Coper (Germany 1920–1981) and Rie (Austria 1902–1995) came to London as refugees. In 1946 they began to work together in a pottery in Albion Mews in London to produce tableware. Many potteries at the time were sited in the country and produced simple earthenware, but Coper and Rie went against the prevailing orthodoxy to produce hand thrown work with a distinctly metropolitan look. They are considered to be among Britain’s greatest studio potters of the twentieth century.

My Yard, British Council 2009