Bat, pluck and dust
It's a dark rainy spring morning here, and when picking a little cup for my morning coffee I was enamoured by the variously printed Spode...
In pursuit of white gold
You may have noticed that recently I started to write for Homes & Antiques, one of the prime antiques magazines in Britain. And today I...
Picking mushrooms in silk shoes
In the 18th Century the dessert started to become the most decoratively elaborate course of dinner parties. This makes sense, if you...
The best coffee pot, ever
Today we are going blue and white! And we have the best coffee pot, ever. A while ago I showed a Miles Mason tea service in the famous...
The Story of British Porcelain
Are you confused about the history of British porcelain? You are not the only one, as it is such a complex field! I have shelves of...
A layered story
This weekend is Easter, and after and exceptionally long and dark winter the spring has never been so welcome! 🌷 I know many of you are...
Birds and love letters
Porcelain manufacturers created tens of thousands of patterns in the early 19th Century - perhaps more, I don't think anyone has ever...
Getting it wrong
We all get it wrong sometimes... One of things I love about dealing with antique porcelain is that you never stop learning. I have...
Unicorn, giraffe and kylin
Barr, Flight & Barr Kylin pattern dishes Today we have some very special dishes made by Barr Flight & Barr between 1807 and 1813. This...
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...
