Yesterday, I posted up a few pictures of our fledgling glass collection. The wonderful folks over at the Pottery and Glass forum have identified a few of them for me. Vase 1462 Designer: Tamara Aladin For: Riihimäen Lasi, Finland This was identified by Sticknobills at the forum – seemingly a real font of knowledge on…
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Glass: Blue and Green Must Never Be Seen…
One field I know virtually nothing about is that of glass. We’re starting to pick up more and more pieces on each of our trips; this time, I think we got some of our best ones. We must have an eye for greens and blues in glass: virtually all of our pieces are in varying shades….
No Fat Lava Here…
Sometimes West German Pottery doesn’t have to be a multi-coloured froth of glaze: ocherous with burnt orange, violaceous with amaranthine or rubescent with flame reds. Sometimes it can be sleek. Refined. Restrained in it’s perfect, poised design. Scheurich
A Dress Fit for A Princess
Taken from an article in Woman’s Own, November 10th, 1955. Written by Norman Hartnell: The Court Dressmaker. I have interspersed the original article with additional pictures of relevance. Early in July, 1947, the engagement was announced of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, R.N. The wedding would take place on November…
Royal Wedding Eve: Vintage Pictures of the Royals
Well, tomorrow the ‘Big Day’ is finally here. I imagine at this moment, Kate Middleton is either beyond excitement or quaking in her pointy, suede boots. I’d be doing the latter. Watching the news yesterday, seeing the ridiculous contraptions some news stations have built to house their correspondents for the day, made me feel actually quite…
People, Animals and Pottery
I have discovered the names of two new phobias today: Polyphobia and Tapinophobia. Polyphobia is the fear of many things and Tapinophobia is the fear of small objects. Imagine anyone with either of those coming into my house! Isn’t there something somewhere that says that humans are obsessed with themselves (unless they’ve got autophobia –…
Between Friends: Aubrey Rix
‘Heartbreak for One’ – April 10th, 1952 Aubrey Rix (1915 – 2002) was a prolific British illustrator, creating gorgeous magazine and fashion illustrations from the late 1940s until the 1960s. By all accounts he was a great ‘lover’ of women; perhaps some of this passion shows through in his glamourous, stunning and enchanting illustrations. Rix’s…
Enjoy Easter with Woman’s Own
Woman’s Own, Thursday April 3rd 1952 How are you all enjoying the bank holiday? I will admit to having done not a lot today. We went for a run this morning, Aidan has spent the rest of the day working on the West German Pottery empire and I’ve… made some soup and watched five…
Daily Pottery Pic: Scheurich
I’m planning to do some Easter/Royal Wedding specials today and the rest of this week. However, as there is also a GIANT West German Pottery collection just itching to be posted up, I’ll put up a few pictures each day of the latest finds. I love this Scheurich glaze. It may not be ‘Fat Lava’ or even…
Vintage Treats for a Happy Easter!
art.co.uk I’m not really one for Easter, especially not this year as I decided on my birthday to try and not eat chocolate until my next one… that’s 365 days without chocolate. I repeat WITHOUT CHOCOLATE. And I decided this a few days before Easter? Madness… Anyway, if I can’t indulge in chocolate, I’ll at least…
Many Happy Returns to the Queen!
Queen’s Birthday – Woman’s Own April 17th 1952 This is a belated birthday post to the Queen! What with all the excitement of our German roadtrip and pottery buying, I completely forgot to do this as a blog post. Normally, I’m not much of a fan of the royals; but, it feels that they’re…
West German Pottery Is Taking Over!
Retro junk Plenty of pots…
Little Owl Ski 