Category: Susie Cooper Collectors Information
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Patricia Rose
Patricia, as it was originally know, was first introduced in 1938 and shows a delicate pink rose surrounded by flowing leaves and buds. The pattern has become a great favourite with Japanese collectors. The rose itself is applied by transfer while the borders colours are normally wash banded. The pink wash border finish is possibly…
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Dresden Spray
Dresden Spray was first introduced in 1935 as pattern number 1001. Originally designed for Harry Wood of Wood & Sons, he decided that the pattern was too difficult to reproduce as a lithograph. Susie decided to produce the design herself and ended up with one of her best selling patterns. Version 1017 with blue/green shaded…
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Patterns – Wedgwood
1966 Susie Cooper China became part of the Wedgwood Group. Wedgwood continued to use the Can shape originally designed by Susie. Some patterns produced before March 1966 continued in production at Wedgwood, the only difference, a new factory mark incorporating the Wedgwood Portland Vase. The pattern numbers listed below are only found with a Wedgwood…
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Patterns – Susie Cooper Bone China
In 1950 Susie Cooper China Ltd. was established. New delicate shapes were introduced that were not possible to make in earthenware. To differentiate between the earthenware still being produced and the new china patterns, numbers were prefixed with a ‘C’ and unlike the earthenware numbers, were started at C1. The overlap in production bodies continued…
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Patterns – Susie Cooper Productions
In October 1929, having left Grays Pottery earlier in the year, Susie Cooper established the Susie Cooper Pottery. The pattern numbers were started at E41 to avoid giving the impression that the company was completely new. By the time earthenware production was phased out the pattern numbers had reached 2429. Special order or short run…
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Patterns – A.E. Gray
The first attributed pattern number is 2866 which was first entered into the pattern books around 1923. Pattern numbers at Grays run in sequence, but there are no surviving contemporary pattern books, so working out exactly which patterns were designed by Susie Cooper during her years at Grays is very difficult, especially as there is…
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Faked Mabel Lucie Attwell
Fake Painted Illustrations on Genuine Susie Cooper Plates This page originally appear on this website 3rd February 2000 I know we have recently mailed our regular visitors with details of these pieces, but we feel it is necessary to give the subject some more coverage, as we do not yet know how big a problem…
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Classic Vista Revisited
This article originally appear on this web site on 10th March 1999 A special edition of Susie Cooper’s famous Classic Vista pattern has been produced exclusively for members of the Wedgwood International Society. Reproduce on a current Wedgwood ‘Delphi’ shape t-pot, with the added feature of a ‘polo mint’ finial to the lid, echoing the…
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Susie Cooper, A Biography
Susie Cooper RDI 1902 – 1995 Born in 1902 in the Stansfield area of Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Susie Cooper’s education eventually found her studying under the influence of Gordon Forsyth, having been awarded a scholarship at the Burslem School of Art. Intending to pursue a career in fashion, her application to the Royal College…