MJ Originale

Valentine Clays Ltd

£3.45

MJ Originale Stoneware Clay is a distinguished natural brown stoneware sourced from Moutiers en Puisaye in the renowned Burgundy region. This famous potter's clay is celebrated for its unique properties and exceptional quality. Containing a higher than usual iron content, MJ Originale Stoneware results in a buff to pale brown colour in oxidation and a rich brown to warm orange hue in reduction. This medium-grained, plastic, and naturally occurring clay boasts excellent throwing and modelling characteristics, making it a favourite among potters.

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as VALENTINE CLAYS LTD, number 04610423. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Not yet checked.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
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Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.