Charlotte Rhead

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Charlotte Rhead (19 October 1885, Burslem – 6 November 1947) was a ceramics designer active in the 1920s and the 1930s in the Potteries area of Staffordshire.

Charlotte was born into an artistic family. Her father had trained at Mintons under Marc Louis Solon and went on to work at a number of potteries. One of Charlotte's siblings was Frederick Hurten Rhead. At the beginning of the twentieth century the Rhead family was living in Fenton where Charlotte studied at Fenton School of Art.

Charlotte Rhead worked for a number of firms including Burgess and Leigh of Middleport, now known as the Burleigh Pottery. She joined this firm in 1926.

Rhead is noted for her tube-lined designs. Her style was more traditional than that of Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper, her contemporaries. In the 1980s the three designers were the subject of a Channel 4 television documentary.

Rhead's ware was popular in her lifetime, and continues to fetch moderate prices at auction.