T G Green ceramics

Best known for their blue and white striped Cornishware, T G Green produced some updated versions of their classic tableware in the late 1960s with fresh simple designs by Judith Onions.

I'm selling these nice storage jars in cornflower blue and pale lemon yellow with a textured white band around the base and wooded lids.

Another range featured large white spots on a darker blue glaze. Here is a tureen in this design, shown with a couple of Ridgeway cups and saucers.

My stall at the last vintage market

Here are a few photos of my stall at the last market I did in November. I hope to have more of the same and will post a few pictures of new items over the next few days.

Midwinter Queensberry

This is a nice Midwinter soup tureen and bowls, all with matching saucers. The design is Queensberry and it dates from the 1970s.

This is another piece for the market next Saturday

Bits and Pieces for Vintage Market

Here are a few recent finds which will be making an appearance on my stall at the next North London Vintage Market.

1970s retro M&S tray

Danish style teak planter

Figgjo 'Lotte' egg cup

Taunton Vale blue daisy pattern storage jar

Rorstrand finds

Here are two nice pieces of Rostrand pottery, latest car boot finds:

A flowery pot

I have been neglecting the blog of late as things have finally picked up with our prospective move. We have started the epic task of packing and I have been trying to force myself to sell off some more bits and pieces.

I have just listed a glass spotty handkerchief vase on ebay which I have had for quite a few years now so I think its time for it to go.

While packing I also found this nice little lidded pot which usually sits on my bookcase. Its made by T G Green with a design called 'Blumen'. The designer is Colin Haxby. I have done a bit of web searching but have not found many other images of pieces from this range or much information about the designer.

Does anyone out there know anything about Colin Haxby or his work for T G Green?

Stavangerflint pottery

I have recently bought a couple of small pieces of Stavangerflint and I realised that I have a mini collection of these small pots and dishes.

I bought the spoon rest for 20p after finding it at the bottom of a box of old saucepans at a car boot sale.

Here are some photos..

New piece of Rorstrand

I haven't been out and about doing much buying recently as all of our time has been occupied in trying (and so far failing) to buy a flat. I know I should also be trying to concentrate on selling rather than buying things as the thought of packing up to move house is already making me panic slightly.

Anyway, despite good intentions I have made another purchase, but as its an addition to my Rorstrand collection I thought I should make an exception.

This is also a pattern 'Fructus' that I have never seen before. Very exciting. Here it is..

I bought it from a shop called Odyssey Twentieth Century in Camden Passage. Worth a visit if you like mid-century ceramics, glass and homewares.

Figgjo mug

 

This is my latest ebay purchase, a Figgjo mug in the 'Lotte' pattern designed in 1962 by Turi Gramstad Oliver. I'd never seen a mug in this range before so I was very pleased to snap it up.

Norwegian ceramics and enamel

This months Homes & Antiques magazine includes a big feature on Norwegian mid-century ceramics and enamelware. Here are some pictures.

Stavangerflint 'Opaque' ceramics

When hunting through one of my boxes of ceramics I found a small Stavangerflint pin dish. It is from the 'Opaque' range - a series of ceramic vases, plates and other items in a creamy white matt glaze with simple floral and figurative designs in blues and greys designed by Inger Waage. I think they date from the 1950s or early 1960s. This is my favourite range Stavangerflint range and I have a few other pieces. Here are some pictures...

New Rorstrand dish

Here is a picture of my latest ebay purchase - another addition to my Rorstrand collection. This is a shape and pattern I hadn't seen before. It's called 'Canaria'.

There was no designer identified on www.svenskt-porslin.net , which is my usual reference source for Scandinavian ceramics:

But interestingly it shows the same dish as mine so maybe this pattern was only used on this shape.

Ceramics for Saturday

Here are a few of the items I will be selling at this Saturday's North London Vintage Market in Crouch End

 

Figgio pottery

Here is a close up photo of another one of my weekend purchases, a Figgio mini tureen in the 'Saga' design. I have photographed it with a couple of other items in this pattern which I have on display in our kitchen.

My stall at the vintage market

I had a pretty good day at the North London Vintage Market last Saturday. Its always hard to predict what will sell at each market and, as usual, a few things that I thought would be snapped up quickly came back home with me!

I did sell quite a few vintage tablecloths and other bits of fabric though and I took my nice vintage trunk to display them in.

Here are a couple of pictures of my stall.

Rare Bjorn Wiinblad plaque

This is an unusual Nymolle plaque designed by Bjorn Wiinblad. It is one of a set of two that were produced in a limited run in 1976 to mark thirty years since he had begun working for Nymolle.

I have the matching one somewhere but I have never been able to find it since I moved house.

This one was bought on ebay and it's a miracle it arrived intact and it was sent wrapped in an old carrier bag, a bit of card and some brown paper!

Vintage market next weekend

After a bit of a break I will be at the North London Vintage Market in Crouch End again next weekend on Saturday 5th May. I have just spent all afternoon trying to get myself organised and am now (almost) all packed up ready to go.

This time I will have quite a few textiles for sale, mostly vintage tablecloths and tea towels.

I have also taken a few pictures of some of the ceramic items I will have for sale.

Scandinavian ceramics

Despite very wet conditions I had a pretty successful visit to the Malvern flea fair over Easter and bought these three nice pieces of Scandinavian pottery.

Rorstrand 'Eden' butter dish, designed by Marianne Westman

Stavangerflint cup designed by Kari Nyquist

Stavangerflint trinket box designed by Inger Waage

V&A design exhibition

Last weekend I went to the V&A to the exhibition British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age.

The exhibition is arranged over three galleries and the first section, entitled Tradition and Modernity, covering the post-war years was the area I spent most time in.

It includes material relating to the Festival of Britain and the construction of Coventry Cathedral, the development of New Towns and some of the key design trends of the period. There were some great examples of poster design and illustration, fabric and furniture, ceramics and glass on display.

Here's a photo of the shop display, and one of Abram Games' classic poster designs for the Festival of Britain: