[click the < arrows > to slide!] I have a special weakness for beautiful sets of plates... Not long ago I had a beautiful dessert service...

[click the < arrows > to slide!] I am sometimes asked: what is the difference between "tooled" gilt and "raised" gilt? And what about...

[click the < arrows > to slide!] It is autumn here, and all colours are changing fast... on my desk is a vase with beautiful...

[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...

[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...

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...

These two vases with covers are a sublime piece of artistry. They were made by Royal Worcester in 1907. The late Victorians and...

I've been looking at very crafty imitations of Swansea items this week. Swansea and Nantgarw were two factories in Wales in the very...

A while ago I showed the two beautiful Minton figures of Miranda and Lalage in celadon "parian" china, and last week I showed the...

You will have seen sculpted putti, or cherubs, like these before, and here is the story of how these were made. They were made of parian...