It is not yet known whether William Moorcroft experimented in salt-glazed designs due to concerns over the toxicity of his own lead-oxide glazes, abandoned in Walter Moorcroft’s era for safer metallic-oxides, or whether, he was momentarily influenced by the work of Cornish potter, Bernard Leach in the 1930s. Mischievously open-mouth fish with ribbed fins swim in a kaleidoscope of oatmeal and cornflower blues against the crisp, white ground in Shoaling.

• Designer:  Emma Bossons
• Dimensions: H 31.00 x W 16.00 x D 16.00 cm