COLLECTORS CLUBS

Many of the Clubs described below are included in the extensive directory of clubs at Antiques World and are reproduced with their permission. The descriptions are not to be seen as an endorsement or recommendation of any organisation or product.  If you are aware on any information that is incorrect or needs updating then please email Antiques World and also email me: Steve Birks

 

Aynsley Collectors' Society
Belleek Collectors Group (UK)
Beswick Collectors Club
Friends of Blue
Morley College Ceramic Circle
Northern Ceramic Society, The
Clarice Cliff Collectors Club
Cornish Collectors' Club, The
Royal Doulton International Collectors Club
Goss Collectors' Club, The
Honiton Pottery Collectors Society
Langley Collectors' Society
Mason's Ironstone Collectors Club
Moorcroft Collectors Club
Moore's Brothers Club, The 
Paragon International Collectors Club

Pinxton Porcelain Society, The
Poole Pottery Collectors Club  

Radford Collectors Club
Shelley Group, The
Spode Society, The
SylvaC Collectors' Circle, The 
Teapot Collectors Club, The 
Torquay Pottery Collectors' Society, The
Transferware Collectors Club
Official International Wade Collectors Club, The

 

Aynsley Collectors' Society

Aims:
To keep members in touch with Aynsley China and its products present and past.
Activities:
Magazine; factory tours; limited editions produced each year exclusive to members.
Run by the factory and largely, though not exclusively, concerned with new products.
Aynsley China Sutherland Road Longton Stoke on Trent ST3 1HS
Tel: 01782 599499
Email: customer.services@aynsley.co.uk


 

 

Belleek Collectors Group (UK)

Aims:
To meet socially, keep in touch with news and events, share experiences, expand knowledge, exchange Belleek ware and have fun.
Activities:
Two newsletters and four gatherings/meetings p.a; buying and selling.
The Group is developing international fellowship links with worldwide enthusiasts.
Contact:
Mr Jan Golaszewski
Chairman
5 Waterhall Avenue Chingford London E4 6NB
Tel: 0208 529 0510 after 8pm weekdays


 

 

Beswick Collectors Club

Aims:
To provide collectors of Beswick with information and to bring collectors together.
Activities:
Regular meetings around country with opportunity to buyand sell (details sent direct to members); opportunity to buy specially commissioned Beswick models, exclusive to members; newsletter published in Collecting Doulton magazine; advice from Beswick experts.

Collecting Doulton, 5 Southbrook Mews, Southbrook Road, London SE12 8LG
Tel: 0208 318 9580
Email: frank.salmon@carltonware.co.uk


 

 

Friends of Blue

Aims:
To promote interest in blue and white transfer printed earthenware
Activities:
Quarterly bulletins; one main meeting p.a. usually in a well known museum; local meetings.

Contact:
Arthur Roberts
Coscote Manor Coscote Nr Didcot S Oxfordshire OX11 0NP
Tel: Not supplied



 

 

Morley College Ceramic Circle

Aims:
To encourage the study and enjoyment of ceramics.
Activities:
Fifteen lecture meetings p.a; occasional papers produced; visits; annual two day seminar.
A friendly group interested in a wide range of ceramic subjects. The only qualification for membership is a deep interest in the field of ceramic study.
Contact:
The Membership Secretary

email:
philATourabode99.fsnet.co.uk  (use the @ symbol instead of AT)


 

 

Northern Ceramic Society, The

Aims:
To further knowledge of the history of ceramics and to make this knowledge available through lectures, publications and exhibitions.
Activities:
Four newsletters and one journal p.a; seven double lecture meetings p.a.; summer visit; one week Ceramics Summer School each year in conjunction with Keele University.
The foremost group in this country (but with a sizeable membership in Europe and the US) for the study of ceramics, principally British. Members include collectors, students, researchers, professional museum curators and members of the antiques and auction trade. Registered charity.
Contact:
Ken Bowers, Treasurer and Membership Secretary,
"Vermont", Tirley Lane, Utkinton, Tarporley,
Cheshire, CW6 0JZ
Tel: 01829 732349

email the Chairman: Maurice Hillis


 


Clarice Cliff Collectors Club

Aims:
To educate members about Bizarre ware, inform them of rarity and price trends, and enable them to meet to learn from each other.
Activities:
28-page Review three times p.a; 6 newsletters p.a; Annual 2-day Convention (also used by former CC paintresses, now aged 77 to 87, as their annual reunion); club stalls at Art Deco Fairs; for sale/wanted service; free insurance valuations for members; in 1999 an exclusive preview of the Clarice Cliff Centenary Exhibition.

