A huge collection of Staffordshire pottery gathered over four decades by a Borders hotelier is going up for auction. More than 1,000 pieces which belonged to the late ceramics enthusiast Sheila Brooks ...
"According to the Staffordshire Figure Association, this is the biggest private collection of 19th Century Staffordshire pottery ever to come to market in Scotland. "Sheila Brooks was a highly ...
EVERYONE has some old plates knocking about in the back of the kitchen cupboard gathering dust. But did you know you could ...
TWO wild-eyed Zombie-like men sway on a bridge above a dual carriageway as morning commuters gasp in horror. Naked men are ...
If you’re familiar with 19th-century ceramics, you probably know about ironstone. It was first made by English potter Miles Mason, who sold Chinese export porcelain and decided to make his own ...
The doors have shut on the iconic Royal Stafford pottery firm for the final time - in what represents a huge loss for the ...
That it happened owes much to the birth of its two most enduring lines - the character figure and the character jug - and the impetus they gave to these great traditions of Staffordshire pottery. The ...
Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only ... The process of transfer printing on pottery, which had its origins in the 1750s, was taken to its zenith in the mid 19 th ...
A Black Country sight loss charity is calling on businesses to come forward and sponsor a charity ball to celebrate its 150th ...