Adams, Truda (1890–1958)

English ceramicist. A founder member of Carter, Stabler, and Adams (Poole Pottery) in Dorset, she provided the majority of their trademark ‘Poole’ designs. Her ranges of brush-stroke floral patterns, characterized by a restraint in colouring, were popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

Adams was educated at the Royal Academy Schools, London, and moved to Durban, South Africa, in 1914. After returning to England around 1920–21, she helped to establish Carter, Stabler, and Adams and became their resident designer, producing material for the company until 1950. She exhibited in the Royal Academy's Ceramic Exhibition (1935) and the International Exhibition (1937) in Paris.