Date: Saturday 17 June 2023 – Saturday 28 October 2023
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Monday – Saturday. 10am – 4pm.
Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays.
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Blue and White Pottery
From China to The Willow Pattern and Beyond
The Willow Pattern has long been a stock pattern of nearly every British Pottery manufacturer. Here we showcase some of The Atkinson’s historic blue and white pottery collection and look at the ongoing fascination modern ceramicists have with The Willow Pattern and blue and white decoration.
- Ceramic Platter with Willow Pattern decoration. The Atkinson. Permanent collection.
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Summer Exhibition Launch
Saturday 17 June 2023. 10am-4pm. Free.
Join us as we launch our new season of exhibitions with gallery tours, artist talks and a variety of craft workshops suitable for all the family. More information here: theatkinson.co.uk/events/summer-exhibitions
- Bird Scaring – March (1896) by George Clausen (1852–1944). Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston.
- Gordon Cheung, Engraved Moon and Unfolding Clouds, 2023. Financial newspaper, archival inkjet, acrylic and sand on linen. 150 x 200cm.
- Ceramic Platter with Willow Pattern decoration. The Atkinson. Permanent collection.
- Herbert Ponting with his kinematograph (From The Great White South, image © Anne Strathie).