Sarah Lord
@potsofhistory.bsky.social
Historic potter at Potted History
SALE 🕯️✨
Today’s highlight is a Roman lamp recreated from a sherd found at Rathgureen, County Galway. Though Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire, this rare lamp shows Roman influence reached those shores.
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#RomanHistory #sherdnerd
Today’s highlight is a Roman lamp recreated from a sherd found at Rathgureen, County Galway. Though Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire, this rare lamp shows Roman influence reached those shores.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rat...
#RomanHistory #sherdnerd
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
SALE 🕯️✨
Today’s highlight is a Roman lamp recreated from a sherd found at Rathgureen, County Galway. Though Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire, this rare lamp shows Roman influence reached those shores.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rat...
#RomanHistory #sherdnerd
Today’s highlight is a Roman lamp recreated from a sherd found at Rathgureen, County Galway. Though Ireland was never part of the Roman Empire, this rare lamp shows Roman influence reached those shores.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rat...
#RomanHistory #sherdnerd
DAY 38 – SALE ✨Today’s highlight, a votive torso replica. Inspired by offerings left at healing sanctuaries to gods like Asclepius. These fascinating objects speak to hope and the human desire to connect with forces beyond ourselves.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
DAY 38 – SALE ✨Today’s highlight, a votive torso replica. Inspired by offerings left at healing sanctuaries to gods like Asclepius. These fascinating objects speak to hope and the human desire to connect with forces beyond ourselves.
Unwrap history: potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Unwrap history: potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Ever wondered how rusticated Roman beakers got their texture? 👋
These cups were common in Roman Britain and widely traded across the province, and you can bring one home:
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#RomanRusticatedCup #PottedHistory #RomanPottery #NeneValleyWare #HistoryInHand
These cups were common in Roman Britain and widely traded across the province, and you can bring one home:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
#RomanRusticatedCup #PottedHistory #RomanPottery #NeneValleyWare #HistoryInHand
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ever wondered how rusticated Roman beakers got their texture? 👋
These cups were common in Roman Britain and widely traded across the province, and you can bring one home:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
#RomanRusticatedCup #PottedHistory #RomanPottery #NeneValleyWare #HistoryInHand
These cups were common in Roman Britain and widely traded across the province, and you can bring one home:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
#RomanRusticatedCup #PottedHistory #RomanPottery #NeneValleyWare #HistoryInHand
Today’s Advent Sale highlight is our Colchester Chariot-Race Cup, capturing all the speed and energy of a Roman circus.
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#PottedHistory #archaeology #RomanBritain #barbotine #adventsale #historygeek #sherdnerd #giftsforarcheaoligists
Unwrap some history:
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#PottedHistory #archaeology #RomanBritain #barbotine #adventsale #historygeek #sherdnerd #giftsforarcheaoligists
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today’s Advent Sale highlight is our Colchester Chariot-Race Cup, capturing all the speed and energy of a Roman circus.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/the...
#PottedHistory #archaeology #RomanBritain #barbotine #adventsale #historygeek #sherdnerd #giftsforarcheaoligists
Unwrap some history:
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#PottedHistory #archaeology #RomanBritain #barbotine #adventsale #historygeek #sherdnerd #giftsforarcheaoligists
DAY 35 – SALE ✨
This Roman flagon has attitude! Inspired by a vessel offered at Coventina’s Well on Hadrian’s Wall, it carries the strength and spirit of ancient devotion. A handcrafted piece that brings a touch of history to your home.
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This Roman flagon has attitude! Inspired by a vessel offered at Coventina’s Well on Hadrian’s Wall, it carries the strength and spirit of ancient devotion. A handcrafted piece that brings a touch of history to your home.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cov...
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
DAY 35 – SALE ✨
This Roman flagon has attitude! Inspired by a vessel offered at Coventina’s Well on Hadrian’s Wall, it carries the strength and spirit of ancient devotion. A handcrafted piece that brings a touch of history to your home.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cov...
This Roman flagon has attitude! Inspired by a vessel offered at Coventina’s Well on Hadrian’s Wall, it carries the strength and spirit of ancient devotion. A handcrafted piece that brings a touch of history to your home.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cov...
TODAY’S UPDATE – STONEHENGE CUP 🏺✨
Our much-loved Stonehenge Cup sold out so fast that it barely made it into the Advent Sale.If you missed out, we have now made them pre-order for delivery in 2026
Pre-order yours here:
potted-history.co.uk/products/bro...
