Going home after 300 years
[click the < arrows > to slide!] You may have noticed that lately I started to show more Chinese Export items, which have never been part...
A garden of flowers
[click the < arrows > to slide!] I have a special weakness for beautiful sets of plates... Not long ago I had a beautiful dessert service...
Raised, chased, tooled
[click the < arrows > to slide!] I am sometimes asked: what is the difference between "tooled" gilt and "raised" gilt? And what about...
Autumnal flowers
[click the < arrows > to slide!] It is autumn here, and all colours are changing fast... on my desk is a vase with beautiful...
An Aesthetic Rebellion
[click the < arrows > to slide!] Today is the first Saturday of October, and where I live it is getting cold now. Mornings are dark, and...
Of cherubs and bats
[click the < arrows > to slide!] After some time away, it is refreshing to be back in my stock room and clear out some items that have...
Crazy and rich!
The last time I had items in this "Rich Imari" or "Crazy Japan" pattern I confused two very similar patterns, so now that I have a cup in...
The home makes the person
These two vases with covers are a sublime piece of artistry. They were made by Royal Worcester in 1907. The late Victorians and...
Imitation, as good as real
I've been looking at very crafty imitations of Swansea items this week. Swansea and Nantgarw were two factories in Wales in the very...
Of angels and doves
A while ago I showed the two beautiful Minton figures of Miranda and Lalage in celadon "parian" china, and last week I showed the...
