Harlequin's dinner
When a set of teaware or dessert ware consists of matching items in varying colours or designs, we call it "harlequin" - I guess because...
Camden roses
A little while ago I showed a dessert service painted by the famous William Billingsley, you can find the blog post (and the dessert...
Nothing beats a good fair
The other day I visited one of the main antique fairs taking place in the UK: the Classic Antique Fair in Birmingham. For many years...
What's for breakfast?
I often hear from people that they would never want to drink their tea or coffee from an antique cup, because the cups are too small....
Coalport and Baxter
In the late 18th and early 19th Century, the Neoclassical style became very popular. After the Baroque and Rococo eras with their...
Victorian? Edwardian? by George!
It's the hight of summer and as I live in a country that is clouded in greyness and dark mornings half the year, this is the month that...
For the bold and the brave
If you have followed me for a while, you may know that I love porcelain from the H&R Daniel Factory. This was a rather short-lived...
Marquess of Anglesey
Need some sauce with your dessert? How about these stunning sauce tureens... This pair of sauce tureens with covers is extremely rare. It...
Welcome to summer
It's finally summer! (well, officially, this is still late spring). Flowers are out everywhere. This is my favourite time of year. It is...
The Baxter Studio
In the early days of the Coalport factory, the shrewd owner John Rose slowly built up the the factory, which was being transformed from...
