Explore the evolution of redwares, a form of earthenware pottery, from their humblest beginnings in antiquity, from bricks to terra sigillata, through the Yixing wares of China, to the cult of medicinal and even magical wares of the middle ages.

Speaker

Errol Manners is a dealer in historic ceramics based in London and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Manners is Programme Adviser on the Conservation of Ceramics course at the Edward James Foundation, West Dean College and committee member of the British Antique Dealers Association Cultural and Educational Trust. He was chairman of The French Porcelain Society from 2007 to 2015.