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Staffordshire Pearlware Chimney Sweep

This pearlware figure of a Chimney Sweep was made in Staffordshire in the early nineteenth century after an earlier figure by Paul-Louis Cyfflé. Cyfflé was one of the great modellers of the eighteenth century. He worked in the Lorraine region […]

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2017_24

It feels really good to have finished this batch of moulds. Glad to have stayed the course. I used fifteen bags of USG #1 to make a total of forty six moulds over this past three weeks. With these added […]

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2017_23

When I made the trip for supplies, I returned with plaster. The way I have come to see the modular set is that all the components need to be ready at the same time. That’s the reason I have been […]

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Prattware Pottery Chickens

These Prattware Pottery Chickens were made in Staffordshire in the early years of the nineteenth century. They have been underglaze painted with colours derived from the oxides of iron (orange), manganese (brown), cobalt (blue), chrome (green) and antimony (yellow). Sealed […]

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2017_22

After spending two weeks working on the house and garden, I was growing restless. All those plaster models ready and waiting. By last Thursday, I could resist no longer. I picked one of the 8 cm wide models to start. […]

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Staffordshire Pearlware Tobacco Jar

I bought this early nineteenth century Staffordshire Pearlware Tobacco Jar last year without giving it too much thought. The lion finial caught my eye, I do love cats and the price was right. Described as antique porcelain, it was another […]