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West German Pottery: A Collector's Guide to Fat Lava, Makers and Marks

West German Pottery: A Collector's Guide to Fat...

West German pottery is one of the most collectable categories in mid-century ceramics, and also one of the most misunderstood. The term Fat Lava gets applied to almost anything with...

West German Pottery: A Collector's Guide to Fat...

West German pottery is one of the most collectable categories in mid-century ceramics, and also one of the most misunderstood. The term Fat Lava gets applied to almost anything with...

A Brown Study: Two Pieces, Two Traditions, One Instinct

A Brown Study: Two Pieces, Two Traditions, One ...

There is a moment in every charity shop run when your hand reaches for something before your brain has decided why. You are moving fast, scanning shelves, and something pulls....

A Brown Study: Two Pieces, Two Traditions, One ...

There is a moment in every charity shop run when your hand reaches for something before your brain has decided why. You are moving fast, scanning shelves, and something pulls....

Portmeirion Totem: The Coffee Set That Defined a Decade

Portmeirion Totem: The Coffee Set That Defined ...

There are pieces of post-war British design that feel inevitable in hindsight. Objects so perfectly calibrated to their moment that it's hard to imagine the world without them. The Portmeirion...

Portmeirion Totem: The Coffee Set That Defined ...

There are pieces of post-war British design that feel inevitable in hindsight. Objects so perfectly calibrated to their moment that it's hard to imagine the world without them. The Portmeirion...