Mary Rose recently made some over-sized Breakfast Cups for Tearoom and Teekult in Switzerland…here they are above in this confetti design and look stunning. Since it was the first set of these oversize cups we’d seen for a while, memories were stirred of previous incarnations...
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The lockdowns and enforced isolation of the last 12 months have been quite a significant “life event”…. Every minute we have the chance to compare our old lives with our new, and the thing I miss most about the new has to be the little...
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Mary Rose has had a lot of success recently with stunning designs painted onto a plain iridescent background…. The sea of mother of pearl seems to emphasise the bright colours of any design and make them all the more attractive. Vintage Floral, Gold New Rose...
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Our last newsletter in November featured a photo of Mary Rose’s new “Gondola Bowl” with its curvy shape, beaded rim and face design. One customer was so enthusiastic about the bowl that she asked for a vase in the same theme. Clearly that request is...
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If you can ever come to terms with the possibility that you may die, (I find it impossible) then there are all kinds of morbid things that you could be planning that may not feel morbid at all if they involved something deliberately fun. What...
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Exciting new pieces often come straight out of other people’s imaginations…. They just need a touch of MaryRoseification. A customer of Miks in Wichita Falls dreamed up the idea of a narrow but long bowl with quite exacting dimensions 6inches wide by 24inches long. She...
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If you have read a few of these newsletters you may have heard about the Outdoor Swimming Pool in Lydney that Mary Rose loves. Their Centenary was last month and the plans for a huge gathering complete with marching bands and jousting tournaments had to...
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In last month’s newsletter we saw Mary Rose’s Spring Bugs set of plates bowls and mugs…. this month we have a new Orange Themed Set to show you. The oranges were fashioned out of clay and are 3 dimensional segments placed cunningly around the outside...
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In June we were talking to a freelance journalist who was keen to run a story about Mary Rose's colourful home...
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Mary Rose has always had a very eye catching Black and White Chandelier in her kitchen and it contrasts beautifully with her bright pink walls…. a charming customer from California somehow caught sight of that one and requested another but with “subtle purple and green...
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