When a Moorcroft artist designs a piece, before the FINAL design for a Limited or Numbered Edition is decided upon - a few differing versions are produced. These are TRIALS. A Trial is a true representation of the Moorcroft design - but a pre-production working version.

Is Moorcroft still made?

William Moorcroft founded his own pottery company in 1913. The Official Moorcroft Web Site reflects on that move to his own factory: “William marched his workforce across Cobridge Park to a new factory in Sandbach Road where Moorcroft pottery is still made today.