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Leeds or Swansea Cambrian? Posted by Tara on April 30, 2026, 6:48 pm Hello, and thank you so much in advance for any help that anyone can provide. I have been trying to identify this coffee pot, and I see that the pattern is very similar to Leeds Shells and Seaweed (pattern #4009 here), but that is only shown in blue. I have found another source online that identifies this pattern in a brown colorway as Swansea Cambrian, but I don't know how they arrived at that conclusion, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this. Did they share patterns? Does the shape of the coffee pot offer any clues? Thank you for looking!

Re: Leeds or Swansea Cambrian? Posted by Len on April 30, 2026, 9:12 pm, in reply to "Leeds or Swansea Cambrian?" Hi Tara. I agree, that's a wonderful pot. While patterns were often made by more than one pottery, I have been looking through what Swansea sources I have and not located this particular design. One did note however that the factory produced a number of different shell patterns. What Swansea coffee pots I have seen appear to be a little more squat than this one, with a thicker "ankle". But it does look like a pattern that pottery could have produced. Lacking a mark or any documentation it's hard to make an attribution. Still a great pot! I'll let you know if I come up with anything.

Re: Leeds or Swansea Cambrian? Posted by Tara on May 1, 2026, 10:40 am, in reply to "Re: Leeds or Swansea Cambrian?" Thank you so much! I appreciate all the help!

Re: Leeds or Swansea Cambrian? Posted by Web Admin on April 30, 2026, 6:55 pm, in reply to "Leeds or Swansea Cambrian?" Hello Tara, thanks for your post and images. That is one gorgeous pot. I am going to notify our Database editor, he can provide a more useful response than I.

Re: Leeds or Swansea Cambrian? Posted by Tara on April 30, 2026, 7:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Leeds or Swansea Cambrian?" Thank you so much! I am most grateful!

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