Museum Of London Ceramics And Glass Collection

The ceramics and glass collection is part of the museum of london s designated collections.

Museum of london ceramics and glass collection.

18th century english porcelain includes products from the chelsea bow and vauxhall factories. Individual items from the collection are on display in the museum s galleries at london wall but the majority of items are at the london archaeological archive and research centre at mortimer wheeler house. Follow us on twitter for news views and conversation about london. All images museum of london.

Browse our youtube videos of teaching resources london history fashion and more. Highlights include the collections of italian renaissance maiolica chinese porcelain dutch delft british and european porcelain 19th century art pottery and exhibition pieces and tiles. The collections are particularly strong in international contemporary studio ceramics european porcelain and pottery from 1500 onwards and ceramics from china japan and the middle east. A ceramics museum is a museum wholly or largely devoted to ceramics usually ceramic art its collections may also include glass and enamel but typically concentrate on pottery including porcelain most national collections are in a more general museum covering all of the arts or just the decorative arts however there are a number of specialized ceramics museums with some focusing on the.

We also hold an important collection of stained glass from the medieval period onwards. Our collection is particularly rich in vessel and art glass with examples from the italian renaissance the middle east 17th 20th century britain and europe and contemporary art glass from around the world. See objects from our collection snapshots of events and share your visits to us on instagram. The macalaster collection of over 400 tea bowls and tea cups.

The archive catalogue is not currently online but you can find out more about the. The museum also has a significant collection of products from whitefriars the most enduring and successful glasshouse in britain.