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24.01.2022 New in store is a Rose Bouquet Trio made in 1981 only by Royal Doulton under the Paragon trademark. The Paragon trademark was used by the Star China Company from the turn of the century. The Star China company was founded in 1897 by partners John Aynsley (founder of Aynsley & Sons), his son Herbert Aynsley and William Illingworth. John Aynsley retired in 1900 and Willing Illingworth in 1910. Herbert’s youngest daughter had married Hugh Irving who joined the firm at this time ...and in 1919 the name of the business was changed to the Paragon China Company Ltd. In 1926, Paragon introduced the 'Two for Joy' design to commemorate the birth of HRH Princess Elizabeth. This depicted two magpies which were reputed to have been seen at the christening of the Princess. HRH The Duchess of York (as she was before she became the Queen) was delighted with the design and purchased some of the china, beginning a long history of royal patronage. Hugh Irving became the sole proprietor of the firm in 1927 when Herbert Aynsley retired and in 1930 the company changed its name to Paragon China Limited. Irving introduced new, highly successful, marketing methods including window display competitions for retailers and publicity events attended by the celebrities of the time. In 1933, Paragon was granted a Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen (Queen Mary). Royal Warrants are granted to people or companies who regularly supply goods or services to a particular member of the Royal family. Strict regulations govern the warrant, which allows the grantee or his company to use the legend 'By Appointment' and display the relevant Royal Coat of Arms on products. In 1937,King George VI & Queen Elizabeth granted a royal warrant for the occasion of their coronation, the new Queen granted her royal warrant in 1938 and, in turn, her daughter, Her Majesty The Queen, granted a Warrant of Appointment in 1955. Originally known for their fine bone china tea sets, the company expanded into dinnerware production in the 1930s and found new markets in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. By 1946 they had increased their range of products to include figurines and breakfast sets. Paragon China continued to be a family business, under the Irving family control, until 1960 when it was acquired by Thomas C Wld & Sons. In July 1964, Wild and its subsidiary companies, including Paragon, merged with the Lawley Group Ltd which later that year changed its name to Allied English Potteries Ltd. Paragon became part of Royal Doulton in 1972 and china continued to be marketed under that name until 1991. By 1989 the name and patterns had been absorbed into Royal Albert and by 1992 the Paragon name was discontinued. See more

24.01.2022 Check out all the Maxwell & Williams items in store - including some of the very versatile White Basics range - http://bit.ly/AISCMaxwellWilliams For over 20 years, Maxwell & Williams has been an Australian staple when it comes to quality tableware, glassware, and dinnerware. The story of the company behind the brand begins in 1952 when German migrants, Heinrich (Harry) and Anna Grundmann, arrived in Australia, escaping the chaos of post-war Europe. After initially finding wo...Continue reading

23.01.2022 New in store is a vintage fine china Golden Wheat pattern cup and saucer made by Westminister China in the 1960s. Westminister China of Melbourne, Australia, was founded in 1954 by Stanley Rogers. Stanley was born Szejel Rogowaj in the Ukraine in 1890, and arrived in Melbourne in 1926 as a refugee of WWI, with his wife and 2 children. He started out in business as a tobacconist and then started trading in cutlery, glassware and crockery in Queen Street in Melbourne city. S Ro...gers and Sons was registered as a company in 1950 with Stanley and his son, William, as directors. By 1954 they had opened premises in Cheltenham and started using the trademark Westminster China on a range of souvenir ware and tea sets. In the early days, skilled staff were brought into Australia from Europe and the focus was on the souvenir and giftware trade. They initially used imported blanks from Japan, which were made to their specifications, and which were then decorated locally. In the late 1960s they introduced a range of Australian made porcelain hotel ware under the Fineceram and Duraceram brands. In 1977 they moved to Sandringham to a larger building that housed the factory, warehouse, office and showroom. At this time they were making corporate branded ceramics and a range of giftware featuring Aboriginal designs and Australian flora and fauna. In 1984, Westminster China became part of Badgin Nominees Pty Ltd and then in 1998 were sold on to Oneida Ltd. See more

