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With the summer drawing to a close, we can start thinking about the Holiday season and our festive shopping. The Fall is beautifully evoked in Moorcroft’s new Park vase with golden leaves billowing from the trees. Halloween is always a highlight of the holiday season and in this issue we present a bewitching collection to entertain all your ‘Trick or Treat’ visitors.(see pages 25 & 26) It’s not long before Santa Claus arrives and we have featured a number of collectible Santa figures and Jugs, including our very own Connoisseur toby jug (see page 32)

Britain’s royal family has been much in the news recently with the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton Read the rest of this entry »

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I am delighted to welcome Louise Irvine to Miami to work with us on a full time basis. Louise is the leading expert on Royal Doulton and other British art pottery and we can enjoy her expertise in all the Connoisseur articles.

The royal wedding has created a huge interest in collecting commemorative china and the British ceramic industry has responded with a marvelous array of designs to celebrate the happy occasion. (See page 6). We predict interest in the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will continue long after the wedding day and we will be sending out details of forthcoming commemorative figurines as soon as they are ready. Read the rest of this entry »

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Welcome to this issue of Connoisseur which we have published to celebrate the 25th Annual Florida Antiques & Gift Expo. This ceramic extravaganza is the oldest and biggest exhibition of Doulton antiques in the world and this year we are featuring an amazing selection of Lambeth art pottery and rare figurines which we have acquired from some of America’s finest private collections. Michael Doulton will be our guest of honor at the show, introducing the new collection and signing your purchases (See pages 17, 31 & 32). We are also very excited about our exhibition of prototype figurines, which includes this prototype of an
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Welcome to the fourth issue of Connoisseur, our informative catalog with articles by Louise Irvine, the leading Doulton expert. In this issue, we have highlighted many more popular collecting themes, such as jesters (pages 12-13) and nautical characters (pages 3-5), and we hope our selections will inspire you to create new Doulton displays. We’d like to thank the dedicated collectors who have allowed us to publish views of their cabinets, showing us some of the possibilities in these exciting collecting fields.

Our Connoisseur catalog has been greatly appreciated by our collectors Read the rest of this entry »

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Welcome to the fourth issue of Connoisseur, our informative catalog with articles by Louise Irvine, the leading Doulton expert. In this issue, we have highlighted many more popular collecting themes, such as jesters (pages 12-13) and nautical characters (pages 3-5), and we hope our selections will inspire you to create new Doulton displays. We’d like to thank the dedicated collectors who have allowed us to publish views of their cabinets, showing us some of the possibilities in these exciting collecting fields.

Many ‘pretty lady’ collectors arrange their figurines by color and so we Read the rest of this entry »

To see this issue online, click here Welcome to our third issue of Connoisseur. This time we have focused particularly on great figurine collections as we have just acquired the largest private collection we have ever had, comprising more than 1,500 pieces. It is only possible to highlight a tiny fraction on these pages so call your salesperson and check our website to find out more. We will be taking hundreds of these new acquisitions to our Fall events, which include major antique shows and our signature collectors weekends. (See page 26). Louise Irvine, who writes our informative articles, will be attending many of these shows and talking about different collecting themes so don’t miss these opportunities to discover more Read the rest of this entry »

To see this issue online, click here Welcome to our second issue of Connoisseur. The response to our first issue was very positive – thank you for all your kind comments. We will continue to provide you with articles and news about the finest ceramic art and collectibles offered by Pascoe and Company. Louise Irvine has written more fascinating features about Royal Doulton, including Lambeth and Burslem art pottery, figurines, character jugs and animal models. She has also explored popular Doulton collecting themes, such as Alice in Wonderland, Arabian Nights and military history. Call your Pascoe sales Read the rest of this entry »

To see this issue online, click here Welcome to Connoisseur by Pascoe and Company, our new style catalog. Our goal has been to produce a beautiful magazine worthy of the prestigious pieces that we sell from Royal Doulton, Moorcroft and Lladro. We will keep you up to date with the latest news and introductions and provide information on the history and collectability of these famous European companies. Louise Irvine, the leading expert on Royal Doulton and other Art Pottery, has written numerous articles, which we trust will add to your collecting pleasure. Louise is the author of many books about Royal Doulton wares Read the rest of this entry »