Printed British pottery provides a comprehensive picture of life in the UK and the USA since the English Civil War. Commemorative pieces celebrating, or berating, famous figures such as kings queens and emperors, but also, political events and social  happenings, represent to us a document, contemporaneous, historic and fragile!

From Charles 1st and Oliver Cromwell through to Queen Victoria and Gladstone, commemorating sporting triumphs, battles, births, deaths and election campaigns. Antique British pottery commemorative ware offers a fascinating insight into the social events which have dominated our history and contributed to the society we live in today.