Clarice Cliff, Charlotte Rhead and Susie Cooper - the big design names in Art Deco in England dominated the period and helped introduce modernism to the Great British public, often via mass-produced tableware incorporating bright colours and new shapes. These three women undoubtedly bought into Gordon Forsyth's view of the "educational importance of the appreciation of beauty in mass-produced articles" and the need to break down "the barriers between the fine arts and industrial arts."
Gordon Forsyth was a colleague of Richard Joyce at Pilkington Royal Lancastrian (see post below). Forsyth and Susie Cooper collaborated on the celebrated Gloria Lustre ware produced at AE Gray Ltd.
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