Crown Staffordshire 'Pixies' Cereal/fruit bowl circa 1906 Taken just before the demolition of the Minerva Works Photo: ...

Winter Reflections      The last of the amber and copper coloured leaves are falling fast. The Owl does not call on clear mo...

We're been so busy with the shop this time of year that we've not found time to catch up on reading and blogging. We wanted to ...

We like to celebrate the seasons and Autumn and Winter are our favourites. Living in the countryside we are subject to the vagrancies of...

Alice and The Caterpillar meet by a mushroom John Tenniel Epilogue to Through the Looking Glass A boat, beneath a sunny sky ...

Moushkin by Lady Rootes Some of you may remember a post we wrote in August when the lovely artist, illustrator and jewellery maker Joan...

We sell from a little unit tucked in a corner at the top of the stairs on the first floor of  The Emporium in Hungerford, Bershire. I...