Vintage and mid-century finds, hand-picked in South Wales
Clarice Cliff: from Bizarre to the Waterlily
The Staffordshire gilder who became Britain's most famous pottery designer, and the pieces in our shop that share her story.
Category Makers & Stories
The designers, factories and craft traditions behind the pieces we sell.
Abraham Palatnik: the kinetic artist and his acrylic zoo
Brazil's pioneer of kinetic art painted with moving light, and filled a small zoo with op-art acrylic animals.
Creigiau Pottery: copper lustre made in Cardiff
Copper outside, cobalt blue inside: the story of Creigiau Pottery, where Jenny worked in the 1980s.
Treasures from the East: famille rose, Hoya crystal and carved ebony
Chinese famille rose porcelain, Japanese Hoya crystal and hand-carved ebony elephants.
Danish design on a budget: Arne Jacobsen for Stelton
How to own a piece by one of the great Danish designers without breaking the bank.
Welsh finds: Ewenny pottery, miners and dragons
From the oldest working pottery in Wales to brass miners and red dragons: our Welsh favourites.
Ivory Princess: Art Deco glamour from the 1990s
The Parastone figures that bring the elegance of the Jazz Age to the mantelpiece.
Victorian treasures: majolica, Staffordshire dogs and cranberry glass
Three Victorian favourites: colourful majolica, mantelpiece dogs and glowing cranberry glass.
Bubbles in glass: Whitefriars, Murano and the controlled-bubble look
How glassmakers turned a flaw into a feature, from Venini on Murano to Whitefriars in London.
Ronald Stennett-Willson and Wedgwood glass
From King's Lynn to Wedgwood: the designer who brought Scandinavian style to British glass.