Museums

  • Ashmolean Museum.  Oxford UK.  The Robert Hall Warren collection of English delftware and other pottery.

  • Bovey Tracey Pottery Museum.  House of Marbles, Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK.. This is on the site of the pottery that closed in 1957, it has three surviving bottle kilns, a history of the local potteries and a selection of their wares, the House of Marbles (museum) and glassmaking.  The Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre (open Apr-Oct) also has some local pottery.

  • Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.  UK.  A major loan collection of Lund's Bristol Porcelain plus Champion's porcelain, delftware, Ham Green wares, other Bristol pottery and glasswares.  A major inspiration for this site!

  • British Museum.  London UK.  A representative collection of British ceramics, from all periods, including the first recorded piece made by William Cookworthy.

  • Clevedon Court, Clevedon, Somerset, UK.  The home of Eltonware pottery, plus a display of "Nailsea" glass.  A national trust property.

  • Fenton House, Hampstead, London, UK.  A fine collection of porcelain, particularly Chinese and Meissen.  There are sets of the Bristol seasons and classical seasons, plus two figures of children.  A national trust property.

  • Frenchay Village Museum.  UK.  An important gift of Cookworthy's and Champion's porcelain.

  • Ironbridge Gorge Museums.  UK.  These include the Coalport China Museum, Jackfield Tile Works (decoartive 19th and 20th century tiles) and the Brosley Clay Pipeworks.

  • Mompesson House, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.  A pair of lions by William Cookworthy and other ceramics.  A national trust property.

  • The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.  Stoke-on-Trent UK.  General ceramics, including some Bristol items.

  • Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.  UK.  Plymouth and Bristol porcelain, plus other pottery.

  • Saltram House, Plymouth, UK.  Plymouth, Worcester, Derby, Meissen and Chinese porcelain.  A national trust property.

  • Taunton Museum.  UK.  Delftware, Somerset pottery, Eltonware,  "Nailsea" glass, and more.

  • Victoria Art Gallery.  Bath, UK.  Bristol porcelain and some delftware.

  • Victoria and Albert Museum.  London UK.  Major porcelain and delftware collections.  The porcelain includes Lund's, Cookworthy's and Champion's wares.

  • Worcester Museum of Porcelain.  Worcester UK.  See what followed Lund's Bristol porcelain.