Museum Of London Ceramics And Glass Collection

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.

Museum of london ceramics and glass collection.

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. Seeing clearly glass and ceramics week 4 museum of london collection cleaning course stand back cleaning in progress today is all about hazards i am not actually talking about our first topic of the day hazards in the museum but the hazards i have faced just getting to the museum of london archive in hackney. The macalaster collection of over 400 tea bowls and tea cups. All images museum of london.

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. 18th century english porcelain includes products from the chelsea bow and vauxhall factories. Browse our youtube videos of teaching resources london history fashion and more. See objects from our collection snapshots of events and share your visits to us on instagram.

We also hold an important collection of stained glass from the medieval period onwards. The ceramics and glass collection is part of the museum of london s designated collections. Join us on facebook and share your views on current london issues. 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.

The archive catalogue is not currently online but you can find out more about the. Ceramics made by the martin brothers commemorative porcelain and london made stoneware.