Ceramics

The 1882 Royal Worcester porcelain Patience teapot has become a satirical emblem of the Aesthetic movement.

For the third time in a year, a new auction record for Wedgwood Fairyland lustre has been set by Woody Auction in Douglass, Kansas.

The annual specialist Antique Tile Fair has now, sadly, been cancelled.

Polar bears have inspired multiple models by the Bing & Grondahl and Royal Copenhagen factories.

Cabinet was among Chinese exports headed for Europe shipped through the Dutch trading port in Java

Kirkland Tellwright was Clerk of Course at Haydock Park Racecourse in Lancashire for 24 years, until retiring in March 2024.

A Vincennes soft paste porcelain bleu céleste pierced basket from the first Louis XV service sold for £25,000 at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) on October 13.

Around 1900, the majority of women employed in the ceramic industry worked solely in the decoration department, more often than not as painters.

Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes is establishing a dedicated ceramics and glass department, after appointing specialist valuer and cataloguer Clare Durham.

In the extensive sale of October 22-25, Wendl in Rudolstadt will be selling the second tranche of the porcelain collection amassed by Kurt Adelsberger.

Example made in Gujarat or Goa goes to a Portuguese buyer

Evans family collection of William De Morgan pottery brings keen interest at Martel Maides in St Peter Port

Just 30 figures from single owner collection offered in Cheshire saleroom rack up nearly £60,000 total

A pair of 7in (17cm) Sèvres porcelain bottle coolers (seau à bouteille) sold for £6000 as part of Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) recent Country House Sale.

The owners of Kent’s Teapot Island museum are selling their collection of more than 8500 novelty teapots, thought to be the second-largest group in the world.

I read with interest about the Carlton Ware Babylon pattern coffee set that has recently sold at Peebles Auction House for £7700, a great price indeed for recent times (Pick of the week, News Digest, ATG No 2711).

Vase and clock produced around the same time nevertheless display significant design variation

On numerous occasions, Théodore Deck, who has often been called the father of Art Nouveau ceramics, collaborated with the sculptor and designer Joseph Chéret, brother of the painter and lithographer Jules Chéret.