Duchess China 1888

09/07/2026

Have you booked your place for our new event next week 🤩
After the success of our last event with we have another, but with an added tour!

Tour our historic 138 year old working factory, with its skilled craftmanship. See the process from clay to finished product and all the heritage hand skills. 

Enjoy light refreshments, then create your own Highland cow with expert guidance from HSL Pottery.

A prestige event celebrating Stoke on Trent's ceramic tradition. Enjoy 20% off in our factory shop and take home a piece of English made luxury fine bone china. 

Tuesday 14th July 2026 10am-2pm

Secure your place using the link in our bio

07/07/2026

29/06/2026

After the success of our last event with HSL Pottery / Sara Adams we have another, but with an added tour 🤩

Tour our historic 138 year old working factory, with its skilled craftmanship. See the process from clay to finished product and all the heritage hand skills.

Enjoy light refreshments, then create your own Highland cow with expert guidance from HSL Pottery.

A prestige event celebrating Stoke on Trent's ceramic tradition. Enjoy 20% off in our factory shop and take home a piece of English made luxury fine bone china.

Tuesday 14th July 2026 10am-2pm

Secure your place using the link below
https://duchesschina1888-retailshop.myshopify.com/products/the-duchess-heritage-experience-x-hsl-pottery-workshop

17/06/2026

Our luxurious Gladstone collection has been created celebrating the crafts heritage of Stoke on Trent. Each piece is hand made at our factory in the same way it was 135 years ago, showing our commitment to craftmanship. It is skillfully decorated in a timeless rich floral design for a bold contrast against our silky white fine bone china.

Luxury fine bone china produced in the heart of the ceramics industry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

08/06/2026

We would like to thank everyone that has bought a Capel Salem mug/s in support of and for their windows in their Welsh chapel.

The amount of orders has been phenomenal and we couldn't make the mugs fast enough to keep up with demand. 🥵

Apologies for the long wait for orders, as seen on Our Welsh Chapel Dream, each mug passes at least 20 sets of hands in the production process. We appreciate every single order in support of our heritage factory 🙏🏻

Proudly manufacturing luxury fine bone china in the heart of the potteries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

06/06/2026

Book on to one of our tours and see the skilled craftmanship of our heritage industry.

The feedback has been amazing and people appreciate the value of luxury fine bone china, after seeing it being produced in the heart of the ceramics industry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

05/06/2026

🫖 Happy Stoke-on-Trent Day! 🫖

We are proud to call Stoke on Trent the home of our heritage factory. The Potteries is globally renowned as the heart of the British ceramics industry.

World Craft City status was awarded by the World Crafts Council in 2024, to recognise the vital role the skilled craftsmen and craftswomen hold in shaping cultural, economic, and social development across the globe.

"Proudly manufacturing luxury fine bone china in Stoke on Trent"

08/05/2026

Beyond the Bottle Oven Tour

After the success of our first tours with Gladstone Pottery Museum, we now have weekly tours available to celebrate the past, present and future of Stoke on Trent ceramics .

Speaking at a sneak peek at the new Beyond the Bottle Oven tour Keith Brymer Jones said "The more we can do to expose the talent and creativity of the wonderful city of Stoke, the more people will be invested in what people do here.
“That’s what I think is so exciting about this initiative of marrying the old and the new."

Beyond the Bottle Oven is a powerful new visitor experience where heritage meets creativity and innovation. It is more than a visit — it’s a connection to the people, pride and legacy that shaped Stoke on Trent, and the future it’s building today.

Start your tour at Gladstone Pottery Museum with a deep dive into the history of ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent, enjoy a potter's lunch of Staffordshire Oatcakes in the cafe, and finish off with the future of pottery with a factory tour of Duchess China 1888, located across the road from the museum.

Tours cost £45 per person (including lunch) and last approximately 3 - 4 hours. Places are limited so please call 01782 237777 Weds - Sat 10am - 4.45pm or Sun 11am - 3.45pm to book and pay for places.

https://www.visitstoke.co.uk/whats-on/beyond-the-bottle-oven-tour-p2577311

06/05/2026

We have a few places remaining on tomorrows Beyond the Bottle Ovens tour, our joint tour with Gladstone Pottery Museum on Thursday 7 May at 10.30am. A unique look at how the Pottery industry started to how it is currently today.

The day begins at Gladstone with a guided tour of our historic site, followed by a light Staffordshire oatcake lunch in our café and then cross over the road for a tour of Duchess.

Get to see where the The Great Pottery Throw Down is held and Keith Brymer Jones Capel Salem mugs are produced. 🤩

Tours cost £45 per person (including lunch) and last approximately 3 - 4 hours. Places are limited so please call 01782 237777 to book and pay for places.

The feedback from the tour so far has been amazing ❤️

21/04/2026

☕️ NATIONAL TEA DAY ☕️

Theres nothing quite like a cuppa in a fine bone china teacup or mug. Even better English made fine bone china 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