THE FRIARS AYLESFORD ENGLAND 4" tall Vase Brown Speckled Plant Vintage Stamp

THE FRIARS AYLESFORD ENGLAND 4" tall Vase Brown Speckled Plant Stoneware Pottery Vintage Stamp Excellent condition, see all the pictures as part of the description. Set up in 1955 by David Leach at Aylesford Priory, Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent. From 1956 it was managed by Colin Pearson and is still in operation. The Friary monks made most of the pots. Functional stoneware with a characteristic (sometimes lustred) wheatflour coloured glaze was made in large quantities in the 1960s. The Pathe film archive has a short film about the pottery.