Our much-loved Stonehenge Cup sold out so fast that it barely made it into the Advent Sale.If you missed out, we have now made them pre-order for delivery in 2026
Pre-order yours here:
potted-history.co.uk/products/bro...
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
TODAY’S UPDATE – STONEHENGE CUP 🏺✨
Our much-loved Stonehenge Cup sold out so fast that it barely made it into the Advent Sale.If you missed out, we have now made them pre-order for delivery in 2026
Pre-order yours here:
potted-history.co.uk/products/bro...
Our much-loved Stonehenge Cup sold out so fast that it barely made it into the Advent Sale.If you missed out, we have now made them pre-order for delivery in 2026
Pre-order yours here:
potted-history.co.uk/products/bro...
Every piece we make is handcrafted here in the Northumbrian hills – including our tools and moulds! We use natural materials just like the original makers, so our replicas don’t just look ancient, they feel it too.
Explore our shop: potted-history.co.uk
#PottedHistory
Explore our shop: potted-history.co.uk
#PottedHistory
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Every piece we make is handcrafted here in the Northumbrian hills – including our tools and moulds! We use natural materials just like the original makers, so our replicas don’t just look ancient, they feel it too.
Explore our shop: potted-history.co.uk
#PottedHistory
Explore our shop: potted-history.co.uk
#PottedHistory
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Very pretty!
DAY 33 – SALE 🔥
Today’s highlight is a Roman incense burner inspired by a mysterious find at Coventina’s Well. Carefully hand-built in tile clay, it once carried fragrant smoke to the sacred waters of a Romano-British shrine.
Unwrap history:
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Today’s highlight is a Roman incense burner inspired by a mysterious find at Coventina’s Well. Carefully hand-built in tile clay, it once carried fragrant smoke to the sacred waters of a Romano-British shrine.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
December 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very pretty!
DAY 33 – SALE 🔥
Today’s highlight is a Roman incense burner inspired by a mysterious find at Coventina’s Well. Carefully hand-built in tile clay, it once carried fragrant smoke to the sacred waters of a Romano-British shrine.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Today’s highlight is a Roman incense burner inspired by a mysterious find at Coventina’s Well. Carefully hand-built in tile clay, it once carried fragrant smoke to the sacred waters of a Romano-British shrine.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
DAY 33 – SALE 🔥
Today’s highlight is a Roman incense burner inspired by a mysterious find at Coventina’s Well. Carefully hand-built in tile clay, it once carried fragrant smoke to the sacred waters of a Romano-British shrine.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Today’s highlight is a Roman incense burner inspired by a mysterious find at Coventina’s Well. Carefully hand-built in tile clay, it once carried fragrant smoke to the sacred waters of a Romano-British shrine.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
DAY 32 – SALE 🍷😄✨
Today’s piece is the Roman phallic cup, once a cheeky but powerful symbol of good luck and protection. Carved with flying phalli and steeped in ancient superstition, it’s a drinker’s talisman from Roman Britain.
Unwrap some history:
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Today’s piece is the Roman phallic cup, once a cheeky but powerful symbol of good luck and protection. Carved with flying phalli and steeped in ancient superstition, it’s a drinker’s talisman from Roman Britain.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
DAY 32 – SALE 🍷😄✨
Today’s piece is the Roman phallic cup, once a cheeky but powerful symbol of good luck and protection. Carved with flying phalli and steeped in ancient superstition, it’s a drinker’s talisman from Roman Britain.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Today’s piece is the Roman phallic cup, once a cheeky but powerful symbol of good luck and protection. Carved with flying phalli and steeped in ancient superstition, it’s a drinker’s talisman from Roman Britain.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Reposted by Sarah Lord
Correct Link!: Opening the kiln is always a little nerve wracking but, if I do say so myself, the latest batch of replica, Nene Valley, barbotine decorated, Roman colour coated Hunt Cups, have come out looking rather splendid! Get them before they sell out. share.google/PmpCsh2Z8CQx...
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Correct Link!: Opening the kiln is always a little nerve wracking but, if I do say so myself, the latest batch of replica, Nene Valley, barbotine decorated, Roman colour coated Hunt Cups, have come out looking rather splendid! Get them before they sell out. share.google/PmpCsh2Z8CQx...
