 Agnete's Danish experience helped her creativity within the English ceramic industry during the war years and following period.Her technical expertise related to glazes and firing was gained on the factory floor and used to produce her distinctive designs for production at both Buller's in Stoke-on-Trent and Royal Doulton Lambeth Wares.Agnete Hoy was born in Southall, England on 3 November 1914 to her Danish parents, Soren and Anna Blichfeldt who had been living in England since 1906.