Thirteen-sided polyhedron, planes terminating at shoulder and near base in smooth steeply curving surfaces. Grey-white dense porcelain body exposed at rim of wide mouth; low foot ring and base glazed, both thickly encrusted with fine gravel and dirt. Vessel entirely covered in dark brown glossy glaze with some iridescence, pulling away at shoulders and plane intersections to a light yellow-brown; displaying pooling and dripping, very dark brown, elsewhere.

A ceramic jar that has a broad base with a recessed foot. The body of the jar swells gradually, first in a concave, then in a convex curve reaching a maximum dimension at the shoulder, and incurves sharply to a small mouth. The coarse thick stoneware body is covered in white slip and decorated with underglaze in iron black with two similar motifs placed directly opposite one another, of which these consist of two "x" forms juxtaposed to form a central diamond shape, containing a sketchy floral form. The triangles created by other arms of the x''s also enclose minimal leaf forms. Covered over all by a thin transparent glaze showing a medium fine crackle.

Octagonal, with angles smoothed where planes meet; spout pinched out of rim; handle set at right angle to spout; white porcelain body glazed blue-white except at foot rim. Painted underglaze with dark grey-blue landforms from which spring floral motifs; enamelled overglaze with motif outlines in iron red and gold which is worn and dull; centred beneath spout, a circle enclosing the initial s, slightly off vertical; spout gold with red outline. Paper label reads "Marchant, London."

A ceramic bowl that swells out from a small unglazed foot ring and that curves inward at the rim. Exterior is of light blue glaze, semi-translucent, minutely pitted, with smooth subdued gloss. Opaque where pooled in thickening edge above foot. Pulls away slightly at rim, showing light brown body. Interior has similar glaze thickly pooled at centre bottom. Paper label on glazed base reads "Marchant, London, Song 960-1279".

Small bowl with a flat unglazed base; oval grey-yellow body and rounded lip. The exterior is glossy dark brown-black glaze with blue and brown streaks, pooling to a thick black. The lower body and base have a dark slip. The interior glaze pulls away from the lip, then is similar to the exterior except for large splashes of bright but matte red-brown, randomly placed. Paper label on bottom reads "Spink and Son Ltd."

A ceramic plate which has a broad bottom, and sides curving up sharply in a cavetto terminating in rounded edge. Set on low, sharp, flaring foot. Glazed base has double red overglaze enamelled ring in centre. Grey-white porcelain body, glazed over all in white. Interior has phoenix and cloud forms on bottom. Aunning pattern of daisy-like flowers, with peony type leaves, is on the cavetto. A diamond trellis pattern just beneath edge. Exterior has a similar running floral pattern. All motifs outlined in red and all enamelled over the glaze.

A ceramic dish that has an angular form with steep, slightly flared sides. There is a small splayed foot and a grey-white body. Unglazed foot rim and base, which is convex with small point. Glazed inside and out with thick, opaque, white glaze which has formed a raised welt around the circumference of the dish a short distance below the rim.

Izumo ware ceramic tea caddy (without its lid). A small globular form on a flat spirally cut unglazed base showing fine light grey body. Thin translucent extremely shiny brown glaze, dark at the lip, with a broad splash of pale green-white flowing down the side, where the glaze stops in an even line short of the base.

A green miniature container shaped like a peeled tangerine with fifteen lobes and wide mouth. The body is a buff stoneware with green flaking glaze. The indented base is glazed. A set of inked numbers is written on the underside.

Broken, reassembled and repaired round bowl with a foliated rim of eight lobes and unglazed flat foot. The cavetto is decorated with a moulded design of eight panels each containing a motif although this is only faintly discernible. Glaze appears to be thickest just below the rim both on the inside and outside. Centre has some grit incorporated. Exterior surface is plain. Inked number on the foot.