Troika Pottery

This ran counter to the aims of much of the studio pottery movement at the time, as epitomised by the work of Bernard Leach.

They initially relied on the ceramics of Leslie's wife, Caroline (Kingston School of Art).

[2] The venture rapidly became successful, gaining both critical praise and very high sales through a combination of the summer tourist trade and contracts with department stores such as Heals and Liberty in London.

[3][failed verification] The Troika pottery was based at the Wheal Dream site in St Ives from 1962 to 1970, when it moved to Fragden Place in Newlyn.

Benny Sirota attended the opening, and explained the origin of the company's name: "my grandfather escaped from Russia dressed as a woman on a troika – a sledge with three horses...there were three of us who started the firm – and it just gelled.