Breakfast cups
It is weekend, and haven't we all deserved a very large cup of tea or coffee? That's what breakfast cups were invented for: extra large...
How to eat dessert in style
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...
Mountains, water, skies
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...
Fans, flowers or mons?
Happy Saturday! In a world in turmoil and difficulty, let's focus on some beauty - as beauty always gives us strength and that can only...
Tumbledown Dick
Last week I showed how British porcelain makers imitated Chinese designs, and this week I have another beautiful example of this. The...
Boy at the Door
In these last few weeks quite a few pieces found their way to me that were made in England in the late 18th or early 19th Century, but...
Back to Simplicity
This week I have brought out a series of items in simple designs - perhaps it is the lockdown that has inspired me to focus on...
Spring flowers
It is spring here in this part of the world! And after a long winter of perpetual greyness, it is an important, if not life saving season...
Lost in translation
Those of you who follow me on Instagram will have seen what I wrote about a Thomas Rose / Coalport saucer the other day. It was about a...
What we can hear in the silence
Have you noticed how silent the world has gone? The large metropolis of London, for instance, usually has a 24-hour roar over it that has...
