I just had a great book about the planned community of Portmeirion in Wales--the location where the old TV show the prisoner was filmed. They had a chapter about portmeirion pottery that was exciting. Those tall coffee pots from the 60's just struck a chord. They were originally designed by by Susan Williams-Ellis and the totem pattern is great.Visit http://www.portmeirion.co.uk/early/totem.htm to read about that. The website has a ton of photos and info.
Mostly what we find here is the botanicals and a few birds of America. I had to search eBay UK to find some coffee pots for sale. Not cheap either! So now I'm on a new quest to acquire as many styles as possible at a price that will allow for resale profit!
The photo above is right from the Portmeirion website and shows one of my favorite designs--Magic City.
Overall August sales were a bust, as I expected. Now that more time can be spent focusing, I hope to see a profit for Sept--though with the jump in gas prices over the weekend who knows. I'm hoping that traffic past the antiques mall on the way to college football games will generate some shoppers!
