Pottery from Leeds in demand

A COLLECTION OF Yorkshire pottery drew in more than 500 visitors to the Great Yorkshire Showground for the first day of the Harrogate Antiques Fair.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jan 2016, 06:57 BST
Updated 23rd Jan 2016, 06:59 BST
Tina Hooper holding a c1790 Leeds Creamware teapot made by Leeds Pottery and handpainted from the Cochrane collection valued at £1095 on the Roger de Ville Antiques stand from Derbyshire at the Pavilions of Harrogate Antique and Fine Art Fair . PIC: Gary LongbottomTina Hooper holding a c1790 Leeds Creamware teapot made by Leeds Pottery and handpainted from the Cochrane collection valued at £1095 on the Roger de Ville Antiques stand from Derbyshire at the Pavilions of Harrogate Antique and Fine Art Fair . PIC: Gary Longbottom
Tina Hooper holding a c1790 Leeds Creamware teapot made by Leeds Pottery and handpainted from the Cochrane collection valued at £1095 on the Roger de Ville Antiques stand from Derbyshire at the Pavilions of Harrogate Antique and Fine Art Fair . PIC: Gary Longbottom

Belonging to pottery specialist Roger De Ville, the collection includes pieces made by potteries in the 18th and 19th centuries when Leeds was home to a large number of pottery and porcelain manufacturers. Among the many highlights at the fair, which continues throughout the weekend at the Harrogate venue, is a rare item, a plate inscribed ‘George IV Crowned July 19th, 1821’, priced at £950. Marked Hartley Greens & Co, the insignia of a Leeds potter, the plate was used at a dinner at Leeds Parish Church School, plus a 1790 Leeds Creamware teapot made by Leeds Pottery.

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