This week let's look at a very popular pattern: the "Rich Imari" or "Crazy Japan" pattern, first designed by Barr, Flight and Barr,...

There are many items in my shop, and it's easy to lose track of some of them. When trawling through the stock, I found quite a few...

I have written about the New Hall porcelain factory before - but as I was getting some new stock in, it struck me, yet again, how diverse...

My latest column in Homes & Antiques is out! And while some of you have been asking why I seemed to have forgotten Minton in my travels...

This week, let's look at a very rare and special pair of sauce tureens. They were made by Coalport around the year 1820 and are decorated...

Happy weekend! This week I am highlighting a very well known and beautiful pattern: the "Finger and Thumb" pattern (some call it "Thumb...

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...

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...

You will have seen various Bow figures in these blogs - I love the 18th Century figures for their originality, elegance and innocence,...

Chamberlain's Worcester dessert service This week I am thrilled to present a very rare dessert service by Chamberlain's Worcester, from...