Are Called But Few Get Up, 3 1/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Chamberstick | Ship, Motto Ware, Guid Nicht An Joy Be Wi Ye, 4 1/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Creamer | Cottage, Motto Ware, Help Yourself To Milk, 3 3/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Creamer | Cottage, Motto Ware, Isle Of Wight Back, 3 3/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Creamer | Cottage, Motto Ware, Take A Little Milk, 3 x 3 1/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Cup Saucer | Cottage, Motto Ware, Have Another Cup Full | 2003 | | Torquay | Cup Saucer | Cottage, Motto Ware, Think & Be Thankful | 2003 | | Torquay | Cup Saucer | Motto Ware, Black Cockerel | 2003 | | Torquay | Eggcup | Motto Ware, Say Little Bit Think Much, 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Hair Receiver | Cover, Motto Ware, Keep Me On The Dressing Table, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Inkwell | Scandy, Motto Ware, 2 x 2 3/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Jam Jar | Cottage, Motto Ware, 4 x 3 1/2 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Jam Jar | Cottage, Motto Ware, Go Aisy Wi It Now, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Mug | Cottage, Motto Ware, Have A Little Drink, 2 3/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Mustard | Cottage, Motto Ware, I Improve Everything, 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Pitcher | Motto Ware, Say Well Is Good Do Well Is Better, 4 x 4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Plate | Cottage, Motto Ware, To Thine Own Self Be True, 6 1/2 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Sugar | Cottage, Motto Ware, Take A Little Sugar, 3 x 3 1/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Sugar | Motto Ware, Black Cockerel, 3 3/4 In. | 2003 | | Torquay | Sugar Creamer | Cottage, Fresh From The Dairy, On Creamer | 2003 | | Torquay | Berry Bowl | Pigeon Blood, Small | 2003 |
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