Portmeirion Pottery was founded in 1960 by Susan Williams-Ellis, daughter of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who created the Italian-style Portmeirion Village in North Wales. Susan had been working with a small pottery-decorating company in Stoke-on-Trent called A. E. Gray Ltd, also known as Gray's Pottery, to produce designs to sell at the gift shop in Portmeirion Village.
In 1960, Susan and her husband, Euan Cooper-Willis, took over A. E. Gray Ltd and renamed it Portmeirion Potteries Ltd. They also purchased a second pottery company, Kirkhams Ltd, that had the capacity to manufacture pottery, and not only decorate it. These two businesses were combined and Portmeirion Potteries Ltd was born.
Susan Williams-Ellis was a talented designer and her early Portmeirion designs were both innovative and stylish. Some of her most popular designs included Malachite (1960), Moss Agate (1961), Talisman (1962), and Totem (1963) more...
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