Contact:
Leonard Griffin
Chairman
Fantasque House Tennis Drive The Park Nottingham NG7 1AE
Tel: Not supplied
Email: Information@claricecliff.com
Web: www.claricecliff.com



 

 

Cornish Collectors' Club, The

Aims:
To support and inform, to broaden awareness and to make the collecting of Cornish and other T G Green wares much more fun. To put collectors in touch with one another.
Activities:
Free Cornish ware collectors mug on joining; three newsletters p.a; supplementary information sheets; swap shop; open days; chance to purchase three limited edition pieces a year.
Although only launched in February 1997, the club is growing rapidly and has members throughout the world.
Contact:
Janet Winterbottom
PO Box 18 Glossop Derbys SK13 8FA
Tel: 01457 864833


 


Royal Doulton International Collectors Club

Aims:
To inform collectors about Royal Doulton products - both current and discontinued.
Activities:
Quarterly magazine; identification service; exclusive offers; membership gift; and free factory tours.

Contact:
No contact details at present.


 


Goss Collectors' Club, The

Aims:
To foster interest in Goss China and increase knowledge of the Goss Factory and its products; to enable collectors to meet regularly; to undertake or assist in the disposal of Goss collections.
Activities:
Monthly magazine; postal auctions; two specialist Goss and crested china fairs p.a; regular country-wide meetings; photographic slide bank; free advice.
The Club can give generous cash advances for those who wish to sell their collection through the club postal auction.
The Secretary
31a The Crescent Stanley Common Derbyshire DE7 6GL
Tel: 0115 9300441


 

 

Honiton Pottery Collectors Society

Aims:
The Society was established in 1985. It combines lively collecting with serious study of the Crown Dorset and the Honiton potteries which were established by Charles Collard to produce fine hand crafted pottery.
Activities:
Four newsletters p.a; two meetings p.a. including identification service; occasional open days at a member's home; stall at the Honiton Agricultural Show each August.
Internet site: www.hpcs.info


Contact:
Robin Tinkler
Secretary
12 Beehive Lane Chelmsford Essex CM2 9SX
Tel: 01245 353 477
Email: rjohnd@cix.co.uk
Web: www.cix.co.uk/~moshpit/Hpcshome.html

The Chairman Robin Tinkler's Email address is rjohnd@cix.co.uk and our

Joan Allen (Publicity Officer)


 

 

Langley Collectors' Society

Aims:
To provide a social forum for collectors and to pursue knowledge and appreciation of Langley Pottery and its wares.
Activities:
Two substantial newsletters p.a. with colour photos; monthly meetings.

Contact:
Mrs J Giblin
Secretary
64 Hands Road Heanor Derbyshire DE75 7HB
Tel: 01773 716847


 

Mason's Ironstone Collectors' Club 

NOTE: at the moment awaiting contact information


 

 

Moorcroft Collectors Club

Aims:
To provide information and advice to lovers of Moorcroft fine pottery worldwide.
Activities:
Full colour newsletters; special events; discounts on purchases in factory shop; option of ordering pieces designed especially for the Club.

Contact:
Maggie Williams
W Moorcroft plc Sandbach Road Burslem Stoke on Trent Staffs ST6 2DQ
Tel: 01782 214323


 

 

Moore's Brothers Club, The

Aims:
To promote and catalogue Moore's Brothers porcelain
Activities:
Identification; newsletters.
Research ongoing for book on Moore's.
Contact:
Mrs Dorine Archer
Odin Benbow Way Cowley Uxbridge Middx UB8 2HD
Tel: 01895 251246


 

 

Oldcourt Pottery Collectors Club (incorporating 'Pixieland')

The Oldcourt Pottery Collectors Club closed when the factory was bought over by LJB Ceramics