21.01.2022 New in store are pieces of the prettily decorated Noritake dinnerware pattern Kambrook made in the 1970s. https://bit.ly/KambrookNoritake Noritake has been one Australia's top selling dinnerware brands for over 100 years. Noritake's porcelain and bone china are made from the strongest ceramic materials and are fired at the highest temperatures so that it can used with confidence even as your everyday set of dishes. But keep this in mind about all your Noritake dinnerware: ...treat them with the respect that high quality, beautifully crafted products deserve. Although very strong, porcelain and bone china are still breakable if handled roughly. Some Noritake patterns incorporate delicate decorations and gold and platinum bands that may be harmed by repeated use of strong detergents so if you do put them in your dishwasher use the fine china/crystal setting if you have one and use liquid detergent over powder/tablets. Whether you are using the dishwasher or washing by hand, use the minimum amount of detergent necessary for cleaning and make sure your tableware is completely rinsed. An oily feeling or rainbow coloured sheen generally means that detergents are still present and the harsh chemical action is continuing. Avoid any sudden temperature change, such as putting a hot item into cool water this may cause the ceramic to break. And if ceramic dinnerware is marked ‘Oven Safe’, but is not purpose made bakeware, it is for heating purposes only (up to 180 degrees) - not cooking. See more

21.01.2022 New in store is a large Alex Liddy serving bowl perfect for serving salads or pasta. Alex Liddy has built a range of up to 600 tableware items designed by a team of 23 graphic and industrial designers. At 17, Liddy joined David Jones as a management trainee and stayed for 10 years as a buyer in the homewares department. This was followed by stints at Hardy Bros, Louis Vuitton, Grace Bros, Big W and Sheridan, where she worked before she and her husband set up Liddy Corporation..., from the spare bedroom of their flat, in 1992. With a redundancy payout of $17,000, the 35-year-old started selling Sasaki Japanese crystal with Myer as her first customer. Her company grew very quickly to supply all major retailers in Australia, under her own brands or private labels. Liddy become known for quality design Christmas tabletop products, fashion mugs, outdoor entertaining & coordinated sets across many product categories. Liddy treats her range as a "fashion" brand, which means selling designs six months in advance - like the fashion industry. She works to the fashion calendar, producing seasonal collections. The Alex Liddy range is now sold in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and Canada. See more

21.01.2022 New in store is a fabulous box set of all 21 original Famous Five stories by Enid Blyton. Enid is one of the best-loved children’s authors with her books still as popular today as they were in the 1940s. It is estimated that she wrote over 800 books, in a period of approximately 40 years, including 6 books she wrote under the pseudonym Mary Pollock - combining her middle name and the surname of her first husband. Her first published book, Child Whispers, was a 24-page collect...ion of poems published in 1922. In 1924 at the age of 27, Enid Blyton married Major Hugh Pollock, an editor at the publishing house George Newnes, who published some of Enid’s earliest books. They had two children, and soon afterwards Enid wrote her first children's novel, The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair. She wrote her books on a typewriter perched on her lap and claimed that she didn’t plan her stories in advance, allowing her imagination to take her from the beginning of a book to the final scene. She was able to write 10,000 publishable words in one day! She divorced Hugh Pollock in 1942 in order to marry Kenneth Waters, a London surgeon. Her health began to deteriorate in 1957, when during a round of golf she started to complain of feeling faint and breathless, and by 1960 she was displaying signs of dementia. Her agent George Greenfield recalled that it was "unthinkable" for the "most famous and successful of children's authors with her enormous energy and computer-like memory" to be losing her mind and suffering from what is now known as Alzheimer's disease in her mid-sixties. She died in 1968 at the age of 71. Despite her immense success as an author, her work has been criticised since the 1950s for its perceived racial insensitivity and gender stereotyping, and her worst critics describe her as a second rate, long-winded author. Whatever camp you belong in, her books remain a staple in every children's library! See more

