A Royal colour
A rare set of plates Today I have a beautiful and very rare set of plates. And having grown up in The Netherlands, to me this is a Royal...
Tea party in the Pagoda
Pagoda Last week I showed a beautiful tea service by New Hall, made around the year 1800. This week I have another one from that period,...
Rockingham style - the real thing
You often see porcelain that is called "Rockingham style". This usually applies to a certain elaborately shaped Rococo Revival style tea...
Porcelain travel
These days it is increasingly hard to go out on trips, even in nature (let alone in cities). Here in Britain, we simply don't know which...
English Imari
In the previous 2 weeks I have shown a very early tea service made by Thomas Rose from about 1800, and then a more sophisticated one by...
Hybrid Hard Paste
I am fast-forwarding 10 years from last week's wonderful tea service made by Thomas Rose at Coalport. This week I am showing a New Hall...
Dragons' den
It's dragons today! I have recently found some wonderful dragon-like monsters on porcelain from about 1800 to 1820 (have a look in my...
The secret message of grass
Who could ever guess that the peaceful "Grass" design of this very rare Belleek cabaret set carries a secret message from turbulent...
