What is Porcelain?
The generally accepted definition of porcelain is that of a white, vitrified, translucent ceramic,...
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Wemyss Ware
Collecting Wemyss The name Wemyss® was given to the new style of pottery in honour of the Wemyss...
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Walking Ware
Finding and Buying Walking Ware Pottery Walking Ware is designed by Lustre Pottery. It is...
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A Short Guide to Finding and Buying Walking Ware Pottery on Ebay
Walking Ware is designed by Lustre Pottery. It is popularly collectible and although the value of...
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Types of Kilns & Ovens
The Updraught oven This is the basic type of oven. It consists of an inner chamber with a domed...
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Walton (active 1806-1835)
We postulate that the man behind the Walton mark found on so many early nineteenth-century...
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Toby jugs and mugs
Toby jugs and mugs are full bodied figures and are different from character jugs which only show...
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There Were Two Etruria Pottery Works
Pictured: Wedgwood’s Etruria Works in 1898 on the Trent & Mersey canal The first was the...
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The Wedgwood Barlaston Factory Staffordshire
A three hundred and eighty two acre estate located near the village of Barlaston, Staffordshire....
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The sagger and the bottom knocker
What is a saggarmaker’s bottom knocker? What’s My Line? was a Classic British...
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