 

 

Paragon International Collectors Club

Aims
To bring together collectors to provide a forum for the ready interchange of information and to a foster an enhanced general awareness of Paragon china. (Club approved by Royal Doulton)
Activities
Newsletters, Journal, annual meeting, email news/discussion group
Contact
Secretary Tel 01235 763424
                email  secretary@paragoncollector.org.uk
                website   http://www.paragoncollector.org.uk

 


 

 

Pinxton Porcelain Society, The

Aims:
To further knowledge of and interest in Pinxton porcelain.
Activities:
Four newsletters, four meeting and lectures and two antique fairs each year.

Contact:
Norman Taylor, 
2,Hilltop Road, 
Pinxton, 
Derbyshire. 
tel.01773 780809


 
 

 

Poole Pottery Collectors Club

Aims:
To promote knowledge of Poole Pottery and its history and to provide a forum for collectors to meet and exchange information and learn more about their common interest in Poole, both old and new.
Activities:
Magazines, events, identification service, discounts, badge if required. Events include annual Gala Day at factory, outings, special factory tours, identification evening.

Contact:
Gloria Peek
The Quay Poole Dorset BH15 1RF
Tel: 01202 666200


 

 

E.T.B. Radford Collectors Club.

www.radfordcollect.com


 

 

Shelley Group, The

Aims:
To promote and disseminate information on Shelley Potteries and generally to broaden the appreciation of Shelley and Wileman wares.

Email Address:    shelley.group@shelley.co.uk

Postal Address:   The Membership Secretary, 15 Frolesworth Lane, Claybrooke Magna, Lutterworth, Leicestershire LE17 5AS, UK

Web Site:            More information can be found on their web site, http://www.shelley.co.uk



 

 

Spode Society, The

Aims:
Founded in 1986, the Society brings together collectors and lovers of Spode, to increase knowledge of the Spode/Copeland families, the factory and its wares.
Activities:
Usually four or five events each year, held in different parts of the UK, including visits to public and private collections. Two illustrated publications: the Review (twice yearly) contains reports to the editor and prices at auctions and fairs; and the Recorder (annually) mainly for new research.

Contact:
Mrs R Pulver
PO Box 1812 London NW4 4NW
Tel: Not supplied


 

SylvaC Collectors' Circle, The

Aims:
A club for those who are interested in, buy or collect SylvaC.
Activities:
Quarterly newsletters; search service; identification/valuation (for Club Members only); popular For Sale items; all books on SylvaC available from the Club.

174 Portsmouth Road Horndean Waterlooville Hants PO8 9HP

Web site: www.sylvacclub.com

 
 

 

Teapot Collectors Club, The

Aims:
To bring together collectors to share and swap information and teapots.
Activities:
Quarterly magazine; help to identify teapots with no marks; latest auction prices; advice on values; swap meets.

Contact:
Ian and Lesley Rogers
Unit 4b, Ephraim Court, Ephraim Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent Staffs ST1 3SH
Tel: 01782 769453
Email: ian@noveltyteapots.freeserve.co.uk
Web: www.noveltyteapots.co.uk


 

 

Torquay Pottery Collectors' Society, The

Aims:
To stimulate interest in the old South Devon Potteries and bring together collectors in a common aim of research.
Activities:
Quarterly magazine; three national and two local meetings p.a.

Contact:
Michael Mapp 
Torquay Pottery Collectors Society, Membership Secretary,
Torquay Museum,
529 Babbacombe Road,
Torquay,
Devon, TQ1 1HG.


 

Transferware Collectors Club

The Transferware Collectors Club Website is where collectors and lovers of antique transferware can research patterns, learn more about collecting and "meet" with people who share their passion.


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Official International Wade Collectors Club, The

Aims:
Founded in 1994 in response to the many requests received from collectors.
Activities:
Membership piece and pin - changed annually; full colour quarterly magazine; 5 pieces p.a. avialable for purchase exclusively by Club members.

Contact:
Kim Rowley
Wade Ceramics Ltd Royal Works Westport Road Burslem Stoke on Trent Staffs ST6 4AG
Tel: 01782 255 255 (club)

 

updated: January 2007