The Northern Ceramic Society
sharing an understanding
and enjoyment of all kinds of ceramics
Dear NCS Members,
Thank you for your membership.
Although we are currently unable to meet in person the NCS is staying in touch with a regular E-News, Newsletters, and the Annual Journal and access to online presentations including the NCS YouTube channel.
Join us
Enjoy collecting, or want to know more about ceramics? Join here.
Meetings
Discover our regular Saturday meetings, twice yearly seminars and summer visists.
Publications
Find details of NCS publications, and our publication shop.
Ceramic Resources
From pattern books to apprenticeships and from the 18th to the 20th century – we have resources for research.
New on the website
Dealers List
new update
Here you will find a list of “China-men”, their customers and associates in 17th, 18th and 19th century Britain and abroad.
This List, compiled by Robin Hildyard over some 30 years, has been generously shared with the NCS by the Oxford Ceramics Group
Samuel Wedgwood’s letter
written to his father Thomas Wedgwood
In July 1788 Samuel Wedgwood was living in France and wrote a long loving letter to his father in Staffordshire in which described his life in Paris and a visit he had made to the Sèvres factory.
You can find a transcription of the letter here
NCS & OCG present
Designing Women:
how women shaped Britain’s ceramic industry.
Paul Atterbury
click anywhere to view this powerpoint presentation
The presentation is the first major survey of more than a century of women in the British Pottery industry. From Hannah Barlow in the late 19th century to Emma Bridgewater in the 21st century. Paul Atterbury discusses the art and business of making pottery and the new perspective brought to the industry by Women who not only were the primary consumers of British ceramic tableware, but the new potters, designing and manufacturing the most fashionable lines.
New to the NCS
Ceramic talks to enjoy at your leisure
The Northern Ceramic Society has begun to upload a series of presentations to its YouTube channel. The recorded powerpoint presentations currently include
- The Reginald Haggar Memorial Event
- Ruth and Ruth Ann Mason – Deb Skinner
We hope the list of programmes will continue to grow, let us have any ceramic presentations you wish to share with fellow NCS members and ceramic enthusiasts
click anywhere on this notice to go to the talk
Research Grant
The Transferware Collectors Club is pleased to welcome applications for the 2021 Paul and Gladys Richards Charitable Foundation Research Grant Program for the study of British Transferware.
Launched in 2009, the Richards Research Grant Program is dedicated to supporting research focused on British transferware produced between 1750 and 1900. To date the program has funded twenty-eight projects including a number by NCS members.
All grant applications must be received by May 4. Details and an application form are available for download on the club’s website at
https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/research-learning/research-grants
British Ceramics
Quiz
If you enjoy collecting British ceramics, researching the history of the pottery industry and visiting ceramics collections, we think that you will enjoy our quiz! 60 questions across 6 different categories.
View and download the quiz here
Books by members
100 Years of Scottish Pottery 1740-1840 – A selection from a private Scottish Collection. With 40 pages of information about a range of Scottish potteries –
More details here
Find more books by NCS members