Walking Ware Pottery

AShort Guide to Finding and Buying Walking Ware Potteryon EbayWalking Wareis designed by Lustre Pottery. Itispopularly collectible and although the value ofsome pieceshas risen substantially, otherscan still be purchased relatively cheaplyon Ebay. The most popular search categories are Walking Ware, Carltonware and Lustre Pottery.As there have been occasions of 'passing off' and due to the number of designs, patterns and colors within the Walking Ware range,it can sometimes be difficult for the newer collector to differentiate the real from the fake. Designed in 1973the Walking Teaset was originally handmade in earthenwarebyRoger Michell and decroated by his partner, Danka Napiorkowska in their ownstudio in Yorkshire. Signed Lustre and datedon the base of the feet, these versionsare extremely rarealthoughoccasional Ebay sightingshave been known.Itsimmense popularity duringthe ninteen-seventiesled to the development of ajointly owned backstamp with Carltonwarewho manufacturedthe designs intheir thousands for the next 13 years. These versions are the most likely to appear on Ebay and are usually found in the Carltonware or Carlton Ware category.In 1986,an expansion in the free-trade marketproduced massive problems for thepottery industryand Carltonware closed down while Lustre Pottery moved to Cornwall where theymadesome finalpieces from the left over moulds. Theseversions have appearedon Ebay on occasion and are signed Lustre on the base only.The Price Kensington factory in Stoke-on-Trentcontinued to make some of the Walking Ware but it was not marked and neither was the decoration on these pots stipulated by Danka. It was the only factory however to gainRoger's permission to continuesmall-scale production ofLustre's Walking Ware designsand come up fairly often on Ebay although they are often mistaken for Carltonware Lustre Pottery versions. These unmarked versions can be difficult to differentiate from those that may have beenillegally made from original moulds. The best place to get advice is Lustre Pottery or a Walking Ware Publication.Potswrongly described asWalking Wareare deemed as 'passing off' and if seen areremoved.It is now known that some unmarked versions were made by Rising Hawk just after they were established in 1976. The feet on these versions are small and much more handmade looking than the Carltonware versions.In1998, Lustre Potteryproduced 2limited editionwalking teapots, the cross legs and the knobby. These studiodesigns were entirely newand each one was carefully numbered and signed on the base of the feet RSM

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