The Colour Room's Wilkinson's Pottery filming locations are Gladstone Pottery Museum in Longton and Middleport Pottery in Burslem.
In the closing credits, 'William the Rat' is given credit in the film.
Clarice Cliff (20 January 1899 - 23 October 1972) was an English ceramic artist and designer. Active from 1922 to 1963, Cliff became the head of the factory creative department. She was born in a family of seven children in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent to an iron worker father and a mother who washed clothes.
Just as the movie relates, Colley Shorter believed in her and helped her foster her talents. He also sent her to a Kensington art college for a brief period of study. By 1929, Cliff's decorators had grown to a team of around 70 young painters. Of those, 66 were women (called 'Bizarre girls') and four were boys.
As in the film, Shorter was married. Shorter and Cliff are reported to have had an affair during this time. Later, after his wife died he married Cliff (Cliff and Shorter were married in December 1940) and they lived together until his death in 1963.
Just as the movie relates, Colley Shorter believed in her and helped her foster her talents. He also sent her to a Kensington art college for a brief period of study. By 1929, Cliff's decorators had grown to a team of around 70 young painters. Of those, 66 were women (called 'Bizarre girls') and four were boys.
As in the film, Shorter was married. Shorter and Cliff are reported to have had an affair during this time. Later, after his wife died he married Cliff (Cliff and Shorter were married in December 1940) and they lived together until his death in 1963.
PROLOGUE: "No man can appreciate and produce things of beauty whose color sense is outraged every day by the grime and soot that covers everything---Pottery Gazette, 1919, Stoke-On-Trent, England"