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For over 150 years, Burgess and Leigh has been a working pottery. The business, established in 1851 in Burslem, began producing fine quality earthenware as Hume and Booth. In 1862, William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess took over. The company became known as Burgess & Leigh, and the ‘Burleigh’ mark was coined for the earthenware products.
William Leigh was a visionary with the twin aims of modernising production and caring for the pottery workers and their families. In 1888 he had the Middleport Pottery built on the Trent and Mersey Canal as a ‘model factory’.
Emma Bridgewater pottery is instantly recognizable, with her Polka Dot pattern china being seen in many kitchens. Her Black Toast pattern, hand-drawn lettering on cream earthenware, which was designed by her husband, Matthew Rice, is a design classic and is often copied. Emma first came onto the scene with her spongeware design in the 1980s and they [...]
Teddy bears have been with us for around 100 years and has been a popular toy with boys as well as girls. Although the Teddy Bear arrived in Germany and the USA almost simultaneously, it was named in America, after Teddy Roosevelt. As the American Ideal Toy Company began making their Teddy Bears, in Germany [...]
The FA Cup has a long and romantic history and was dreamed up by Charles William Alcock, an old Harrovian, who played on the winning side in the first final of 1872, when Wanderers defeated the Royal Engineers. Since that first final, it has been the dream of every footballer to play in the FA [...]
The TV Sci-Fi puppet series Thunderbirds was created in the mid 1960s by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. It run for 32 episodes from 1964 to 1966 and over the years it has generated a vast number of collectables.
What was so special about Thunderbirds at the time was the new technology which enabled the puppets to [...]
Buddy Holly’s short recording career only lasted three years, but he produced some of the most enduring hits of the rock ‘n’ roll era. More than 40 years after his death hits like That’ll Be The Day and Peggy Sue are still played and the musical, The Buddy Holly Story, played to full theatres in [...]
Ever since the advent of Harry Potter in 1997 ‘young adult’ fantasy has been highly prized in the rare and collectable book market. While J K Rowling is definitely the highest profile children’s author at the moment, Philip Pullman has quietly built up a following and his books are sought after auction favourites. Pullman was [...]
Batman was first mentioned in Detective Comic,#26 in 1939 and acquired his sidekick, Robin, in 1940, which is also the year in which the first Batman comic was published. The title was drawn by Bob Kane and written by Bill Fingers.
Items relating to the original character are highly prized. His debut comic appearance is still [...]
Silver is one of the most underrated forms of collectables and seems to have fallen out of fashion, but it offers a wealth of opportunity to the discerning collector. Silver collecting could be split into different categories, like make, designer, type of product (sugar tongues, salts, teapots).
The first recorded mention of silver is in the [...]
When hearing the term ‘collector’ we tend to imagine someone very rich, who has put together a substantial collection which will eventually be left to a museum or gallery. The reality is very different, of course. Many people start collecting around a hobby of theirs – maybe they have a passion for antique golf clubs [...]