Designer Elmer wheels into view with a Carlton Ware vase

Only a decade ago Carlton Ware designer Violet Elmer (1907-88) was a relative unknown compared with her contemporaries Clarice Cliff, Susie Cooper and Charlotte Rhead.

However, as documented by Barry and Elaine Girling in the 2012 book Cast Aside the Shadows: Violet…

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