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William Moorcroft, Potter

Jonathan Mallinson · 2023

163,815 words · about 11 h 28 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN) · Mallinson, Jonathan (2023), William Moorcroft, Potter, open access publisher - licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)

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Author
Jonathan Mallinson
Language
English
Published
2023
Length
163,815 words · about 11 h 28 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
CC BY-NC 4.0 · repository export licence (OAPEN)

 

Contents (6)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Table of Contents about 17 min
  3. Part I Making A Name about 3 h 4 min
  4. Part II Creating A Studio about 3 h 23 min
  5. Part III Expressing A Vision about 4 h 40 min
  6. Index about 4 min
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Front matter

William Moorcroft, Potter Individuality by Design

Jonathan Mallinson

I feel there is a need for interesting, individual things. Not extreme, not fashionable, but things that will be the outcome of careful thought, things built with the spirit of love in every part of them.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations x Acknowledgements xii Introduction: William Moorcroft, Potter 1 PART I: MAKING A NAME 7 1. 1897-1900: The Making of a Potter 9 2. 1901-04: The End of the Beginning 31 3. 1905-09: Experiment and Adversity 51 4. 1910-12: Approaching a Crossroads 71 5. 1912-13: Breaking with Macintyre’s 93 PART II: CREATING A STUDIO 115 6. 1913-14: A New Beginning 117 7. 1914-18: The Art of Survival 137 8. 1919-23: A Lone Furrow 163 9. 1924-25: Recognition of the Artist Potter 185 10. 1926-28: Re-negotiating the Future 207 PART III: EXPRESSING A VISION 231 11. 1929-31: No Ordinary Potter 233 12. 1932-35: Individuality and Industrial Art 259 13. 1936-39: Pottery for a Troubled World 291 14. 1939-45: Adversity and Resolution 327 Conclusion: Individuality by Design 357 Bibliography 369 List of Figures 381 Index 389

Additional resources including images of pottery and original documents are available online at: https: //doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0349#resources

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