[1] The company was founded by, and named after, Albert Edward Gray (1871–1959).
[5] The company, which was noted particularly for the quality of its design in the 1920s and 1930s,[6][unreliable source?]
[7] Notable employees of the company include Susie Cooper, who worked for Gray's in the 1920s.
[9] Samuel (Clyde) Talbot succeeded Cooper as the company's Art Director around 1930, remaining until 1959.
He gained national recognition on the National Register of Industrial Art Designers alongside other notable ceramic designers such as Reco Capey, Michael Cardew, Keith Murray, Eric Ravilious and Victor Skellern, as well as Susie Cooper.