‘ Modern Bristol’
is a term used by the Pountney factory to describe a range of dinner and
tea ware produced in the 1930’s and designed by J.F (Jack) Price.
Price had been the art director at the Royal
Cauldon Factory and when he came to Bristol as consultant designer in
1933 brought a new exciting vision to the design repertoire of the
pottery. The two principal ranges were called DORLAND (named after the
Dorland Hall Exhibition) a very Art Deco Design of cylinders and
hemispheres on three feet and ACADEMY (after The Royal Academy
Exhibition which was held in Burlington House in 1935) also cylindrical
but without feet and really more of ‘Retro ‘ style reminiscent of
the50’s and early 60’s. The third MODERN BRISTOL shape was called
BURLINGTON.
These ranges were produced in many different
decorative styles and DORLAND in particular offers rich pickings for the
Art deco china collector.