DAY 31 – SALE 🍲✨
Today’s piece is a simple and elegant Roman bowl, inspired by a find from Hadrian’s Wall. Bowls like this were everyday essentials across the Empire, serving warm meals and adding quiet beauty to even the humblest table.
Unwrap history:
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Today’s piece is a simple and elegant Roman bowl, inspired by a find from Hadrian’s Wall. Bowls like this were everyday essentials across the Empire, serving warm meals and adding quiet beauty to even the humblest table.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
DAY 31 – SALE 🍲✨
Today’s piece is a simple and elegant Roman bowl, inspired by a find from Hadrian’s Wall. Bowls like this were everyday essentials across the Empire, serving warm meals and adding quiet beauty to even the humblest table.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
Today’s piece is a simple and elegant Roman bowl, inspired by a find from Hadrian’s Wall. Bowls like this were everyday essentials across the Empire, serving warm meals and adding quiet beauty to even the humblest table.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
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really weird stuff!
Our owl pots are flying out of the Advent Sale!
Here’s a rare look at how we “breed” them… after two weeks in their clay-lined nests, they take their first flight around the workshop. Catching them is the tricky part 🤣
Adopt yours before they’re gone:
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Here’s a rare look at how we “breed” them… after two weeks in their clay-lined nests, they take their first flight around the workshop. Catching them is the tricky part 🤣
Adopt yours before they’re gone:
potted-history.co.uk/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
really weird stuff!
Our owl pots are flying out of the Advent Sale!
Here’s a rare look at how we “breed” them… after two weeks in their clay-lined nests, they take their first flight around the workshop. Catching them is the tricky part 🤣
Adopt yours before they’re gone:
potted-history.co.uk/collections/...
Here’s a rare look at how we “breed” them… after two weeks in their clay-lined nests, they take their first flight around the workshop. Catching them is the tricky part 🤣
Adopt yours before they’re gone:
potted-history.co.uk/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Our owl pots are flying out of the Advent Sale!
Here’s a rare look at how we “breed” them… after two weeks in their clay-lined nests, they take their first flight around the workshop. Catching them is the tricky part 🤣
Adopt yours before they’re gone:
potted-history.co.uk/collections/...
Here’s a rare look at how we “breed” them… after two weeks in their clay-lined nests, they take their first flight around the workshop. Catching them is the tricky part 🤣
Adopt yours before they’re gone:
potted-history.co.uk/collections/...
DAY 30 – SALE 🦁Today’s piece is a lion-spouted Roman mortarium, the must-have kitchen gadget of its time. With quartz grit for grinding & a fierce little lion doubling as a spout, it shows just how clever Roman cookware could be.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
DAY 30 – SALE 🦁Today’s piece is a lion-spouted Roman mortarium, the must-have kitchen gadget of its time. With quartz grit for grinding & a fierce little lion doubling as a spout, it shows just how clever Roman cookware could be.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/lio...
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/lio...
DAY 27 – SALE ✨
Meet the Spong Figure, a quiet face from the Anglo-Saxon world. His expression—sad, thoughtful or maybe amused—is a powerful reminder that people in the distant past felt, wondered and reflected just as we do today.
Unwrap history:
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Meet the Spong Figure, a quiet face from the Anglo-Saxon world. His expression—sad, thoughtful or maybe amused—is a powerful reminder that people in the distant past felt, wondered and reflected just as we do today.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/ang...
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
DAY 27 – SALE ✨
Meet the Spong Figure, a quiet face from the Anglo-Saxon world. His expression—sad, thoughtful or maybe amused—is a powerful reminder that people in the distant past felt, wondered and reflected just as we do today.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/ang...
Meet the Spong Figure, a quiet face from the Anglo-Saxon world. His expression—sad, thoughtful or maybe amused—is a powerful reminder that people in the distant past felt, wondered and reflected just as we do today.
Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/ang...
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That's a beautiful vessel!
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
That's a beautiful vessel!
DAY 26 – SALE 🔥Imagine the crackle of hearth fire, the smell of stew simmering, this medieval 3 legged cooking pot brings that kitchen warmth straight to your home. It once fed families and fired the feasts of castles and cottages alike.
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Unwrap history:
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December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
DAY 26 – SALE 🔥Imagine the crackle of hearth fire, the smell of stew simmering, this medieval 3 legged cooking pot brings that kitchen warmth straight to your home. It once fed families and fired the feasts of castles and cottages alike.
Unwrap history:
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Unwrap history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/med...
