Biography
Edward Napier Hitchcock Spencer (b. Blackheath, Kent, UK 1872 - d. 1938) worked for the Artificers' Guild as a silversmith and he designed pottery for Upchurch Pottery, established in Rainham, Kent, in 1913. The pottery was sold through the Guild's showrooms in London, Cambridge and Oxford. Spencer exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibitions Society, the International Society, and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and became a member of the Art Workers Guild in 1914. He published articles on metal work and was often called on to contribute to debates on the future of his craft.
