Rare and precious pieces of South Yorkshire’s famed Rockingham Pottery will be exhibited at Wentworth Woodhouse for the first time alongside contemporary works. Catherine Scott reports.
Rockingham Pottery has a unique connection to Wentworth Woodhouse and the wider Rotherham area. Its aristocratic families supported the manufacturer financially and purchased its wares for their dining tables. Now more than 80 years since Wentworth Woodhouse’s Rockingahm pieces were sold off, a new collection will go on display, the first in-house curated exhibition at the South Yorkshire stately home.
“Rockingham Pottery was very contemporary in its heyday and its designers were often inspired by the local flora and fauna. But we also recognise that Rockingham Pottery isn’t for everybody so we wanted to find way to help the pottery speak to new audiences as well. So the curators we have worked with have identified the flora and fauna that inspired some Rockingham pottery and hunted down contemporary makers that also use flora and fauna in their works.
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