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Bouchet Agateware Pottery Telephone: +44 (0) 1534 482345 |
In the mid-seventies Tony was advised by a friend in Stoke-on-Trent not to attempt to make Agateware as it was impossible to produce successfully; many potters had tried and failed. He did not heed this advice and in 1984 produced the first Agateware collectables – a range of thimbles. These proved to be an overwhelming success, selling in many countries world-wide and in particular the USA. Every one of our products is handmade on the Island and therefore all have been granted Genuine Jersey status. |
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The first pottery to be made by the Bouchet family was called Channel Island Jewellery and was started by Tony’s father in 1960. In 1965 Tony joined the business and a few years later began experimenting with white clay and metal oxides in an endeavour to make jewellery that looked like natural agate stone.
Today, Agateware has become a world-class pottery but in the historic studio form of the early 1900s for it is only available to customers who personally visit Tony’s studio in St Ouen’s Village. One artist’s quest to produce what was hitherto considered to be impossible has resulted in the creation of the finest examples of Agateware ever known.
