Tableware Blog

Our 'New Stock Alerts' are published weekly and summarise most of the new stock we have received at the MrPottery warehouse and/or added to our new e-commerce website in the last week. Churchill "Ports of Call - Kabul" Dinner Plates Denby Pottery "Romance" Dinner Plates, Breakfast Plates, Tea Plates, Dessert Bowls, Milk Jug Johnson Bros "Blueberry" Dinner Plates, Tea Plates, Cereal Bowls, Tea Cups & Saucers Johnson Bros "Willow" Rimmed Bowls Midwinter "Invitation" Dinner Plates, Tea Plates, Tea Cups & Saucers, Gravy & Stand, Soup Cups & Saucers Poole Pottery "Chestnut" Dessert Bowls Purbeck Pottery "Portland" Small Steak Plates Royal...

If we don't have what you are looking for in stock there are two ways we can help. Back In Stock Notifications If you have found the piece you are seeking on our website, but we are showing that we are currently 'Out Of Stock!' simply add your email to the form below the item and click the blue "Notify Me" button.  As soon as the piece you are seeking is back in stock our system will automatically send you an email to let you know.  Subscribe to our 'Wanted List' If you can't find the piece you are seeking...

Purbeck Pottery's origins are not that old when compared to many of the UK's best known potteries. It wasn't until 1966 when a small group led by Stanley Laws formed a new limited company and purchased premises, previously owned by the Branksome China group, in Seamoor Road, Westbourne, Dorset. Interesting, all but one of the founding Directors were ex employees of the more famous Poole Pottery. Together they recognised the growing demand of the time for stoneware tableware and decorative items; a demand that Poole Pottery were struggling to meet due to their already over burdened production capacity. The founding...

So often when people ask what I do, and I tell them, "I run a china matching service", I'm met with blank stares. The reality is unless you have used one, you are unlikely to be familiar with the concept. Even if you need to use one, you won't seek one out, as you don't know they exist. As a business, that's one of our biggest challenges, letting people know we exist. So... what is a 'china matching service'? In short, we replace the missing pieces of customers tableware services, be they dinner, tea, coffee or serving ware, when their...

When it comes to buying replacement china for your discontinued dinner, tea or coffee service, there are a number of options open to you. We have listed these below ranked, based on the most likely to be successful. China Replacement/China Matching Services China Replacement Services, such as MrPottery, are an obvious choice. Certainly, they are likely to offer the speediest solution as many carry large stocks of discontinued china, and in our case, have a vast network of buyers scouring the second hand market for pieces our customers are seeking that we do not have in stock. You can also...