COLLECTORS CLUBS
COLLECTORS CLUBSInclusion in this section not to be seen as an endorsement or recommendation of any organisation or product.
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Royal Doulton International Collectors Club
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
Daniel Collectors Circle
Aims:
Spread of Ceramic Knowledge.
Activities:
Newsletters, publishing books, annual seminar.
Contact:
Charles Dawson
Mobile 07887 540 469 Website: www.danielcollectorscircle.com
English Ceramic Circle
Aims:
Spread of Ceramic Knowledge.
Activities:
Monthly lectures, visits, publishing a Journal, seminars.
Contact:
Charles Dawson
Mobile 07887 540 469 Website: www.englishceramiccircle.org.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:
Spread of Ceramic Knowledge.
Activities:
Monthly lectures, visits, annual seminar.
Contact:
Charles Dawson
Mobile 07887 540 469 Website: www.morleycollegeceramiccircle.com
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 to join, the Cornish Blue Collectors Club is now the only officially recognised Club for the collectors of T G Green Cornish Blue. It encompasses both modern and vintage pieces. It produces a quarterly E-Newsletter and is free to join. There are events planned for 2009 centred around the new artisinal factory and shop which will be based in South Derbyshire. swap shop; open days; Exclusive information given to members about release of Special Editions and the chance to buy them FIRST. Although only launched in September 2007, the club is growing rapidly and has members throughout the world.Contact:
Neil & Mark Haffner-Loach
www.cornishbluecollectors.co.uk
Tel: 01455 889560
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.
Contact:
Any enquiries should be directed to the Registrar at registrar@gosscollectorsclub.org
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.Benefits:
2 magazines per year
Annual free piece of Poole Pottery
Web site with extensive identification galleries, over 8.500 photos
Gala Day and other activities
Opportunity to purchase exclusive limited edition Club piecesContact:
Poole Pottery Collectors Club phone 0845 463 2209
email infoppcc@btinternet.com
or go to www.poolepotterycollectorsclub.net
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.Activities: Quarterly colour magazine, regularly updated web site, annual Shelley Weekend residential meeting, annual Shelley Fair, frequent regional meetings, research assistance and other services as listed on the web site.
shelley.group@shelley.co.ukEmail Address:
Postal Address: The Membership Secretary, 38 Bowman Road, Norwich, NR4 6LS
Web Site: More information can be found on their web site, http://www.shelley.co.uk
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
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
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
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.
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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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)
