I’ve had a few pieces of San Marino pottery in the past, a few vases and dishes. Aidan’s selling one of the vases from the last trip on Ebay at the moment. (Check out penguinaidan’s stuff here). I love the little pin dishes, but I’m still not so sure about the vases themselves. They are…
Eames Style Retro Fabrics
We don’t just bring West German pottery back from Germany: an increasingly larger proportion of the goodies brought back are of a different retro variety. These gorgeous fabrics were found in a huge market hall that is a brilliant treasure trove with one major downfall: it stinks! I honestly don’t know how the sellers stand…
Julian and Lisa Visit the ‘West German Hotline’
This is what Goff at Wowie Zowie christened us last week, leaving a message for the ‘West German Hotline’. It did make me laugh! Anyway, Julian and Lisa visited last night along with their son, Christopher (a WGP expert in the making!) to look at the fruits of the latest German Road trip. We chased my…
Mad Men Inspiration from Woman’s Own
I watched the season 3 finale of Mad Men on Thursday night while Aidan was out playing squash for Glossop. Actually, I watched two episodes. In ‘The Grown-ups’ (the penultimate episode), I spotted Jane Siegel wearing this outfit: My eyes immediately turned to the stack of old Woman’s Own magazines by my bed. This magazine was…
Who’s the Daddy (pot)?
I did say a couple of posts back that we’d found another large Scheurich orange and brown bulbous vase, the same as one we got very excited about on our first ever trip; yet this time we were a bit ‘so what?’ about it. Oh, was I a little bit too hasty in my judgement:…
I thought I saw a Scheurich 414…
Another trip, another Scheurich 414: This is a new glaze for my collection, which brings me up to 26 different ones in total. The space on top of the blanket box is definitely narrowing. I think I may have to start pushing hard for a new shelf to be put up. We also found another…
Beware of the Ugly Vases!
There’s a secret lurking around the West German Pottery world. If you can keep it quiet, I’ll let you in on it: Many Roth vases are not actually that nice. There, I’ve said it. Just felt that I needed to get that off my chest. Now don’t get me wrong, there are many, many lovely…
Ruscha: Love, Loathe, Like or Leave?
I tend to like the Dumler & Breiden, Carstens and Scheurich pieces of West German Pottery in any batch that we bring back from Germany and I often gravitate towards posting pictures of them. For once, I thought I’d share some from factories that many people rate highly; yet, I often ignore. First up is…
Help! Pottery has taken over my house!
In all their glory! Well, not quite all of them. Some bits and bobs were hiding behind me: The two square ceramic wall hangings (four in each set, sun designs, red and blue – to make it clear which ones I mean!) were found within an hour of each other and *cough, cough* both by…
Tina’s Potty Pottery Roadtrip…
Early yesterday morning, we arrived back from our latest German adventure with Tina (the KA) full to the brim. Another fantastic trip and yet more fantastic, retro goodies. We left on Friday evening, driving down to Dover to get the 2am ferry to Dunkirk. Aidan always does the driving (as I can’t) so we have…
Where it All Began: A Retro Pottery Obsession
In exactly thirty five minutes, we will be setting off on our fourth trip to Germany in the last seven months. We’re hoping to return as laden down as always. As a nice little ‘fare thee well’, I thought I’d share this picture: We used to live in a tiny flat in Levenshulme when we first…
Jon Whitcomb: Couples in Love
Not only are my vintage Woman’s Own magazines gorgeous to look at, many of the short stories are illustrated by various well known people. I’ve been surprised by each name that I’ve looked up so far; the sheer amount of work these men produced is staggering! According to AmericanArtArchives.com Jon Whitcomb gained particular popularity for capturing the essence…
Little Owl Ski 