Carlton Ware World - the place for all things Carlton Ware.

Welcome to Carlton Ware World.

Site updated Thursday 2 February 2012

Dates of Meetings for this year announced

Put 1 April, 19-20 May and 14 October in your diary if you would like to come along to one of our gatherings. For more details see our Meetings page.

Read about what caught Masterspy's eye during December 2011.

On our Latest News page see how Mickey Mouse welcomed 1935! Here, also read our tribute to Betty Wiltshaw and see some of her work for Carlton Ware.

Our eBay Masterspy also looks back on 2011 and selects some outstanding Best Ware sold on the online auction house.

You can also read about the demise of the Wedgwood Museum and the dispersal of its collection.

Use this site, carltonwareworld.com, as a springboard to all things Carlton Ware on the Web. Just click on the topics to the left to see what we have to offer. We hold regular meetings to which you are cordially invited.

EBay search tip - finding your way

EBay, is now the main point of sale for new Carlton Ware and being sold by an increasing number of internet retailers. Sometimes, eBay is packed with new and recently made Carlton Ware. If you are only interested in Carlton Ware made before 1989 then we provide an eBay search that excludes many of these items (search criteria updated Jan 2011 - the odd one or two may be shown).

To view this refined search with newly listed items first, click here.
To view this refined search with items ending soonest, click here.

This new and other searches are also available from our eBay Searches page. ❑

ANOTHER TIP - If you press the F11 on your keyboard you will see more items on your screen.
Press F11 again to return to your normal screen.

Confused?

Carlton Ware is well represented on the Internet, emphasizing its importance.
However, confusion exists over sites specifically dedicated to it.
To help you, we list them below.

This site, carltonwareworld.com is the only
non-profit site. It is run by a group of enthusiasts and covers all types of ware made up to 1989.
It is the most authoritative site. Other sites are commercial. They are:-

carltonchina.info - a site focusing on Carlton China (excluding Carlton Heraldic China), notably china tea and coffee ware and china figures.

carltonware.co.uk - a site run by Frank Salmon, the current owner of the Carlton Ware trade mark. Frank commissions various potteries to make new Carlton Ware.

carltonware.com - part of ckyk.com, run by ckyk publishing, who publish books on Carlton Ware, as well as selling it.

Many other sites feature Carlton Ware within their content. You can find a comprehensive list of these on our Links page.

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If you would like to receive an occasional Bulletin from Carlton Ware World, send us an email by clicking here. We will only send Bulletins when we have something useful to tell you.❑

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