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There’s some really cool stuff here
DAY 25 – SALE ✨Meet our Julia Domna head pot, full of personality and ready to give some serious side eye. This striking replica comes from one of the rare face urns found in Roman York, and may even depict the Syrian empress herself.
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Unwrap some history:
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December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There’s some really cool stuff here
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Check out this amazing pottery shop -- they recreate ancient Greek and Roman pottery so that you, too, can offer a votive uterus to the gods. Or just have a cool drinking vessel, you know, whatever you need.
DAY 25 – SALE ✨Meet our Julia Domna head pot, full of personality and ready to give some serious side eye. This striking replica comes from one of the rare face urns found in Roman York, and may even depict the Syrian empress herself.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/jul...
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/jul...
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Check out this amazing pottery shop -- they recreate ancient Greek and Roman pottery so that you, too, can offer a votive uterus to the gods. Or just have a cool drinking vessel, you know, whatever you need.
DAY 25 – SALE ✨Meet our Julia Domna head pot, full of personality and ready to give some serious side eye. This striking replica comes from one of the rare face urns found in Roman York, and may even depict the Syrian empress herself.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/jul...
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/jul...
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
DAY 25 – SALE ✨Meet our Julia Domna head pot, full of personality and ready to give some serious side eye. This striking replica comes from one of the rare face urns found in Roman York, and may even depict the Syrian empress herself.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/jul...
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/jul...
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I think this would be a great tea cup for mid-day for me!
DAY 24 – SALE ✨
Today, a Samian Ware wine cup (Dragendorff 33) — simple, elegant, and once carried throughout the Roman Empire. A small vessel that speaks of shared meals, warm company and everyday ritual.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
#archaeology #RomanBritain
Today, a Samian Ware wine cup (Dragendorff 33) — simple, elegant, and once carried throughout the Roman Empire. A small vessel that speaks of shared meals, warm company and everyday ritual.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
#archaeology #RomanBritain
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I think this would be a great tea cup for mid-day for me!
DAY 24 – SALE ✨
Today, a Samian Ware wine cup (Dragendorff 33) — simple, elegant, and once carried throughout the Roman Empire. A small vessel that speaks of shared meals, warm company and everyday ritual.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
#archaeology #RomanBritain
Today, a Samian Ware wine cup (Dragendorff 33) — simple, elegant, and once carried throughout the Roman Empire. A small vessel that speaks of shared meals, warm company and everyday ritual.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
#archaeology #RomanBritain
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
DAY 24 – SALE ✨
Today, a Samian Ware wine cup (Dragendorff 33) — simple, elegant, and once carried throughout the Roman Empire. A small vessel that speaks of shared meals, warm company and everyday ritual.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
#archaeology #RomanBritain
Today, a Samian Ware wine cup (Dragendorff 33) — simple, elegant, and once carried throughout the Roman Empire. A small vessel that speaks of shared meals, warm company and everyday ritual.
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/cop...
#archaeology #RomanBritain
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QUICK!!!! It's the last day to get 15% off prints and original paintings in my online shop!!!
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Use the code Black Friday at the checkout to qualify.
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Use the code Black Friday at the checkout to qualify.
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Acclaimed landscape painter Lynda Taylor works from her Northumbria painting studio at Crown Studio Gallery Rothbury.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
QUICK!!!! It's the last day to get 15% off prints and original paintings in my online shop!!!
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
Use the code Black Friday at the checkout to qualify.
crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
Use the code Black Friday at the checkout to qualify.
We’ve had a watchful presence in the workshop today... 👀
He’s part of a new commission, and while he looks alert, he failed to protect another piece from cracking 😅 Blame has been firmly assigned.
Got a historical replica idea? 👉 potted-history.co.uk/pages/commis...
He’s part of a new commission, and while he looks alert, he failed to protect another piece from cracking 😅 Blame has been firmly assigned.
Got a historical replica idea? 👉 potted-history.co.uk/pages/commis...
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We’ve had a watchful presence in the workshop today... 👀
He’s part of a new commission, and while he looks alert, he failed to protect another piece from cracking 😅 Blame has been firmly assigned.
Got a historical replica idea? 👉 potted-history.co.uk/pages/commis...
He’s part of a new commission, and while he looks alert, he failed to protect another piece from cracking 😅 Blame has been firmly assigned.
Got a historical replica idea? 👉 potted-history.co.uk/pages/commis...