verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message portmeirion pottery type private company industry pottery founded 1960 founder susan williams ellis & euan cooper willis headquarters stoke on trent england website http www.portmeirion.co.uk portmeirion is a british pottery company based in stoke on trent . contents 1 history 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links history edit portmeirion pottery was founded in 1960 when pottery designer susan williams ellis daughter of sir clough williams ellis who created the italian style portmeirion village in north wales which was used as the setting 1 for the cult british television show the prisoner that ran from 1966 1967 and her husband euan cooper willis took over a small pottery decorating company in stoke on trent called a. e. gray ltd. . susan williams ellis had been working with a.e. gray for some years commissioning designs to sell at the gift shop in portmeirion village the items bearing the backstamp gray s pottery portmeirionware . in 1961 the couple purchased a second pottery company kirkhams ltd that had the capacity to manufacture pottery and not only decorate it . these two businesses were combined and portmeirion potteries was born . susan williams ellis early portmeirion designs include malachite 1960 moss agate 1961 and talisman 1962 . 2 in 1963 susan created the popular totem an abstract pattern based in primitive forms coupled with a cylindrical shape . susan williams ellis later created magic city 1966 and magic garden 1970 but arguably portmeirion s most recognised design is the botanic garden range decorated with a variety of floral illustrations adapted from thomas green s universal or botanical medical and agricultural dictionary . 1817 . it was launched in 1972 and with new designs added periodically is still made today 3 the most successful ceramics series of botanical subjects . 4 more recent designs have included sophie conran s crazy daisy and dawn chorus . on 23 april 2009 portmeirion potteries ltd purchased royal worcester and spode brands after they had been placed into administration the previous november . portmeirion potteries has since changed its company name to portmeirion group to reflect this acquisition . 5 the purchase did not include royal worcester and spode s manufacturing facilities . the manufacture of much of spode s ware was returned to britain from the far east to the portmeirion group s factory in stoke on trent . 6 references edit portmeirion the prisoner http www.retrowow.co.uk retro style ceramics portmeirion portmeirion.php jenkins & mckay portmeirion pottery 2000 botanic garden is no. 5 in appendix a 100 most popular patterns listed from the records of replacements.com and illustrated in shax riegler . 2011 . dish 813 colorful wonderful dinner plates pp256ff . david johnson article in the staffordshire sentinel on 16.12.10 the sentinel stoke kilns fired up for spode again . staffordshire sentinel . nortchliffe . 2009 04 24 . retrieved 2009 04 25 . further reading edit jenkins stephen & mckay stephen 2000 . portmeirion pottery . richard dennis . isbn 0 903685 78 7 . external links edit official website . resource website for grays pottery portmeirion pottery collectors website archive only v t e city and unitary authority area of stoke on trent areas towns and wards abbey green ward abbey hulton banky brook basford bentilee birches head blurton blythe bridge bradeley bucknall burslem chell cliffe vale cobridge dresden etruria fenton goldenhill hanley hartshill heron cross lightwood longport longton meir middleport milton norton le moors penkhull shelton sideway smallthorne sneyd green stoke upon trent trentham trent vale tunstall weston coyney history ceramic and allied trades union darwin wedgwood family federation of stoke on trent history of port vale f.c. history of stoke city f.c. staffordshire potteries wedgwood pottery in stoke on trent 1842 pottery riots parliamentary constituencies current stoke on trent north stoke on trent central stoke on trent south historic burslem hanley stoke on trent stoke upon trent religion stoke minster bethesda methodist chapel hulton abbey our lady of the angels and st peter in chains church tourism buildings bottle ovens etruria hall ford green hall trentham mausoleum the villas wedgwood institute water world winton square north stafford hotel theatres regent theatre victoria hall theatre royal museums and libraries burslem school of art ceramica chatterley whitfield etruria industrial museum gladstone pottery museum montagu c. butler library potteries museum & art gallery spode museum shopping city sentral potteries shopping centre parks and countryside berryhill fields hanley park hartshill park stoke on trent garden festival trentham estate sport and music venues britannia stadium golden torch longton cricket club ground meir heath cricket club shelley s laserdome the sugarmill the underground vale park media publishing cross rhythms g & y pits n pots the oatcake the staffordshire sentinel radio bbc radio stoke cross rhythms city radio signal 1 signal 2 ucb uk stoke & stafford dab multiplex education list of schools stoke on trent college city of stoke on trent sixth form college staffordshire university royal stoke university hospital companies pottery aynsley china beswick pottery burleigh pottery carlton ware ceram churchill china clayburn pottery dudson emma bridgewater etruria works gray s pottery james sadler and sons ltd j. & g. meakin midwinter pottery mintons moorcroft palissy paragon china portmeirion pottery royal doulton royal winton shelley potteries spode wedgwood w h grindley other armitage shanks bet365 canditv clay records dechra pharmaceuticals goodwin steel castings hanley economic building society randles motor group shelton bar sons ltd. titanic brewery twyford bathrooms wrights pies sport association football teams dresden united eastwood hanley hanley town meir ka norton united port vale stoke city speedway teams stoke potters stoke spitfires transport canals caldon canal trent and mersey canal public transport d & g bus first potteries stoke streetcar rail longport railway station longton railway station north staffordshire railway stafford manchester line stoke on trent railway station stoke railway works major roads a34 a50 a52 a53 a500 longton interchange miscellaneous list of people lobby may un mar lady oatcake owd grandad piggott potteries derby potteries dialect river trent sanity fair start up citywide st postcode area retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title portmeirion pottery & oldid 724245927 categories ceramics manufacturers of englandcompanies based in stoke on trentcompanies established in 1960staffordshire potteryprivately held companies of the united kingdomwelsh potteryhidden categories articles 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