Pottery & Ceramics

Check Out the Chintz!

Lot 55 in our March auction is an Egg cup set on a tray and a metal framed condiment set by James Kent Chintz Du Barry Fenton Pottery We are taking the opportunity to talk about Chintz Pottery at auction in this article. In our upcoming auction on 14 March, we have lots of Chintz in …

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Why is Wedgwood Jasperware so popular?

Lot 1046 – £400.00 – Wedgwood dark blue Jasperware Panel: Wedgwood dark blue Jasperware framed panel, 14cm x 44cm long, excluding frame & slip. The work of Josiah Wedgwood to refine his stoneware to produce the unique Jasperware style helped the pottery to become a household name, and the work produced by Wedgwood in modern …

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A Shout Out to Shelley!

A collection of Shelley Mottled Vases We have a magical collection of Shelley Pottery coming up for sale in the 14th March Antiques and Fine Art Auction. We’ve put this article together to share some of the gems that will be going under the hammer at our March auction. If something piques your interest, then enquire …

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A Brief History Of Royal Crown Derby

A Brief History Of Royal Crown Derby Royal Crown Derby is one of the oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturers, and is based fairly locally to Potteries Auctions in Osmaston Road, Derby. The company is known for its high-quality bone china and has been producing items of tableware and ornamental ware since 1750. Lots 475 & …

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Another snippet of local interest…

APEDALE HALL was a manor house near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, it was rebuilt in 1826 by the Heathcote family in the Elizabethan style by Richard Edensor Heathcote.  The building was demolished in 1934, due to subsidence from the coal mines underneath.  Richard Edensor Heathcote (1780 – 1850) was a British Industrialist.  Born the son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote …

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Royal Doulton Flambe

Royal Doulton is famous for the lustrous red glaze known as flambe.  Inspired by Oriental glazes, Doulton’s flambe made it’s debut at the St Louis exhibition of 1904.  Flambe is a distinctive glaze which consists of a rich, deep-red glaze with streaks of purple and turquoise.  The effect results from a method of firing that …

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Reginald Johnson

Reg Johnson Studio Potter Mr Johnson has been described as a “larger than life character,” and this can be seen by the wonderful items that he created. Reginald Johnson was born in October 1909.  He became a student at Burslem College of Art at the age of 12, where he studied under Gordon Forsythe and …

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Charlotte Rhead

Charlotte Rhead was born in October 1885 in Burslem.  Charlotte Rhead was an English ceramics designer who was active in the 1920’s and in the 1930’s in the Potteries area of Staffordshire. Charlotte Rhead was born into an artistic family.  Her father, Frederick Alfred Rhead began his career as an apprentice at Mintons where he …

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