Margate kitsch'n'retro

25/05/2022

Lest we forget the beneath our feet…

Soil is home to a quarter of all Earth’s species. It can hold 65% of the world’s fresh water. And it provides 95% of the food we eat.

05/12/2020

Did somebody say 'gift idea'? Look what I found, just in time for Christmas!

This is another stunning design from the prolific, enigmatic, and mysteriously unsung Alfred Meakin. And this is a new one – an old, new one of course – on me.

As remarked, I've never heard of this pattern before, but I mark it as 1950s because it was clearly inspired by the wildly successful Midwinter ' ' pattern, released in 1956.

The pattern is very rare, insanely stylish and in beautiful condition. Check out the listing in my

Did somebody say gift idea? Look what I found, just in time for Christmas! This is another stunning design from the prolific, enigmatic, and mysteriously unsung Alfred Meakin. And this is a new one – an old, new one of course – on me. As remarked, Ive never heard of this pattern before, but I ma...

13/08/2020

💖🌻What a great gift! Glorious, sunshiny ‘Sunflowers’ teapot and six plates, in durable ‘Glo-White’ ironstone, from the '60s or early '70s. Find it on my Etsy page... Somebody is gonna LOVE this! 💖🌻 https://www.etsy.com/uk/kitschnretro/listing/604375047/alfred-meakin-sunflowers-collection

08/08/2020

LOVE this pattern! Strangely elegant lobsters and pots, fish and stylised seaweed on a subtle, mottled glaze. Picked up this little bowl today to go with the big one...

06/08/2020

Pretty pretty pretty ‘Parisienne’, from the home of the iconic ‘Homemaker’ (with which it goes a treat by the way), it’s a stunning pattern and these trios are irresistible, chic at its height. Find them on my Etsy page (link in bio)

05/08/2020

: Staid, respectable, high-end ceramics? Or playful and rather endearing as with this set of serving platter and five (I know, I know) side plates, with a very modernist still life pattern. The style says early to me, although the back stamp looks earlier. £27.75 the set. Link to my Etsy shop (kitsch’n’retro) in bio. Only £25 if you mention instagram.

26/07/2020

Gorgeous bits of Americana, made in the 1950s by the very English Alfred Meakin. Find them in my Etsy store:

OMG I cannot believe I have these! Ive always loved Covered Waggon*, perhaps for the cynical use of a pattern that refers so directly to the spirit of the early European pioneers in America to target the lucrative US market, perhaps because at the time it was such an utter failure... The former

20/04/2020

Excited to share this item from my shop: 1955 – Midwinter Stylecraft ‘Festival’ trio https://etsy.me/2xxeemZ

11/04/2020

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: 1960s Homemaker 10” plates

A true English mid-century English design classic. In excellent vintage condition, these full size dinner plates have no chips, cracks or crazing – amazing after 50 years! The super-stylish Homemaker pattern was designed for Ridgway Potteris by Enid Seeney in 1957 and features iconic homewares of