As I have been busy with a project and been travelling a lot in recent months, I hope you forgive me for repeating a post from a while ago that was appreciated by many. It is, after all, the perfect season for it. This beautiful item has been standing on my shelf for a while, but I never tire of looking at it (and have kept the odd receipt and rubber band inside while waiting for a new forever home...). Made with so much skill and care, it still looks fresh and new every sing

I have been writing about various porcelain artists in the last year, and today is the turn of Moses Webster, who became well known for his work at the Derby factory in the early 19th Century. Webster was a fine young man who was trained in the style of the renowned painter William Billingsley at Nantgarw. He then worked at the Worcester factory for a few years (between 1821 and 1825), and then went on to Derby, where he worked until his death in 1870. You can see his work o

How stunning are these flowers?? This wonderful dish was made by Derby around 1814 and painted by William “Quaker” Pegg, one of the greatest porcelain flower painters of all time. I am so thrilled to be able to offer a piece of his work, which is rare due to his small output. Pegg’s flowers are large, naturalistic and exuberant. Their extraordinary character did not come by accident; he was a truly unusual and remarkable artist and to him, flowers were not just flowers. Pegg

This week you are getting a shorter blog post, as I have been extremely busy with a new project, which I hope to be writing about soon......

It's not quite winter yet, but as the nights are getting longer and colder, I thought to bring your attention to what I think is one of...