Description:Figure group produced by Marcia Plumpton.
William Ruscoe was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England on 20 June 1904, the son of William Ruscoe, potter. After studying art at Stoke-on-Trent under Gordon M. Forsyth he worked at Burslem School of Art (1938-1942), the Royal College of Art (1939-1940), and Stoke School of Art (1942-1944). He married Olga Stanley Harris and the couple moved to Devon, where Ruscoe took up a post as lecturer in the College of Art, Exeter, until his retirement. He brought the art of making rolled clay figures to a new level of skill and subtlety.