

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...


Dressing up
This little boy piper is spreading the good news: as a result of last week's appeal to buy while I would donate 10% of sales to my local...


There is always more to give
Happy Easter! This feels like a strange thing to say in the middle of a global emergency, but the more we realise the fragility of life,...


La Vie en Rose
UPDATE - Thanks to the tireless research of Angela Grant I was made aware that, although right on the cusp of the changeover from...