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...
Midnight in Paris
I usually only sell British porcelain, but when these beautiful Parisian plates made their way to me, how could I have rejected them? In...
The mystery collector
It's time for a new feature in Homes & Antiques, and this time I am writing about someone I have presented to you earlier last year: the...
Mr Greatbatch's flowers
It is spring! It is a mighty cold April here in the UK so we are all still shivering indoors, but my tulips are out in force, and the...
Billingsley's flowers
Happy weekend! Today I am showing a very special part-dessert service. It is exceptionally elegant and beautiful, but it is also very...