19.01.2022 SOLD New in store is this classic vintage Dinky Toys Euclid Rear Dump Truck with a winding mechanism which was made between 1955 and 1957. Dinky Toys was the brand name for the range of die-cast zinc alloy miniature vehicles produced by Meccano Ltd. They were made in England from 1934 to 1979, at a factory in Binns Road in Liverpool. Dinky Toys were among the most popular diecast vehicles ever made pre-dating other popular diecast vehicle ranges, including Corgi, Matchbox a...nd Mattel's Hot Wheels. The Euclid Rear Dump Truck is one of the iconic Dinky models. The Euclid Company of Ohio specialised in heavy equipment for earthmoving, namely dump trucks and wheel tractor-scrapers, that operated from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was purchased and converted into a section of General Motors in the mid 1950s and later on by Hitachi Construction Machinery. The Euclid Series R-15 was certainly a big truck by the standards of the time being 23ft long and more than 10ft high, it has a 1940s look about it but is still in production up to the mid sixties. Dinky started production of the Euclid model in 1955 and kept it in the range up to 1969. There are four variations. In the first two years of production the logo has a grey background, then from 1957 onwards it has a red background. The next change is in 1961 when it got windows and at the end of the run the wheels were painted red or green. See more

18.01.2022 New in store is a fine bone china salad plate made by Coalport China, England, and decorated with the Hong Kong Green pattern. It was produced as part of the Oriental Archive Collection which includes limited reissues of some of Coalport most well known asian inspired patterns. Quality and craftsmanship have been the hallmarks of Coalport since the firm was founded in the mid-eighteenth century. They have earned for Coalport a distinguished reputation which is respected every...where. The history of Coalport goes back to 1750 when Squire Brown of Caughley Hall in Shropshire began producing wares using clay and coal from his estate. On his death he was succeeded by his nephew who was joined in 1772 by Thomas Turner, the originator of the Blue Willow pattern in England and an eminent engraver. The firm was sold in 1799 to John Rose who had founded a ceramic works at Coalport, a village on the bank of the River Severn. In 1801 Coalport dinner services were selling at two hundred guineas (a sum equivalent to several thousand pounds today) and in 1841 Queen Victoria ordered a large, richly decorated dessert service which was presented to Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. It was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and caused a sensation. In 1926 Coalport moved to Stoke-on-Trent and in 1967 it became a member of the Wedgewood Group. Today a studio of highly qualified designers produce patterns and ceramic models inspired by ideas in Coalport's beautiful and rare old pattern books which date back to the eighteenth century. In these old books can be found the original drawings for "Hong Kong", which is as popular now as it was more than 150 years ago. See more

17.01.2022 New in store is this very sweet First Communion gift plate made by the Prinknash Abbey Pottery in the 1980s. The Prinknash Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery in Gloucester, England. The Abbey was established in 1096, in the time of William the Conqueror, when the land was gifted to the Abbot of St Peter’s, Gloucester. In 1539, Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, and appropriated the income and assets. A lot of the property was sold o...ff or leased to fund Henry's military campaigns in the 1540s, and Prinknash was rented by Sir Anthony Kingston who was to provide 40 deer annually to King Henry VIII, who also used the House as a hunting lodge. Prinknash Park continued to be used as a home for the gentry and nobility of Gloucestershire during the next few centuries, until 1928 when the Abbey building and land was gifted by the Earl of Rothes to the Benedictine monks of Caldey Island, Wales. The Benedictine monks of the Caldey Island order were famous for the incense blends which they began blending incense in 1906, and they are still one of the major suppliers in Europe. Eventually, the entire Order moved to Prinknash and the Caldey Island premises were sold. The Prinknash Pottery was founded at the Abbey in 1942, when a seam of high quality red clay was found on the land during some building work. A decision was made to establish a pottery works to contribute to the Abbey’s good works and help finance their community support programs. They are most famous for very distinct metallic glazes used on the pottery which resemble pewter and bronze. The Benedictine monks continued to make pottery at the abbey until 1997 when the pottery was sold to the Welsh Porcelain Company. See more

16.01.2022 New in store is a bright summery Grindley Sundflower plate made in England between 1954 and 1968. W H Grindley was an English pottery company that made earthenware and ironstone tableware, including flow blue. The company was founded in 1880 by William Harry Grindley at the Newfield Pottery by Grindley and moved to the Woodland Pottery in 1891. In 1908 a secondary company - The Grindley Hotelware Company - was created to specialise in earthenware hotel and catering ware. The pottery was taken over by Alfred Clough in 1960, and became known as Grindley of Stoke in 1978. The company bought Ceramix in 1980, and was itself bought by Federated Potteries in 1982 before being bought back by W H Grindley in 1988. The company went into receivership in 1991 and was taken over by Woodlands Pottery.

