Ceramics in a Changing World
18th to 20th Century Revolutions
NCS Summer Seminar 2025
Programme
Presentations
Gaye Blake Roberts
Wedgwood and three faces of revolution
&
Coalport; Changes in taste and industry in the first half of the 19th century
Robin Emmerson
Country Pottery and the
Craft Revolution 1870-1930
&
The State Porcelain Factory and the
Russian Revolution 1917-1932
Miranda Goodby
Porcelain comes to Staffordshire
&
“Yours in the Bonds of Union”
The Rise of the Unions in the Staffordshire Potteries
George Haggarty
Evidence for the development of a Scottish refined ceramic industry, Alva cobalt, XRF analysis and West Pans Porcelain
Pat Halfpenny
Towards an understanding of bone china
Deborah Skinner
Stone China and Ironstone China: A Marketing Masterstroke from the Potteries
And
closing with an auction of pieces
brought by members of the seminar
Venue
Residential details
The seminar will be held at
The Hilton Garden Inn, Stoke-on-Trent
Accommodation, dining room and conference facilities
are all under one roof.