This teapot is backstamped “Edna Best Art Pottery, Exclusively To Lawleys”. Edna Best was an actress, not a ceramist. She was contracted by the retailer Lawleys of London to endorse their product line of Art Deco pottery. The Best pottery resembles the popular designs by Clarice Cliff of that period.
Ceramics 20th C.Edna Best
Edna Best
Teapot
Edna Best (British, 1900-1974)
Lawleys Ltd. (England, 1921-1948)
Art Deco Teapot 1930s
Ceramic
4.13 x 6.63 x 3.5″
Kamm Collection 2003.223