INTERNATIONAL WILLOW
COLLECTORS
WELCOME
We’re a group of collectors who passionately share a love of the Willow Pattern. What started as the first-of-its-kind willow convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1986, became the International Willow Collectors (IWC), with a purpose to promote and increase the collecting, knowledge and enjoyment of Willow Pattern china. Our membership spans the United States, Canada and other countries around the world. We hope you’ll join us.
PLATE
SPOTLIGHT
A commemorative plate made by Eardley & Hammersley in 1865 for the Wesleyan Chapel in Hinchliffe Mill, a village in England. It features the Two Temples pattern.
ITEM
SPOTLIGHT
Gaudy colored platter highlighted with gold, made by the British Anchor Pottery Co. after 1891.
MAKER
SPOTLIGHT
Ridgways
The Ridgways firm goes back to 1832, the year indicated in their marks and assumed to be the founding year. Most of the willow made by Ridways appears
from 1912 through the 1950s.
Ready for some fun?
Click the puzzle piece and enjoy some willow puzzles made just for you!
THE WILLOW PATTERN EXHIBITION AT THE SPODE MUSEUM
The Spode Museum in Stoke-on-Trent, England, recently held an exhibition with a willow pattern theme called "Legacy and Continuity: Willow Pattern Ceramics and Stories of ‘Other'." The creators have offered a link to download a lengthy and interesting pamphlet with articles by a number of scholars on the theme, examining the cultural and literary symbolism of the willow motif within Chinese visual culture, and more. IWC appreciates the opportunity to share this with collectors.
DID YOU KNOW?
Since the late 1700s, there have been over 400 manufacturers of the Willow Pattern in Britain alone. And new potteries are still being discovered!
