Who is the founder of Moorcroft Pottery?

At first founded as a studio in 1897 within a

great pottery company. James Macintyre & Co. Moorcroft pottery

almost immediately made its mark on the world. Designs came from 24

year old William Moorcroft who modified every piece of pottery

shaped with his own signature or initials.

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