Join us at the Wisteria Hotel 4 Catmos Street Oakham Rutland LE15 6HW We’re on countdown! It’s just seven days to go before the Goss Collectors Club AGM weekend begins. If you’ve been paying attention to our posts, you will know that this year it’s at the Wisteria Hotel in Oakham. If this isn’t on…
Given that April is usually the time when all of the bulbs are either coming up or already out, we thought this little bulbous jug (2”/51mm high) bearing the image of a Saffron Walden Crocus would be perfect for April’s Pot of the Month. An uncommon decoration, this jug also has the inscription: A Present…
Margaret Goss was the Great Grand Daughter of William Henry Goss. She created a series of designs for children’s mugs, of which this is one. Standing at 2¾”/70mm high, this pretty mug carries a Little Bo Peep decoration. You won’t see this very often, if at all, as this particular decoration is rare. The design…
February’s Pot of the Month is this Shakespeare’s Jug. These were manufactured in three sizes, 2¼”/58mm, 3”/76mm and 3½”/88mm. The model shown here is the largest. While not uncommon this particular model certainly is, as it carries two Masonic Decorations. One is the Banner of Concord Lodge and the other is a Commemorative decoration for…
We thought given that it is New Year, this one would be appropriate. A Goss 3¾”/9.5cm high – 2¼”/ 6cm diameter beaker, decorated with an unusual decoration “The Church of England Temperance Society”. The Society was founded in 1862, ostensibly to persuade the poor not to drink to excess. By 1875 Queen Victoria had become…