13.01.2022 New in store is a 1970s pearl lustre Moonglow open sugar bowl made in the USA by the Federal Glass Company which was founded in Ohio in 1900 by George and Robert Beatty. Their first product lines were hand pressed tumblers, bottles and jars, but by 1914 the catalog included a full range of pressed glass in imitation cut glass patterns. After twenty years in operation the company shifted to automation, anticipating the public’s need for large quantities of low priced glassware.... They undersold all their competitors and they thrived. In the 1940's the firm expanded into the food service industry. They made glassware for restaurants, hospitals, hotels and the military during World War II. The company became a division of the Federal Paper Board Company in 1958, but continued to produce its current glass lines and add a new line of ‘Heat Proof sets. The Moonglow pearl lustre ‘Heat Proof’ range was first made in 1970 and was retired in 1978. The white glass surface is augmented with an iridescent effect that gives it a beautiful Opalescent sheen. They remained one of the largest glass manufacturers in the US until the 1960s, when American dinnerware tastes turned to plastics such as Melmac. In 1979, the factory closed its doors ending 79 years of glass making. The Indiana Glass Company acquired the designs, however, the original Federal Glass designs can be distinguished by the Federal back stamp - a capital F in a shield. See more

13.01.2022 What is the difference between bone china and fine china? In general bone china has a much thinner makeup than fine china/porcelain. But the main difference is that bone china has cow bone ash mixed into the ceramic material to give it a unique colour tone and feel. https://bit.ly/BoneChinaAISC The use of bone ash gives china a warmer, soft looking colour and translucency. It’s easy to see the difference when you lift up a cup under the light - bone china is more translucent ...and will let more light in compared to fine china or porcelain. But like anything, you get what you pay for - there has never been a worldwide industry standard about how much ash needs to be in the mix to allow the term ‘Bone China’ to be used. Generally when you compare the weight the higher quality bone china is lighter and you can tell the difference if you listen to the sound of two pieces colliding together. Most ceramics have a heavy thick sound - a ding (with no echo), but if you put two fine quality bone china pieces together, you’ll hear a bell ringing sound with an echo. However, at the end of the day it is a personal preference in feel and look that should influence your tableware purchases - buy what makes you feel good! The first company to make bone china in Australia was the Calyx Porcelain and Paint Company, established in Subiaco, Perth, in 1921 (most famous for being the foundation of the works that later made Wembley Ware). Calyx used raw materials from around the Western Australia clay from Goomalling, Silica (very fine white river sand) from Wanneroo and Felspar (white rock) from Coolgardie. The bones came from Fremantle Abattoirs, by the truckload! Unfortunately, the bone china range was discontinued only a few years later as it was too hard to manage the bone processing in the heat of an Australian summer. See more

11.01.2022 In store are some pieces of the Myott Malaga pattern tableware which was only made between 1959 and 1961. https://bit.ly/MalagaMyott The Myott Pottery was established in 1898 by brothers Ashley Myott and his brother Sydney. Ashley had worked for potter George Mountford, and on his death, purchased the business at the age of nineteen, making him the youngest independent potter of the time in the United Kingdom. In 1901 they built a five-oven factory in Cobridge and then extend...ed further in 1925 creating the Alexander Potteries group. After the expansion the company began extending their traditional tableware production to include a range of hand-painted Art Deco design wares - including vases, jugs and wall pockets in bright orange and brown colours. The autumnal palette used and the bold application of the designs makes Myott pottery highly distinctive amongst the products of the time. In the 1930s the company collaborated with the Austrian company, Goldschieder, to produce a range of figurines and face masks which continued until 1950. The firm also produced a line of minimally decorated tableware for the Cunard shipping line including a groundbreaking cubist (square) teapot which was a more stable design on a moving vessel than a curved pot. In 1949 the factory experienced a catastrophic fire which destroyed all of the pattern and design records. The company moved to another pottery site in Hanley and attempted to recover with more modern production lines using the leading technology of the time. They created stand out ranges of clean line designs with bold colours on durable white ironstone which were highly successful in the renewed marketplace of post-war Britain, Australian and the US. In 1969, Myott was bought out by Interpace, an American corporation who were then the largest manufacturer of tableware in the USA. The Myott trademark was retained and In 1976 the company was merged with Alfred Meakin Ltd to form Myott-Meakin and in 1991 the company was purchased by the Churchill Group. See more

