Susie Cooper began her career as a paintress decorating wares for A. E. Gray & Co. Ltd. in Staffordshire in 1922, and her early work features bright, geometric and abstract patterns, hand painted onto tableware.

By 1930 she was working in her own design business, Crown Works and based in London. She purchased blanks from local potteries, and these were decorated by her team of six paintresses.

In 1931, she moved and expanded production to Crown Works, part of Woods & Sons, in Burslem. In 1932, she began to design her own shapes as well as designs, unlike fellow designer, Clarice Cliff.

Her wares were intended to be attractive yet functional: cups that retained the heat and handles designed with comfort in mind.

Her most famous shape, "Kestrel", was considered an ingenious design when it was launched in 1933; the lid to the vegetable dish also acted as a stand for the more...

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A 37-Piece Susie Cooper 'Harmony' tea set, with transfer…

A 37-Piece Susie Cooper 'Harmony' tea set, with transfer maker's mark to the bottom. Comprising ten tea cups, two teaspoon rests, a dish, eleven saucers, twelve plates, and a jug. Jug height 12 cm, depth 10.5 cm, saucersmm, depth 14.5 cm, platemm, depth…

A vintage Susie Cooper white porcelain tea service, including a…

A vintage Susie Cooper white porcelain tea service, including a tea pot, a creamer, a sugar bowl, salt & pepper, mustard, six demitase teacups & saucers & six teacups & saucers

A Susie Cooper Art Deco coffee set, a fourteen piece set…

Susie Cooper Art Deco Coffee Set - 14 Pieces

A Susie Cooper Art Deco coffee set, a fourteen piece set comprising of six cups, six saucers, a coffee pot, and a creamer. With transfer mark to the base of each item. Tallest, height 20 cm, width 17 cm

Two Art Deco Susie Cooper Nursery Ware mugs, 'Noah's Ark' and…

Art Deco Nursery Ware Mugs - Noah's Ark and Hunting

Two Art Deco Susie Cooper Nursery Ware mugs, 'Noah's Ark' and 'Hunting' patterns. Glaze rub to one.

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Nursery Ware 'Train' pattern plate and…

Art Deco Train Nursery Plate and Mug Set

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Nursery Ware 'Train' pattern plate and mug the plate with three sections, diameter 20.3 cm.

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Nursery Ware 'Cowboy Joe' pattern jug…

Art Deco Cowboy Joe Nursery Ware Jug

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Nursery Ware 'Cowboy Joe' pattern jug Printed mark to base, height 21.8 cm.

A twelve piece Susie Cooper bone china coffee set in Azalea…

Susie Cooper Azalea Bone China Coffee Set

A twelve piece Susie Cooper bone china coffee set in Azalea pattern, 1960s, comprising a coffee pot, sugar bowl and five cups and associated saucers, teal green interiors featuring a single white and green tone azalea flower, cream with gold polka dots to…

A 15pcs Susie Cooper Art Deco coffee set, set includes one tea…

Susie Cooper Art Deco Coffee Set - 15 Pieces

A 15pcs Susie Cooper Art Deco coffee set, set includes one tea jug, one milk jug, six cups and sauces and a sugar bowl, jug dimesion height 20 cm, width 16.5 cm, cups height 6 cm, depth 6.5 cm

Two Susie Cooper beer tankards, differing hand painted striped…

Hand-painted Susie Cooper beer tankards with unique stripes

Two Susie Cooper beer tankards, differing hand painted striped designs #343 & E418

Two Susie Cooper beer tankards, differing hand painted striped…

Hand-painted Susie Cooper beer tankards with striped designs

Two Susie Cooper beer tankards, differing hand painted striped designs #416, #419

A Susie Cooper vase, squat avoid form, hand painted in…

Geometric Leaf Vase by Susie Cooper (1932)

A Susie Cooper vase, squat avoid form, hand painted in geometric leaf forms in blue and brown on a speckled blue/grey ground, signature and date (1932) to base. 17 cm x 13 cm.

