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The Duxhurst Pottery was associated with the Duxhurst Colony established in 1896 near Reigate, Surrey. The aims of the colony was for the rehabilitation of Women addicted to the evils of drink and who had been given the option by the Courts, either prison or the Colony. It was a project of Lady Henry Somerset and the lease was owned by the British Women's Temperance Association. After Lady Somerset died in 1921 and by 1923 the colony had become the Princess Marie Louise Village for Gentlefolk and it was advertised for sale in the times in 1936. For more information www.redhill-reigate-history.co.uk/lady%20somerset.htm |
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It is not known from which period these pots date. The Blue jug illustrated above and decorated with a silver lustre pattern has impressed Duxhurst marks and marked D.N.H Letchworth. This was for Deborah N Harding a potter who is recorded as having been working in Letchworth, Hertfordshire in the 1920's and 1930's. the V&A collection contains her work. Her connection with Duxhurst is not known. Whether she acquired the pots to decorate or assisted in their making is not known. |
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