
What’s On
Events
Thrown Together… a meeting of the past and the present
The London Potters and the English Ceramic Circle, both charities, have joined forces to provide a day of ceramic demonstrations and lectures by leading potters and historical researchers.
Early booking is advised, as initially each group has an allocation of 50 tickets.
“Could I live without clay? ” Women and ceramics in the collections of National Museums Scotland (NMS)
Featured Speakers:
Claire Blakey is Senior Curator of Modern Decorative Arts at National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh.
China Corridor at Windsor Castle
Featured Speakers:
Sally Goodsir is Curator of Decorative Arts at Royal Collection Trust, with particular interests in ceramics, royal gardens and animals, and the Royal Mews.
Collecting Chelsea: Porcelain Bird Tureens and Sculpture at The Higgins Bedford
Patricia Ferguson
Two papers via Zoom
- The Hamilton Palace George-Watson-Taylor Service Created by the Flight, Barr and Barr Factory, Christopher Coles.
- Wedgwood Jasper 1775-1805, Robin Emmerson.
ECC – Physical Meeting, London 11th October 2025
- A different view: British ceramic design in German trade publications, Rebecca Klarner (ECC grant recipient)
- Metal, Glass, and Fire – how Henry Bone crafted success in the art world, Nick Panes
- ‘Bartmann Goes Global!’ The impact of iconic German stoneware on English potters, Jacqui Pearce.
- Nelson and the Cambrian Pottery, Jonathan Gray.
- Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham (1738-1786), as a patron of ceramics, Howard Coutts PM.
Collecting and Researching English Ceramic Art: Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
Members’ Meeting
CHANGE OF VENUE: Cromwell Suite, DoubleTree by Hilton London Kensington ‘Hubert-François Gravelot, James Cole and early English porcelain’, Simon Spier and Alice Clanachan ‘The Popish Plot and 17th Century English Delftware’, Roger Massey and Anna Burnside AGM ‘The rise and fall of Ashtead Potters Ltd. 1923-1935’, Andy Carter
Wedgwood & The Society of Dilettanti
We are delighted to confirm that the ECC is running a seminar at the V&A Museum on Thursday 20th March, 2025, devoted to Wedgwood and the Society of Dilettanti.

