Thank you Kristen for sending this image. The interesting dilemma is that the type of decoration and the backstamp on the base don’t seem to come from the same period. The impressed base marking is usually found around 1881-3 but the type of decoration is normally 1920s. Perhaps Peter Beckett, who is more knowledgable than... Read More

Thomas Forester had a few of these short lived partnerships during his early career 1886-7. I wonder if he was quite a difficult and/or demanding partner as they never seemed to last very long although in a couple of the arrangements he must have agreed that the other partner’s name came first i.e. Meigh and... Read More

Bridgette Fowler’s very nicely decorated biscuit jar is an early piece made somewhere between 1881-3

If you have any that you wish to part with please let me know and I will pass your message on to Kimberlina.

Thank you Alison for these images of your mother-in-law’s planter. I am guessing the date it was made was about 1913.

As part of the ongoing major renovation and rejuvenation of the Thomas Forester Majolica Factory called Phoenix Works, which was originally built in 1881, the two remaining bottle ovens have been closely restored to their magnificent original condition by removing 137 years of grime from them and the surrounding building. This took over three months... Read More

I have no idea what the pattern is called as I haven´t seen another example of this design, although, as Wendy says, it is similar to the Tall Spring piece in the gallery. It is dated somewhere between 1925 and 1932.

This piece is interesting as it is inscribed by Albert Dean rather than tube lined in the mould as described by Ian Turner in an earlier post. I think it must be an early piece. It is really curious as the backstamp indicates pre 1893 and it doesn´t carry the Ltd. However we know that... Read More