Tableware Blog — Pattern Library

Wedgwood Florentine is one of those tableware patterns that feels unmistakably Wedgwood: elegant, detailed, formal, and just a little bit grand.

It is best known today in its rich Turquoise version, but Florentine is not a single-colour story. Over the years it has appeared in a number of colourways, each giving the same distinctive border design a slightly different character.

Denmark, often known as Blue Denmark or Denmark Blue, is one of those tableware patterns that can be both instantly recognisable and slightly confusing at the same time.

Most people remember the blue and white version. It is the classic one, with deep blue stylised flowers, trailing stems, shaped borders and a crisp traditional feel. But Denmark is not quite as simple as one pottery, one pattern, one version.

Colclough Braganza is one of the best known later Colclough patterns, recognised for its soft blue floral decoration, white bone china body and delicate gold trim. It is elegant without being too formal, familiar without being plain, and still very popular with customers looking for...

BHS Lincoln is one of those discontinued tableware ranges that many people remember without necessarily knowing much about it. Sold through British Home Stores and made for everyday use, it was practical, understated and designed for ordinary homes rather than display cabinets.

With its white body, gently embossed fruit decoration and clean, familiar shapes, Lincoln has the quiet charm of a range made for daily life. It was not flashy, but that is very much part of the appeal.

Marks & Spencer “Harvest” is one of those familiar designs that seems to have found its way into a remarkable number of British homes. Warm, practical and unmistakably rooted in its period, it became far more than a simple dinner service.

Hornsea Contrast is one of the most distinctive and successful tableware ranges produced by Hornsea Pottery. With its dark brown body, crisp white working surfaces and bold black and white banding, it has a strong, confident look that feels unmistakably of its time, yet still remarkably usable today.

Indian Tree is one of those tableware designs that seems to belong to many potteries at once. Rather than being tied to a single maker, it became a decorative style interpreted by a wide range of British manufacturers, each bringing its own shapes, colours and character to the design.

At MrPottery, we have seen versions by Johnson Brothers, Duchess, Aynsley, Coalport and Wedgwood, among others.

Few tableware designs are as instantly recognisable as Royal Albert “Old Country Roses”. With its rich clusters of red, pink and yellow roses set against fine bone china and finished with elegant gold edging, it has become one of the most enduring and widely collected patterns of the 20th century.