Has your eye ever been drawn to a jug in a mottled, iridescent rose-pink glaze, framing a simple printed image of a sailing ship, or an imposing iron bridge? Have you ever been intrigued by a bowl embellished with erratic lavender marbling? Or entertained by a purple-splashed chamber pot adorned with a bawdy verse that makes you smile?
Answer yes to any of the above, and you, like many others, have probably fallen for the charms of Sunderland lustre pottery. Although potteries in the North East of England were at the vanguard of those capitalising on
