Innovative Designers + Industrial Craftsmanship + 5 Generations of Knowledge
Innovative Designers.
Industrial Craftsmanship.
5 Generations of Knowledge.
Design Driven Ceramics
Made in Stoke-on-Trent, England, by a 5th generation family
1882 Ltd. champions inventively designed ceramic products from lighting to domestic ware to works of art whilst employing the manufacturing heritage of Stoke-on-Trent and promoting the British ceramic industry.
Our ceramics are to be used, loved and desired and to bring enjoyment be it in dining and decorative objects to lighting and art pieces. Each collection has a different spirit but they always stay true to our core beliefs.
There is incredible human skill in everything we do and we focus on the process as well as the design. There are no less than 10 processes to make a mug, all of which require great human skill. While we are keen to show the processes behind how something is made we value the importance of good design and superlative quality that will last the test of time. We are prepared to test the bounds of the material. We make what we love.
Designer Spotlight
Leah Jensen is a multidisciplinary artist-maker, born in Cornwall, 1990. Fortunate to be raised in a creative family, her education in art and making began in childhood, learning both the creative and practical applications of a broad range of materials.
In 2010 Jensen began her Degree in Contemporary Crafts at Falmouth University, where she would develop a method that has since evolved to become a signature style.
COLLECT 2025
For Collect 2025, 1882 Ltd. presents one-off and limited-edition pieces by leading British creatives, including furniture designer Max Lamb, ceramicist Leah Jensen, and couture designer Giles Deacon. Each piece, handcrafted by master potters at 1882 Ltd.’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent, marries traditional expertise with modern forms and innovative thought, pushing ceramics to be both functional objects and sculptural art. Challenging material limits, potters’ expertise and artistic ingenuity, each piece has a curiosity and playfulness of form, pattern, colour and texture that captivates and enthrals.
