Camden roses
A little while ago I showed a dessert service painted by the famous William Billingsley, you can find the blog post (and the dessert...
Nothing beats a good fair
The other day I visited one of the main antique fairs taking place in the UK: the Classic Antique Fair in Birmingham. For many years...
What's for breakfast?
I often hear from people that they would never want to drink their tea or coffee from an antique cup, because the cups are too small....
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...