Robin Welch

A closer look at some of the pots in Robin Welch's Hatfield 2017exhibition. He was circa 80 at this show. One of the very finest talents of his generation.

An interesting colour in a small jollied bowl with the round mark.

Never seen that type of decoration before, philpot, so I imagine it wasn't popular at the time.

This is Robin Welch holding one of the very first pieces of ceramics he made With a CLOSE UP PHOTO OF IT.

Robin Welch in his studio
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A leaflet on the domestic Jollies pots and a photo of the stockroom.

Commemorative mug, Bristol Guild 1908-1975

Six pieces made by Robin Welch, plus a coffee pot and teapot below.

The large tankard has Bristol 1979 impressed on it and the mug on the right The London Design Centre.

These came from the time when you might say Robin Welch ran a studio production pottery. Nearly all jollied. They do seem to have done fair amount of specialist 'souvenir' work as well.

Yes, they are uniformal, but the quality is fabulous.

I also have a mug impressed with Bressingham Gardens - Diss Norfolk and once had a Cambridge tankard.

I wonder if he got commissions via word-of-mouth, or if he hawked his ware.

It might well be word of mouth or advertising. His pottery was in a fairly  remote rural setting. A few miles from, Diss. 20 miles from Bury St Edmunds, 15-miles  or so from Norwich. Not the sort of place you get a lot of passing custom.
           Equally of course, he established a reputation as an important potter quite early on.