Two Susie Cooper coffee cup and saucer sets for 6 patterns…

Susie Cooper Coffee Cup Sets in Original Boxes

Two Susie Cooper coffee cup and saucer sets for 6 patterns C1139 missing 1 cup and C1035, both in original boxes

Susie Cooper vintage English porcelain 13 piece coffee set, mid…

Susie Cooper 13-Piece Vintage Porcelain Coffee Set

Susie Cooper vintage English porcelain 13 piece coffee set, mid 20th century, the pot 21 cm high

Thirteen pieces Susie Cooper dinner ware including set 6 entree…

Susie Cooper Dinnerware Set with Cockerel Coffee Cup

Thirteen pieces Susie Cooper dinner ware including set 6 entree plates; a matching sandwich tray and sugar bowl; a teapot; a water jug, and a cockerel decorated coffee cup and under plate

Two various Susie Cooper teapots including blue polka-dot…

Susie Cooper Teapots, Blue Polka-dot & Beechwood Marked

Two various Susie Cooper teapots including blue polka-dot decoration, height 13 cm; and a 'Beechwood,' marked teapot, height 14 cm

Seventeen pieces Susie Cooper ceramic tableware including…

Susie Cooper Ceramic Tableware Set

Seventeen pieces Susie Cooper ceramic tableware including matching teapot and cream jug; 3 various trios; and a pair cups and saucers.

Four Susie Cooper handpainted trios harlequin colours, marked…

Handpainted Susie Cooper Harlequin Trios Set

Four Susie Cooper handpainted trios harlequin colours, marked to bases.

Vintage Susie Cooper Mexican cowboy dish Mexican cowboy figure…

Susie Cooper Mexican Cowboy Decorated Dish (9 words)

Vintage Susie Cooper Mexican cowboy dish Mexican cowboy figure decorated, marked to base, diameter 17 cm

Sixteen piece Susie Cooper coffee set including 6 each cups and…

Susie Cooper 16-Piece Coffee Set with Extras

Sixteen piece Susie Cooper coffee set including 6 each cups and saucers, coffee pot, sugar bowl, plus 1 extra, cracked, cream jug, and small dish.

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestrel coffee set, for six,…

Susie Cooper Art Deco Coffee Set, 6 Person

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestrel coffee set, for six, comprising six coffee cups, six saucers, three sugar bowls, creamer and coffee pot, in orange, black and cream stripe design. A/F - crazing and stain to base of coffee pot. (11).

A Wedgwood Susie Cooper design blue Anemone coffee set, setting…

Blue Anemone Coffee Set by Wedgwood & Susie Cooper

A Wedgwood Susie Cooper design blue Anemone coffee set, setting for six

A Susie Cooper Crayon banded soup tureen set, with ladle, and…

Susie Cooper Soup Tureen Set with Ladle and Saucer

A Susie Cooper Crayon banded soup tureen set, with ladle, and saucer. Diameter 7.5 cm. (4).

A Susie Cooper Wedgwood dinner setting, 'Corn Poppy' for eight.…

Susie Cooper Wedgwood 'Corn Poppy' Dinner Set for Eight

A Susie Cooper Wedgwood dinner setting, 'Corn Poppy' for eight. Comprising nine dinner plates, six entree plates, three vegetable dishes, a tureen, gravy boat, two tea pots, eight trios and twelve dessert bowls.

A Susie Cooper Wedgwood coffee set, 'Corn Poppy' pattern, for…

Susie Cooper Wedgwood Coffee Set - Corn Poppy Pattern A/F

A Susie Cooper Wedgwood coffee set, 'Corn Poppy' pattern, for six. A/F - cracks to coffee pot lid.

A Susie Cooper Gray's Pottery coffee set, 'Moon and Mountain'…

Susie Cooper Hand-Painted Coffee Set for Six

A Susie Cooper Gray's Pottery coffee set, 'Moon and Mountain' pattern, for six, hand painted.

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestrel coffee set, for six, maroon…

Susie Cooper Kestrel Art Deco Coffee Set for Six

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestrel coffee set, for six, maroon and black banding on cream ground. Comprising coffee pot, six cups and saucers, sugar bowl and creamer.

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Wren tea set for one, green, black and…

Art Deco Susie Cooper Wren Tea Set

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Wren tea set for one, green, black and taupe banding on cream ground. Comprising tea pot, creamer, cup, saucer and plate. A/F - crazing.

A Susie Cooper Art Deco Kestral coffee set, aerographed green…

Susie Cooper Art Deco Coffee Set in Green and Brown

A Susie Cooper Art Deco Kestral coffee set, aerographed green and brown glaze. Comprising coffee pot, sugar bowl, creamer, six cups and saucers.

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestral coffee set, 'Wedding Band'…

Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestral Coffee Set for Six

An Art Deco Susie Cooper Kestral coffee set, 'Wedding Band' pattern, for six. Comprising coffee pot, six cups and saucers, sugar bowl and creamer.

