MEETINGS

2026 NCS Autumn Meetings Programme

Please register with the Programme Secretary or via the website if you wish to attend. As venue and catering costs have increased, it’s important that we book for the expected number of attendees.

Once you have registered, full joining information will be sent by email (unless you request otherwise).

Just a reminder – unless stated otherwise, presentations begin at 11.30am and 2.00pm, with tea and coffee available from 11.00am. Group lunches are available at some venues.

register for meetings here

 

Saturday 26 September 2026
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery ST1 3DW

Many a Slip….
A day devoted to different forms of slip decoration on ceramics.
AM: At the junction of art and industry: what William Moorcroft’s M numbers tell us (and what they don’t)
by Jonathan Mallinson
PM: From Pothole to Pantry by David Barker

Saturday 24 October 2026
Keele University ST5 5BG

AM: Crockery Importers and Dealers: Understanding Ceramic Production and Demand by Dr Neil Ewins
PM: The Reginald Haggar Memorial Lecture by Paul Atterbury:
Art Schools and Ceramics.
Lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Westminster Theatre, Chancellor’s Building.

Saturday 28 November 2026
V&A Wedgwood Collection/World of Wedgwood ST12 9ER
Hosted by the V&AWC Team- details coming soon

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