Here are some more photos from the V & A Museum, taken the next day, October 2nd, when Al accompanied me there. We had spent the morning at the ever-popular Portobello Road Antique Market. There still wasn’t time to see all the Ceramics, let alone any other part of this great museum.

Today’s photos show shelves of English salt-glazed wine bottles, oodles of Iznik ware to prepare us for our Turkey travels, Italian Renaissance Maiolica, a marvellous big Mick Casson jug and some Bernard Leach tiles.

A tile panel that I find quite lovely was designed by William Morris and made by Poole Pottery in earthenware, slip-painted and clear-glazed. 1876

And finally I enjoyed this little ‘Seabird’ potpourri jar by David Ballantyne. Salt-glazed stoneware English 1962.

Two days later we headed to Derbyshire and were taken over to Stoke-on-Trent by my cousin. More tomorrow!