Happy weekend! Today I am showing a very special part-dessert service. It is exceptionally elegant and beautiful, but it is also very...

In the 19th Century British porcelain factories, the decorators did usually not get a fixed wage but were paid per piece, so when trade...

No, this is not what it sounds like! I am not praising the unhealthy habit of smoking - in fact I have never smoked one cigarette in my...

After a break of a few months I am back in Homes & Antiques! And this year I am starting out on a different course. In the last three...

It's one more week to go until Easter, and to get in the mood for spring, this week I want to share these stunning vases with you. I came...

After the gorgeous little black-and-white 18thC Worcester tea service from last week, it is time for some colour... I recently came...

I came across a wonderful little matched tea service that has a lot of history. The oldest items of this cool little tea service, which...

People who know me well will know that I love foxes. As I live in London, I get to see a lot of foxes; they are everywhere. There is a...

This week, let's have a look at the sucrier: that beautiful and indispensable part of the early 19th Century tea service. A sucrier is a...

The Worcester factory had gone through some dark days in the 1780s to about 1800, which is roughly known as the Flight & Barr period....