I’m not really sure what the point of this lump of stoneware is, whether it was intended for use as a vase or something quite different I don’t know.
Regardless it’s a strange one, it’s close to being an attractive form, but it’s all lumpy bumpy and misshapen. Even the bulbous base is ridged although it’s [...]

Standing at just over a foot tall this is such a classic vase shaped vase it would be hard to go wrong. Of course it wouldn’t be featured on this website if that wasn’t exactly what had happened!
Firstly the colours, it’s flowers, but far to bright and garish, pink roses, yellow flowers that just look [...]

This is a strange one. It’s obviously very old as the glazing is crazed all over, but it has no makers marks on the base or anywhere else that I can discern.
Sadly it has the a couple of blemishes, it has the smallest of chips but on the base, so it’s hardly noticeable. In fact [...]

A vase should be designed to display flowers and show them off to their best effect. It’s like a great waiter at a restaurant, you’re aware of them moving silently around the table, food arriving, empty plates disappearing, your glass being refilled, but they’re not the main event. Sure you’re grateful for their presence but [...]

What do you get if you take a bottle, stick a candle in the top and leave it for a few hours to burn? Yes, that’s right, a bottle covered in candle wax. Of course to totally cover the bottle you’d probably need to burn quite a few candles but don’t worry, here’s the solution:
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I laughed when I first saw this jug, I couldn’t help it. I just couldn’t believe that anyone could make something quite so bad.
I’m really not sure if it’s supposed to be a vase, or if it really is intended for decanting your wine into. I just can’t picture it at a graceful dinner party [...]

I couldn’t resist picking this vase up and not just because it was at a ridiculously low price as the owners were desperate to get rid of it. It is so like the very first vase I owned that there was no way I could pass it by.
It’s almost a twin, except that it’s much [...]

I really like this vase, I’d have it on display and use it but I can’t, it’s only half glazed
Well I say half glazed, but that’s a bit of an overstatement, it’s not even fully glazed on the outside, just about three quarters of the way from the top to…. well not quite [...]

German pottery never fails to disappoint, and this one is no exception!
It’s a West German vase of the 18-921 pattern, but the colours are just awful.
Bright orange and reds with a blue/black undercoat which shows though on the high spots and is then flecked with white.
Not only are the colours pretty vulgar, but it’s also [...]

I really worry about some people, and especially those that make products like this vase!
I’m really not certain if it’s meant to be a shell (and if so from exactly what type of mollusc it was modelled on) or if it’s meant to be a horn resembling some sort of instrument. In either case I [...]