Guildcraft produced chalkware wall plaques. The owner of the company was E W Usher. In general the Guildware plaques were not as detailed as Bossons plaques

Edward William (Teddy) Usher was a talented artist who exhibited work with the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts in the 1940s. He attended the Manchester Muncipal School of Art for many years (mid 1930s - mid 1940s), studying modelling, pottery, design and architecture. He created the Guildcraft Ware business designing and making wall plaques. The business started around the end of WW2

Edward W Usher was born in India with parents being from a military background. Edward was a talented artiste but as a young child suffered from TB spending long periods in hospital. At the time he had quite a successful business producing plaques with factories around the world. Edward initially lived in Manchester (Cheetham Hills) with wife Violet (Leo) and later moved to Paignton, Devon

Photograph of Edward Usher

Guildcraft Plaque Examples
Guildcraft Ware by E W Usher D. A. exclusively for Ideal Artware Ltd, Manchester, England. Guaranteed hand made fast colour copyright