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A Brief History Of Royal Crown Derby

5 September 202624 June 2018

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 & …

Another snippet of local interest…

15 April 202620 November 2017

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 …

Royal Doulton Flambe

13 April 202621 May 2017

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 …

Reginald Johnson

13 April 202616 May 2017

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 …

Charlotte Rhead

15 April 20265 September 2016

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 …