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William Ault
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Established in Swadlincote, Derbyshire by William Ault (born 1841) after he had left the Bretby Art Pottery in 1887. He produced similar wares to both Bretby and Linthorpe with Dr Christopher Dresser being commissioned to design for them. Producing shapes that were often similar (or identical) to those used at Linthorpe. He experimented with coloured glazes and was assisted by his daughter Clarissa and Gertrude. The firm won a gold medal at the 1893 Chicago World Exposition. In 1922 they merged with Pascoe Tunnicliff's Ashby Potters Guild to form Ault and Tunnicliffe, then Aultcliff and finally trading as Ault Potteries Ltd from 1937. |
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