Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz

Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz

£95.00
£95.00
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Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
  • Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz
Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz

Jersey Pottery Wall Clock – 1970s Channel Islands Sgraffito Brown Ceramic Plate 10 Inch Quartz

£95.00
£95.00

A beautifully distinctive ceramic wall clock by Jersey Pottery — a genuinely rare piece that combines a collectible piece of Channel Islands ceramic heritage with a new quartz movement. The clock is decorated in the immediately recognisable Jersey Pottery style of the 1970s: a rich chocolate brown glaze over a warm ochre ground, with hand-worked sgraffito ribbon patterns flowing in layered waves around the outer ring, interspersed with raised circular bosses glazed in deep teal. Twelve tactile dot markers on the inner rim serve as purpose-designed hour positions, and the bold gold-tone hands read cleanly against the dark glazed centre. Every detail speaks to the craft investment that made Jersey Pottery one of Britain's most distinctive postwar ceramic traditions.

Fitted with a new quartz movement and gold-tone hands. 10 inches (25cm) diameter. Ready to hang.

Jersey Pottery — Made in Gorey, Channel Islands

Jersey Pottery was founded in 1946 by brothers Charles and Edward Potter, who saw a unique opportunity to manufacture decorative ceramics in the Channel Islands — wartime legislation had banned such production on the British mainland, but it did not apply to Jersey. The first factory was established on the site of a former shipyard in Gorey Village, close to the sea. After the restrictions lifted, the business was purchased in 1954 by the Jones family, who reinvented it as a destination for the growing postwar tourist trade. At the height of the tourism boom in the 1980s, Jersey Pottery attracted over one million visitors each year to its factory, showroom, gardens and restaurants in Gorey. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the factory as part of an official Island visit — a measure of the esteem in which the pottery was held.

The brown ribbon sgraffito style seen on this piece is the signature aesthetic of Jersey Pottery's 1970s output — a primarily brown and green palette with themes inspired by stylised natural forms, typically executed in a ribbon pattern that became the pottery's most enduring and collected design language. Jersey Pottery closed in 2020, making original pieces from the Gorey factory years increasingly sought after. This clock dates from the height of the classic period — a purpose-designed ceramic timepiece, crafted with the same care and attention as every piece to leave the Gorey factory.

Specifications

Origin Jersey Pottery, Gorey Village, Channel Islands
Era 1970s
Form Purpose-designed ceramic wall clock
Decoration Hand-worked sgraffito ribbon pattern with raised teal bosses
Glaze Chocolate brown over ochre ground
Hour markers Twelve raised dot bosses on inner rim
Hands Gold-tone — new, professionally fitted
Movement New quartz battery — silent
Diameter 10 inches (25 cm)
Hanging Ready to hang

Condition

Excellent vintage condition. The glaze is rich and undamaged, the sgraffito decoration sharp and well-defined throughout. A superb example of Jersey Pottery's most characteristic and collectible period.

A one-of-a-kind piece — a working clock, a piece of wall art, and a fragment of Channel Islands ceramic history, all in one.

Shipping

Free tracked delivery across the UK. We ship to the United States and internationally — please message us before ordering for an accurate quote. All import duties and taxes are covered upfront for US orders, with no surprise fees on delivery. Every clock is packed carefully to ensure it arrives safely.

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