.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights .h2Pag #. Copyrigh 1989 .h314 June 1989 1,031 words. TORQUA POTTERY Writte an photographe b Jun Grayson Bewar th countr char o Torqua pottery Onc captivated yo migh fin tha i ha take ove you life Tha i wha ha happene t Debb Lyk an Jea Anderso o nort suburba Chicago. No tha the ar complaining Te year ag the wer homemaker an mother o smal children No the ar successfu busineswome wit thei ow company th Bria Patc Antiques. The becam acquainte a Winnetk Bibl Churc wher they bot ar members Whe thei childre bega t atten school the planne activitie togethe durin th da s tha the coul ge ou o th house Sinc the bot like countr-styl furnishings the attende antiqu show t fin interestin thing fo thei homes The firs sa Torqua potter fo sal a antiqu sho a Randhurs Mall "W though aren' thes littl mottoe cute? Lyk remembers Sh bough pai o candlestick tha da thinkin the woul loo nic i he kitchen Anderso becam Torqua collecto onl fiftee minute late whe sh purchase Torqua crea an suga se fo he home. A th tim the di no realiz tha th craz fo Torqua wa jus beginning Item coul b picke u fo fe cent the tha no cos ma dollars. "Th mottoe fi i wel wit ou ow idea abou life Som reinforc righ conduc an th wor ethic Othe mottoe ar jus plai silly an w enjo those too, explain Anderson. "I addition th predominat color cream greens an gol tha decorat th item integrat wel wit man countr colo schemes. "W bot lov t trave t England, continue Lyke "an no w hav t g ther o buyin trip t fin Torqua pottery fo inventor fo ou company I fact som o m ancestor com fro Cornwall whic i nea th Devo are wher th potterie wer located W hav foun tha th Englis peopl ar unfailingl helpfu t foreig visitors. Eve thei husband ar presse int service The hav t carr th purchase aroun Englan withou breakin the befor the ca b shippe bac t th Unite States. Potterie spran u i al o th littl village aroun th tow o Torquay (pronounce To-ke b th English) becaus o th chanc discover i 187 o re cla deposits Natura re colo terracott ar piece i classi Gree design wer prize b th Victorians Thos product wer eve though worth o presentatio t Quee Victori a gifts However b th tur o th century terracott ha gon ou o fashio an th littl potterie ha falle o har times T reviv th industry th potterie bega t produc th no wel-love "mott ware t sel t companie fo promotiona purpose an t tourist eage t fin keepsak t tak home. "Evidently the sol al ove th world W hav piec marked 'Lo Angele Farmers Market an anothe on marke 'Washington D.C.'" Anderso says. Sinc th potterie wer al separat an privatel owned collecto ca fin man style an colo schemes suc a th Scandy th Cottage th Blac Cockerel an th Blu Kingfisher Collector ma specializ i jus on patter t g wit th colo schem o thei homes. Ther i eve a internationa societ o mor tha 50 Torqua collector headquartere i Englan bu wit member i th Unite States Canada an Australia Th organization' annua meetin wil b hel i Englan thi comin September. Collector ofte fin themselve wit duplicate o th mor commo items an nee t sel som o the t provid th fund t affor th rar an expensiv pieces Tha i wha happene t Anderso an Lyke I addition man friend wh truste thei judgmen ha starte askin the t fin th differen antique the wer collectin o item the wante t furnis thei homes Tha i wh Anderso an Lyk wen t thei husband tw year ag an said "W wan t star ou ow antiqu busines an w nee yo t underwrit us W nee numbe o dollar an afte that w wan yo t sta ou o ou business." The spen month decidin o nam an logo Thei see mone finance thei buyin trip an th stationery busines cards an initia inventor. Becaus the don' wan t b tie down the d no hav shop However the ar on o th almos 40 antiqu dealer wh ren boot a th Sandwic Antiqu Sho hel th secon o thir Sunda o th summe months Althoug th Sandwic Antiqu Sho bega i th sprin o 1988 i ha alread becom hugel successful Sinc Sandwic i onl sixt mile fro Chicago i make nic summe Sunda outing Th histori building o 16 acre o shade an wel kep groun provid roo fo dealer bot insid an outsid fo th day Th Sandwic Hospita Auxiliar serve deliciou Sunda dinne an use th profit t benefi th loca hospital. Admissio charg i $3.00 pe perso an fre parkin i available. Sandwic Antique Market i th onl larg scal Illinoi marke showcasin jus antique an collectible fo th ne an advance collector N deale i allowe t sel ne o reproductio merchandise Al dealer ar carefull screene t b hones an knowledgeable Al dealer ar require b th show' promoter Humberston Management t giv te da mone bac guarante i th merchandis purchase i no wha i i represente t be I spit o wha the sell the bot maintai thei own privat collection tha enric an grac thei homes An lik al treasur hunter whic i wha antiqu collector reall ar - the ar stil lookin fo som additiona treasure fo themselves "W kno the ar ou there bu w haven' foun the yet piec wit th Lord' Praye o it an anothe piec wit Longfellow' Psal o Life." "Tel m no i mournfu number lif i bu a empt dream. Lif i neithe empt no mournfu fo Anderso an Lyk wit thei abidin interes i Torqua potter an thei ne business.