Vintage Briglin coffee set, studio pottery 1970s retro 16 piece, Scroll design

  
Size: Coffee pot and lid 27 cm tall, side plates 16.5 cm across. Very good condition, no chips cracks or restoration. This is a nice set of the Briglin Pottery ware which was called Scroll and made during the 1970s. The set consist of four cups and saucers, four side plates, a coffee jug and lid, cream jug and sugar bowl.

It is earthenware, finished with clay slips, oxides and wax resist to create the pattern. Briglin ware combined traditional country pottery techniques with a London mid 20th century design vibe.

Most of the items have the Briglin impressed stamp. Some of the ware is of a slightly different colour clay, or slightly different shape, which suggests the set may have been built up or parts replaced, although this is hand made pottery, made on the potter's wheel, so there will be differences between each piece. The Briglin Pottery was a studio pottery founded in 1948 by Brigitte Goldschmidt (later known as Brigitte Appleby) and Eileen Lewenstein in the basement of premises at 66 Baker Street, London. Its object was to produce well designed, attractive pots that could be used in the home, and to sell them at affordable prices. Appleby and Lewenstein were active in the London pottery scene, helping to form the Craft Potters' Association. Potters who worked at Briglin and later became well known in their own right include Tessa Fuchs and Alan Wallwork.