Tremar Pottery was started in the early 1960’s by Roger and Doreen Birkett and is named after the village it was situated in, situated in East Cornwall. The pieces produced were rustic in effect and drew on the inspiration of earlier Celtic work native to the region but also displayed dexterity of craftsmanship. Demand was strong and the business grew and expanded until the recession of the early 1980s forced it to close. Nearly all the pieces were marked and it is the earlier ones that have the impressed mark seen here, dating this goblet with its clear links to the Celtic style to the 1960s or early 1970s. Perhaps part of an original set with a matching jug, it remains as a modest reminder of a short lived but highly successful Cornish firm.