About

THIS WEBSITE IS NO LONGER REGULARLY UPDATED, AND NO LONGER SUPPORTS PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS -A NEW CONDENSED VERSION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2024.

NOTE: MANY OF THE POSTS OR ARTICLES WILL NOW APPEAR BLANK OR INCOMPLETE AS THE SUBSCRIBER “BLOCKS” HAVE BEEN REMOVED, but My plan is to convert the most popular and what I think are the most important and popular posts in to PDF’s or small ebooks – either combined or as a single theme or topic and release them for sale as they are done – probably via my Etsy store – link in the right hand column.

You will still be able to view a significant number of articles that weren’t paywalled by using the “Categories” in the right hand column about half way down.

______________________________________

The site consists of histories, stories and information about selected Vintage & Mid 20th Century Ceramics – mainly from Denmark, Scandinavia, U.K. & Australia, New Zealand.

My areas of interest include many of the major commercial brands and well known studio potters, but Im also fascinated by the smaller producers and potters who were often unrecognised during their lifetime. I think it is especially important that the stories of lesser known potters and potteries is documented before being lost to time and history.

I also believe that well designed commercial pottery and dinnerware is as equally important culturally and sociologically as studio pottery – and they each have their role and purpose and place in our society.

© All original content and photos on this site are copyright protected by me or the respective owners. Please contact me before re-posting any of this content elsewhere. Feel free to share our images on Pinterest/Twitter/Facebook using the linking widgets.

This is not a shop front, so please do not contact me for “pricelists”, “catalogues” etc. I have a store on Etsy where you will find quite a variety of 20th Century ceramics – link is in the right hand column, or HERE:

I do not do valuations, identifications of unknown makers, or estimated values of items and will not respond to queries asking for these. Try your local auction house, or have a look at Etsy, Ebay etc and you should be able to get a good idea of values there, and this is a good starting point to identify items as well.

Anything else you can use the contact me via my store linked in the right hand column (clicking will take you to my Etsy store)

Thanks for reading,

Ray Garrod

Last updated March 2024