-The third revised and updated edition history of tableware produced by
this Staffordshire pottery during the 1950s, now widely collected
Midwinter has now become one of the foremost collectibles from the 1950s
and is set to follow the path of Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper pottery
in both popularity and price. In the last ten years, 1950s design has
been elevated from obscurity, and examples of furniture, fabric and
pottery are on display in museums and galleries across the world.
Examples of Midwinter pottery have become familiar 'retro' images as
seen on TV and in the many books on the period. However, Midwinter is
much more than just the 1950s - in the 1960s they produced a
groundbreaking bestseller in the Fine range designed by David
Queensberry. Roy Midwinter designed the quintessential 1970s Stonehenge
range and Eve Midwinter the pastel 1980s Style range. This 3rd edition
of the Midwinter 'bible' has an additional last chapter bringing the
history up to 2011. This book is essential reading for anyone interested
in twentieth century design history. A practicing designer, Steven
Jenkins has lectured on ceramics in the UK and Canada and has been
collecting Midwinter for nearly twenty years.