Gailstyn-Sutton's trademark for this line was filed in 1981 and lapsed by 1989, placing this set squarely within one narrow, well-documented decade.
Maker: Gailstyn-Sutton / Leonard Silver Manufacturing Co.
Pattern: Brittany
Materials: Stoneware, brown and tan drip glaze
Origin: USA
Era: Vintage, 1981–1989
Dimensions: Creamer 3.5" tall, 4.75" wide, 3.5" diameter, 2.5" top opening; Sugar 5" tall with lid, 3.5" diameter, 2" top opening
Condition: Excellent condition — small manufacturing indentation under lid (not a chip); no other issues. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
The brown-over-tan glaze has the kind of earthy, tactile quality that never really went out of style — it just took a few decades to come back around. Brittany was one of the defining stoneware collections of the 1980s, a vast range that covered everything from crocks and canisters to pitchers and coffee pots.
At home on a country breakfast table, a farmhouse-style kitchen shelf, or mixed into a gathered collection of American stoneware — a natural housewarming gift filled with a flavored sugar or paired with a local coffee.
Gailstyn-Sutton built Brittany into one of the most recognizable stoneware lines of its era, unpretentious and genuinely useful in a way that's kept it relevant decades later.
A warm, welcome gift for anyone furnishing a country or farmhouse-style kitchen.
