A preserve jar base minus a lid? Yes, but just look at the decoration! As it’s December, many households will either have acquired or intend to acquire a festive Poinsettia to decorate the house. This colourful, botanically correct decoration is shown on a W.H Goss 4″/100mm preserve jar base. Originally it would also have had…
Pot of the Month for November is this High Melon Cup and Saucer, commissioned for a Masonic Ladies Night. This particular commemorative item relates to the Trisantona Lodge Ladies Night, held on 6th November 1926 by W.M Worshipful Brother H.E Morris. Goss manufactured a whole series of Masonic items, many to commemorate ladies’ nights and…
North East Region Christmas Lunch; a gentle reminder: The lunch will take place at 12.30pm on Friday 17th November in the private dining room at the Ascot House Hotel, Harrogate. The cost is £24 per head for two courses, plus tea/coffee. Again, please let us know if you would like to attend so that we…
October’s Pot of the Month is this Third Period (1929 – 1939) coloured Gnome. This cheerful little chap measures 5″/12.5cm high, and is clutching two bursting cornucopias full of Autumn fruitfulness. We think he’s obviously been raiding the orchard! You don’t see this figure very often, and it’s great fun.
We are delighted to announce that the venue for our 2024 AGM and Fair has now been booked. We will be at the Hotel Metropole, Llandrindod Wells on Sunday 14th April 2024. The hotel is conveniently situated in the centre of this lovely Victorian spa town. Further details to follow. Open to everyone, this promises…
Pot of the Month for September is another two handled Loving Cup. Measuring 12cm/4¾” high, this one is the last in a set of three Derby Commemorative Loving Cups. All rare, the first commemorates the opening of Derby’s first Public Bowling Green in 1915, the second the opening of London Road Recreation Ground Lake in…
Pot of the month for August is a 3¼”/8cm high Three Handled Loving Cup. “What’s the connection with August?” we hear you say. Well, the main decoration shows a picture of a “Cinque Port Man of War” built during the reign of Henry V11. He seized the Crown on 2nd August 1485, becoming England’s first…
There will be an informal get-together in Luton, at 2pm, on Tuesday 8th August. If you’d like to spend a nice afternoon meeting like-minded collectors, get in touch with us for further information.
Pot of the month for July is a Taper Beaker. Measuring 3¾”/ 9.5cm high it bears a colourful print transfer decoration of Robert Scarlett, or “Old Scarleit”. Born in 1496, he was the Grave Digger at Peterborough Cathedral. He died at the ripe old age of 98, on 2nd of July 1594. A remarkable man,…
If you weren’t able to make the Goss Collectors’ Club AGM and Mini-Mart at Stratford on Avon in April you missed a treat. This well attended event boasted eighteen tables of goodies, including a selection of Stone Henge transfer printed items, W.H Goss Masonic decorations, some magnificent Parian and everything in-between. The Club also had…