After World War II, lots of countries were feeling the economic pinch. Occupied Japan produced and released a swathe of cheap ceramics, but they weren’t the only ones. Over in England and Ireland, Wade pottery … Read more
After the Second World War, the Allies occupied Japan and ran it between 1945 and 1952. It was mostly a US occupation, and one of the fledgling industries that survived was pottery. Tons of ceramics … Read more
Humans have been making glass since 3500BC. And in the 1500s, milk glass became a popular alternative to porcelain. More recently, there was a milk glass boom from the 1830s to around 1914. But by … Read more
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘milk glass’? You might think of those retro milk bottles from the suburbs – and cheeky tales of milkmen and housewives! But milk glass is a … Read more