Figure 39  Shop sign design, 1956. Paint on paper. Approx. 18" x 24". (Swem Library, College of William and Mary.) In 1956 Thorley considered naming the shop for his wife, Edith, who managed it. He designed a sign incorporating the posy holder, which he eventually replaced with the “potter at his wheel” sign for which he is best known (see Austin, “Thorley, Part 1,” fig. 1).