Collecting
Inspired by Dutch tin-glazed earthenware first made in the town of Delft in Holland, English delftware first emerged in the 1620s in London workshops such as the gloriously named Pickleherring Pottery and was manufactured in Liverpool and Bristol potteries, too. ‘Delftware first became of interest when William and Mary came to the throne in 1689 and brought a certain amount of Dutch pottery over with them,’ says Garry Atkins, antiques dealer and pottery expert. ‘People copied what the king and queen liked. Delftware doesn't have quite the same appeal as porcelain, which was grander stuff, but I just love it. It's very simple and so appealing – not over-elaborate. The Dutch copied Chinese porcelain patterns, but the.English potters did their own
