Today, no stories about porcelain. Today I am letting you in on a major change, the beginning of a new chapter. After nearly 25 years of life in London I will shortly be moving to France. As you are reading this I am probably eating a croissant in my new house in a tiny hamlet in the Limousine, in South-Central France, not far North from Limoges, the French city of porcelain. I haven't moved permanently yet, but will spend a few weeks here to get everything ready to move. Then I'll have about...

Here in the UK it is now the darkest of winter - I know, I know, in Australia and New Zealand you are probably sweltering in summer! But in these damp, dank days with very little sunlight, short days and long nights, we need some romance, don't we? And that's why we have Derby figures. The Derby Porcelain Factory was famous for its very fine and imaginative figures, often inspired by the German factories. Porcelain figures were very popular in the 18th Century, and were used to adorn the...

The last few weeks I have been clearing my shelves, and boxes, and hidden spaces under tables and on top of cabinets. I've been finding all kinds of treasures that I had either forgotten or had not had the time to process yet, and today I am releasing a fantastic large stack of plates made by H&R Daniel, whom I wrote an article about a few years ago and dedicated last week's blog to . Henry Daniel was one of the most talented porcelain makers in 19th Century Britain, and I have quite a few...