The Yorkshire Tea Ceremony: W. A. Ismay and His Collection of British Studio Pottery

by Helen Walsh

The remarkable collection of the UK's most prolific collector of postwar British studio pottery.

In the latter half of the twentieth century, "professional Yorkshireman" W. A. Ismay (1910-2001) amassed over 3,600 pieces by more than 500 potters. Surrounded by his family of pots, he lived in a tiny terraced house in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and left his collection and its associated archive to the city of York upon his death. This eclectic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913645150
• ISBN13: 9781913645151
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 10.7"