I like the look of Moorcroft pottery. We bought a lovely lamp from them when we passed Stoke on the way back from a holiday break a couple of years ago.

I was looking at their website and noticed they had a quartz clock on offer. I was going to buy it, but then it went back to full price, but it looks like they list other styles occasionally. So one popped up yesterday, and I bought it. I just looked to check the listing, but it's showing out of stock now. Worth a look at the website if you like the style of the pottery. The website is quite hard to navigate.

This sort of thing. This is the first one that I missed.

That’s a fine acquisition, Dave. I know exactly where Moorcroft is; I grew up near the southern end of the city but had a girlfriend who lived near there, so I was always cycling up there.

Not quite my thing, though. Although I appreciate the charm and workmanship of good painted Staffordshire pieces, I grew up surrounded by it; my mother, grandmother and almost everyone we knew had china cabinets full of the stuff, so I rebelled. Apart from a couple of pieces that were my mother’s favourites, and a set of Wedgwood Florentine dinner plates, most of my pottery at home is utilitarian, rustic and mismatched. When my mother died I let family members and friends take the pieces they wanted, and sold the rest to a dealer. The pieces I kept were taken for sentimental value, but I can’t say I’m especially fond of them.

Anyway, that’s just me. This is clearly something you like and appreciate so I hope you really enjoy it, and maybe we can have a photo of the lamp and clock together.

Here's the lamp and the little clock I just bought.

And no more, as they ceased trading while I was away on holiday last week.

Maybe it will come, but there's no "closing down sale" on the site

There might not be too much finished stock. A lot will be unfired/undecorated, and will most likely have to be scrapped. Alternatively, maybe they are trying to find someone to buy it as a going concern.