07.01.2022 New in store is an exquisitely decorated porcelain display plate made by Limoges, France, as a Limited Edition in 1983, enhanced with 24 carat gold. The subject of the plate is 'Donkey Skin' - an unusual fairy tale, not often told! It is decorated with a work by the artist Christian Jégou, inspired by the tales of Charles Perrault, a french author in the 1600s. Perrault laid the foundations for the tradition of the fairy tale, deriving his stories from earlier folk lore. He p...ublished a book in 1697 - Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités or Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Stories or Tales from Past Times with Morals or Mother Goose Tales). His best known tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge ("Little Red Riding Hood"), Cendrillon ("Cinderella"), Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté ("Puss in Boots"), La Belle au bois dormant ("Sleeping Beauty"), and Barbe Bleue ("Bluebeard"). Some of Perrault's versions of old stories influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later. Limoges produced a set of 11 plates depicting Puss-in-Boots, Sleeping Beauty, Grisélidis, Riquet with the Tuft, Little Red Riding Hood, The Fairies, Blue Beard, Hop-o'-My-Thumb, Donkey Skin, Cinderella and The Ridiculous Wishes. Donkeyskin (French: Peau d' ne) is a fairytale about a king who wishes to marry his daughter - also known by the English titles ‘Once Upon a Time’ and ‘The Magic Donkey’. The king promises his dying queen that after her death he will only marry a woman as beautiful and virtuous as she. Pressed by his advisers to remarry and produce an heir, he comes to the conclusion that the only way to fulfill his promise is to marry his own daughter, the princess. Following the advice of her godmother, the lilac fairy, the princess demands a series of seemingly impossible nuptial gifts in the hope that her father will be forced to give up his plans of marriage. However, the king succeeds in providing her with dresses the colour of the weather, the moon and the sun and finally with the skin of a magic donkey that excretes jewels, the source of his kingdom's wealth. Donning the donkey skin, the princess flees her father's kingdom to avoid the incestuous marriage. She does end up with a Prince at the conclusion of the story! See more

02.01.2022 SOLD New in store is a boxed set of 6 Pimpernel brand placemats decorated with the English Rose pattern. Pimpernel brand tablemats and coasters came about because of an innovative packaging solution for shipments of whiskey from Scotland to the USA. At the end of 1933, President Franklin D Roosevelt announced the 21st Amendment to the American constitution repealing the 18th Amendment from 1919, and bringing an end to the national prohibition of alcohol. In response, shipment...s of whiskey from Scotland to the USA commenced. Will George lived in Edinburgh at the time and had an association with people who were in the whiskey export business. Bottles were being broken in the shipping crates and Will suggested using plywood boards with holes cut out to fit the base and the necks of the bottles, to prevent them falling against each other during transport. This solution proved successful but resulted in a great number of circular off-cuts. Will had another inspired idea they would make the perfect drinks coaster. He borrowed 100 to start his company ‘Celluware’ in an old First World War army hut in Uxbridge, Middlesex, and later renamed his company Pimpernel. During this time, the furniture manufacturing process in the UK was being revolutionised in order to meet the post-war demand for mass produced, reasonably priced goods. The furniture was coated in a cheaply made shellac finish which looked nice but had no heat resistance when hot plates were placed on it, leaving marks. Will expanded the coaster manufacture to include protective placemats which were coated in tough cellulose and finished with green baize on the base, which was initially trimmed by hand by Will’s wife Ruby. What kicked off the International success of Pimpernel was the addition of pictures to the placemats. The first picture on a mat was the classic design ‘The Hunting Scene’, commissioned in 1954 and still one of the most popular designs today. The company remained in the hands of the George family until it was acquired by the Portmeirion Group in 2006. See more

01.01.2022 In store are lots of top quality items that would make the perfect Christmas gift - like these Celebrations glasses from Maxwell & Williams - white wine and red wine sets in store - https://bit.ly/XmasBoxed Free gift wrapping available!