A seventy-five piece Susie Cooper Magnolia pattern dinner…

Susie Cooper Magnolia Dinner Service, 1930s

A seventy-five piece Susie Cooper Magnolia pattern dinner service, circa 1930s, with leaping deer mark of Susie Cooper production, comprising four tureens, two gravy boats, twelve soup coupes with ten saucers, eleven shallow bowls, plates in three sizes,…

Eighteen piece Susie Cooper tea set, Wild Rose,' pattern,…

Susie Cooper Wild Rose Tea Set - 18 pieces

Eighteen piece Susie Cooper tea set, Wild Rose,' pattern, including 6 cups, saucers and plates.

Susie Cooper jug incised jug, signed to base, height 21.5 cm

Signed Susie Cooper Incised Jug - 21.5cm Height

Susie Cooper jug incised jug, signed to base, height 21.5 cm

A Susie Cooper Matte green Studio Pottery pitcher, incised with…

Susie Cooper Matte Green Ram Pitcher

A Susie Cooper Matte green Studio Pottery pitcher, incised with a ram., signed to base 'Susie Cooper England, height 21 cm

Boxed Susie Cooper coffee set

Susie Cooper Coffee Set in Box

Boxed Susie Cooper coffee set

A Susie Cooper 'Glen Mist' dinner set for six (51), six each…

Susie Cooper 'Glen Mist' 51-Piece Dinner Set

A Susie Cooper 'Glen Mist' dinner set for six (51), six each dinner, entree and side plates, bowls, coffee cups and saucers, tea cups and saucers, a sugar and creamer and tea pot (AF). Fifty-one pieces in total.

Susie Cooper dinner set for 8, comprising of a platter, serving…

Susie Cooper 8-Person Dinner Set with Platter and Tureen

Susie Cooper dinner set for 8, comprising of a platter, serving plate, tureen with lid and 8 each main, entree, bread/butter plates, bowls, coups with saucers and teacups with saucers

Art deco Susie Cooper tureen pattern 'wedding band'

"Wedding Band" Susie Cooper Tureen Pattern

Art deco Susie Cooper tureen pattern 'wedding band'

Susie Cooper vase. Grey glaze with incised floral decoration.…

1932 Susie Cooper Incised Floral Grey Vase - 18 cm

Susie Cooper vase. Grey glaze with incised floral decoration. Signed & dated 1932 to base. Height 18 cm

A Susie Cooper 'Fragrance' coffee set for 6, comprising pot,…

Susie Cooper 'Fragrance' Coffee Set for 6

A Susie Cooper 'Fragrance' coffee set for 6, comprising pot, sugar and creamer and six cups and saucers

A part Susie Cooper dinner set, in the 'Wedding Ring' pattern,…

Susie Cooper 'Wedding Ring' Dinner Set with Minor Damage

A part Susie Cooper dinner set, in the 'Wedding Ring' pattern, consisting of dinner plates, luncheon plates, ashettes, side plates, lidded casseroles, dessert bowls, condiment set, soup coupes, tea and coffee pots and cups and saucers, the odd piece…

Vintage Susie Cooper gravy boat with saucer and bowl, 'Dresden…

Susie Cooper Dresden Flowers Gravy Boat Set

Vintage Susie Cooper gravy boat with saucer and bowl, 'Dresden flowers' pattern

Nine assorted trios including Susie Cooper and Shelley

Vintage Trio Collection

Nine assorted trios including Susie Cooper and Shelley

Susie Cooper dinner set comprising of five dinner, entree,…

Susie Cooper Dinner Set with Teapot and Soup Coups

Susie Cooper dinner set comprising of five dinner, entree, bread/butter plates, four saucers, teapot, milk jug, 8 teacups with five saucers and six soup coups with saucers

Boxed Susie Cooper coffee set for 6

Susie Cooper Coffee Set for 6 in Box

Boxed Susie Cooper coffee set for 6

Susie Cooper dinner set for 6 comprising of coffee pot, milk…

Susie Cooper Dinner Set for 6

Susie Cooper dinner set for 6 comprising of coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, 6 each dinner, entree, bread/butter plates, bowls, coffee cup/saucers & tea cup/saucers

An extensive Susie Cooper polka dot and burgundy tea and dinner…

Susie Cooper Polka Dot & Burgundy Dinnerware Set

An extensive Susie Cooper polka dot and burgundy tea and dinner service, English, circa 1935, approximately 102 pieces