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This vase tells a story of local clay, experiment and reinvention. In 1872, Absalom Harris founded his pottery at Wrecclesham, on the Hampshire/Surrey border, in a landscape with deep roots in pottery ...

Iridescent overglaze pottery was first developed in the Middle East in the 9th century. Compounds of silver and copper were fired in oxygen-starved kilns to create soft metallic tones of amber, red ...

Glowing with a bright yellow lustre sunburst, this tin-glazed earthenware punch bowl captures a moment early in the career of potter Edgar Campden (1930–1998). Made around 1963 at the Aldermaston ...

NatWest’s famous piggy banks burst onto the British cultural scene in December 1983, launching one of the first savings accounts made just for children. With only £3, young savers could open an ...

This stoneware cheese dish, with coloured and metallic glazes was made by Jenny Beavan in 1977. It was created to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The dish was exhibited at the Victoria ...

This patch box was probably used to store and apply cosmetic products like rouge, powder, or patches and has a mirror inside its lid. Historically, patch boxes were used by both men and women ...