'''Fremington Pottery''' in North Devon, was founded by George Fishley in the early 1800s,<ref name="20c">{{Cite web |title=Fremington Pottery - the Fishley family |url=https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t17905-fremington-pottery-the-fishley-family |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.20thcenturyforum.com |language=en}}</ref> the pottery was later taken over by George’s grandson, Edwin Beer Fishley (1832-1912).<ref name="ac">{{Cite web |last=admin |date=January 28, 2025 |title=Fishley Pottery - the essential guide |url=https://antique-collecting.co.uk/2025/01/28/fishley-pottery/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Antique Collecting |language=en-GB}}</ref> Studio potters Michael Cardew and Bernard Leach were influenced by their work<ref name="20c" /> and Leach called Edwin Beer Fishley “the last of the English peasant potters”.<ref name="bm">{{Cite web |title=North Devon in 100 Objects: 57. The Fishley Beaker – Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon |url=https://barnstaplemuseum.org.uk/ourstories/north-devon-in-100-objects-57-the-fishley-beaker/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The pottery was acquired by Brannam Pottery in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heritage Gateway - Results |url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MDV912&resourceID=104 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.heritagegateway.org.uk}}</ref>
The pottery is best known for its slipware and sgraffito designs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2024 |title=Rare collection of North Devon pottery to go on auction |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/devon/24600612.fishley-collection-pottery-auction-chilcotts/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Great British Life |language=en}}</ref>
A number of pots are held in the V&A,<ref name="VAM">{{Citation |last=Fishley |first= Edwin Beer |title=Dish |date=1897 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O150430/dish-fishley-edwin-beer/ |access-date=2025-11-25}}</ref> a Fremington Pottery mottoware jug by Edwin Beer Fishley is a part of the Burton at Bideford pottery collection.<ref name="bg">{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Kate |date=January 14, 2025 |title=New North Devon pottery acquisitions on display at The Burton |url=https://www.burtonartgallery.co.uk/north-devon-pottery-acquisitions/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Burton at Bideford |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon has a large collection<ref name="bmus">{{Cite web |title=Search Results for “fremington” – Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon |url=https://barnstaplemuseum.org.uk/?s=fremington |access-date=2025-11-25 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and a harvest jug, created for Mary Parminter in 1829 is on display at A La Ronde near Exmouth, Devon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A la Ronde's collection {{!}} Devon |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/a-la-ronde/fremington-pottery-at-a-la-ronde |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Ceramics manufacturers of England Category:English pottery Category:Companies based in Devon Category:Art pottery category:Devonian pottery