Finger and thumb
Happy weekend! This week I am highlighting a very well known and beautiful pattern: the "Finger and Thumb" pattern (some call it "Thumb...
Tulip Mania
This week I am repeating a post from a little while ago, as it was so very popular and had the highest hit rate ever. And the other...
Leading lights
My latest column in Homes & Antiques is out! This month I am writing about the period in the history of the Spode factory that is called...
Liberty & Matrimony
You will have seen various Bow figures in these blogs - I love the 18th Century figures for their originality, elegance and innocence,...
House of dragons
Chamberlain's Worcester dessert service This week I am thrilled to present a very rare dessert service by Chamberlain's Worcester, from...
Machin has a moustache
Among the most popular items in my shop are the early 19th Century plates - and to be honest I am in love with beautiful dessert services...
Flower Power
My latest column in Homes & Antiques is out! This month I am writing about the porcelain style called "Coalbrookdale". Love it or hate...
The best and the brightest
I wrote about the amazing fruit painter William Cooke not long ago. Cooke worked for Coalport alongside some other very talented...
Dinner in style
Today I am showing an item that ticks two of my favourite boxes: a dessert service, made by H&R Daniel. As you probably know by now, I...
This pattern is not for the birds
Some porcelain patterns are so famous that they rarely come up in the market, even though they were made in great numbers. But if you...
