Old Tupton Ware Wisteria Light Pull with Cord & Connector

Beautiful Old Tupton Ware Ceramic Wisteria Light Pull including white cord connector for easy fitting

Complete with Cord Attached (choice of 14 different colours – white is supplied by default but if you’d like a different colour, please let us know which one you require) – standard cord length is approximately 100cm – if a longer cord is required please message us.

Cord Colours: White, Black, Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Bright Pink, Purple, Red, Yellow, Orange, Khaki, Emerald Green, Grey, Fluorescent Yellow or Beige

(Please note that the actual colour may vary slightly to the image shown due to different screen settings and resolutions)

Ceramic

Weight 40g

Approximately 8cm x 3.5cm

Suitable for lights, showers, fans, blinds or a hanging decoration

Old Tupton Ware is a collection of unique ceramics, which has origins in the rural village of Old Tupton in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Old Tupton Ware was designed and first produced in the UK in 2002.

Each piece is painstakingly hand-crafted by skilled professionals. It starts out as liquid clay, known as ‘slip’, which is placed into moulds and left to initially set. As the slip starts to dry, excess clay is removed from the centre of the piece. The excess is also removed from the edges of the piece whilst inside the mould.

The next step involves turning the clay whilst manually removing blemishes and seams. No measuring devices are used for this, everything relies on the skill of the turner.

Following this, the piece is ‘sponged’ to ensure the surface of the piece is smooth and blemish-free.

The UK-designed pattern is then drawn onto the piece by a skilled tracer.

The skilled decorator then uses a bag filled with soft clay to painstakingly go over the outline of the pattern, a process akin to icing a cake, known as ‘tube lining’. The decorator uses more ‘slip’ in a bag similar to a cake icing bag, and carefully draws the softened clay onto the pattern drawn on to the piece. The decorator has to ensure the slip outline is fully connected up and even so it can solidify into the appropriate shapes. Any gaps or weakness in the slip would cause the paint to run into other sections of the pattern. It is this process that gives Old Tupton Ware its unique, raised detail.

Each piece is then hand painted, glazed and fired in the kiln for 8 hours at over 1000 degrees celcius, to finish off and create the lovely Old Tupton Ware pottery light pull availabe to buy today.