Vintage 1940s Blue and Gold Cake Plate - Fondeville Ambassadorware Made in England by Simpson Pottery southampton stoneware We shape our tools

We shape our tools

I painted them while alive (except a very few) and gave them their Gestures peculiar to every kind of Bird

with its colorful threads

Helen Hunt Jackson

elegant and understated

Vintage 1940s Blue and Gold Cake Plate - Fondeville Ambassadorware Made in England by Simpson Pottery southampton stoneware We shape our tools{HISTORY} We have a lot in common these days with the 1940s. Because of WWII, supply chains were upended throughout much of the decade, leaving demand great but supply low. The workforce was changing as more women filled men's jobs. Employee working conditions and equality were called upon to be better than what they previously were before the war. Jobs were going unfilled in protest. Manufacturing costs were high, consumer costs were high. These