Backstamps: history of Gray’s Pottery
Illustration 7: The impressed Bishop & Stonier date mark, 2 above 29. Technical note: The...
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18th Century Chinese brush pot
This little pot is made from bamboo and is a brush pot. It is one of the objects from ‘the...
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Napoleonic prisoner of war work
This carving, made from animal bones, is unusual. It dates from the Napoleonic era and would have...
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Rudolph Valentino screen print
This screen printer poster shows Rudolph Valentino in his 1926 film ‘The Eagle’. It...
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Biscuit porcelain figure c1851
This figure was made from the Great Exhibition of 1851 by one of the greatest French makers,...
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Late 18th Century Memorial Ring
This ring is said to have been handed down from a man who served with Nelson in 1794. It marks the...
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Susan Williams-Ellis 1918 – 2007
Pictured: Susan Williams-Ellis’ name appears in the last advertisement for products from...
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Joan Gray 1918 – 2001
These wall pockets were supplied in two sizes (the small size, 215 high, illustrated here) and in...
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