I think we may never have been so conscious of new beginnings as this new year. Although I feel a sense of relief to have made it through...

Well this has been quite a year....! I want to thank all my customers and followers, both on this blog and on Instagram, for your...

It's nearly Christmas and things are heating up here at Gentle Rattle of China - boxes, boxes, and more boxes are piling up waiting for...

These days many of us have to do the holidays in very small gatherings of two or three... but we can always dream of a full dinner table!...

Many jokes are made these days about the "avocado generation", i.e. millennials who love avocado toast and (very sensibly, in my eyes)...

I got lots of interest in last week's wonderful red Coalport dessert service; it nearly got sold but then didn't, so it's still...

Last week's little pink plates flew away quickly, and today I have a very different set of plates: a full dessert service from about...

Just before the pandemic hit I made a trip to Scotland, and I absolutely loved it: the water, the wind, the beautiful light of the purple...

UPDATE - Thanks to the tireless research of Angela Grant I was made aware that, although right on the cusp of the changeover from...

I have been writing a few times lately about the interesting East-West mix of cultures in porcelain (see the links below). Right now we...