One lucky customer who shopped at Western Stores, Bathurst was the recipient of this teapot and these jugs, probably given to them by the manager as a show of goodwill for the customerās support. These may not have been the prettiest pieces of earthenware displayed on that customerās kitchen dresser, but they were a reminder […]
āPotterās clay sticks to the fingersā, replied Alice Fieldsend when asked why her family stayed with the craft. The alchemy of pottery, from clay to mould and kiln was with her from childhood as she watched her father, James Silcock, work the potterās wheel. Alice married Frederick Fieldsend and together they established the F.J. Fieldsend […]
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