Patricia F. Ferguson is an external adviser on ceramics to The National Trust, having researched their collections since 2003 and is a consulting curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. She has an MA from SOAS, University of London, where she studied Chinese, Japanese and Safavid ceramics. At the George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, she redisplayed the European galleries, curated 'Containers of Beauty: the Art of Floral Display' and 'Your Presence is requested: the Art of Dining in eighteenth-century Europe', and was author of Cobalt Treasures: The Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, 2003.

Chapter 1: Exotica to Domestica: Anglicizing the foreign, 1550-1695 1 Blue-painted ewer, Chinese, with English mounts 1590, Hardwick Hall2 Kraak ware blue-painted dish, Chinese, 1625, Wallington3 Rollwagons (vases), with polychrome decoration, 1640-50, Hardwick Hall4 Maiolica dish, 1540, in England before 1646, Ickworth 5 Rakan figures, Japan, 1650-60, Erddig 6 Dish, delftware England, 1660, Knole7 'Burghley Teapot', Chinese porcelain 1600, Dutch mounts, 1675, Angelsey Abbey8 Guanyin figure, Dehua kilns, China, 1650, Saltram 9 Teapot, Dehua kilns, China, c. 1650-70, mounts, c. 1670-80, Ham10 Duck (Kakiemon-type), Japan, 1670, Clandon 11 Jars (Wucai/polychrome), China, 1665-85, Belton 12 Monumental Jars, Kangxi, c. 1680--90, Petworth13 Incense burner, blanc de Chine, China, 1680-90, Belton 14 Three Jars (famille verte), China, 1690-5, Erdigg 15 Large three-piece Garniture, China, c. 1690-5, Knole Chapter 2: Chinoiserie: competing global counterfeits, 1685-175016 Teapots, Delftware, Moriaanshooft, Delft, c. 1686-8, Wallington 17 Flower pot with arms of William and Mary, Delft, c. 1690-94, Erdigg 18 Pair of urns, Delftware, Greek A factory, c. 1690-5, Dyrham 19 Flower pyramid, Delft, c. 1693-4, Dyrham 20 Three-piece garniture, Delft, The Netherlands, c. 1695-8, Kingston Lacy 21 Ecuelle (broth bowl), Japan, silver mounts Paris, c. 1717-8, Sizergh 22 Armorial punch bowl, delftware, London, dated 1709, Kingston Lacy23 Set of five vases Arita, Japan, c. 1695-1720, Dunham Massey 24 Armorial table service, China, c. 1715-25, Osterley25 Jars, famille-rose, Chinese, c. 1735-40, Charlecote 26 Meissen Ecuelle, c. 1723-5, The Argory 27 Cistern, China, c. 1745, Wallington28 Meissen dinner service, c. 1739-42, Osterley 29 Three jars, Japan, c. 1725, wood stands, c.1747-50, Shugborough30 Armorial delftware table service, London, 1735-50, Oxburgh 31 Tray, Chinese, after the Cobridge lanx, c. 1740-60, Cotehele 32 Armorial table service 1745-6, Shugborough33 Leaping carp in ormolu with mounts, 1750, ClandonChapter 3: Genteel Curiosities for Tea, Table and Chimney, 1745-6534 Castelli plates, maiolica, 1730, The Vyne35 Meissen Continents, 1745-50, Wallington36 Meissen Tea service with miners, 1745-50, Kedleston37 Bow Group, c. 1750-2, Wallington 38 Chelsea porcelain tureens, 1751, Petworth39 Dessert service, stoneware, Staffordshire, c. 1745-60, Chastleton 40 Bow figures, 1750-3, Upton41 Faience Marseille 1751-6, Ardress and Springhill 42 Vincennes milk pot 1753 and dejeuner 1755-6, Osterley43 Meissen Venus in disguises, c. 1749-55, Saltram44 Crane, China, 1745-6, Clandon 45 Armorial service, China, c. 1755, Kedleston46 Chelsea Apollo and the Muses, c. 1761, Upton47 Chelsea seven-piece garniture, 1763-4, Upton 48 Pair of Sevres tureens and stands, 1767, Sudbury Hall Chapter 4: The Grand Tourist: 'vase madness' and the antique, 1765-8949 Krater, 1775 BC?, Petworth50 Sevres mounted garniture, 1763-5, The Vyne 51 Maiolica flask, 1540, mounted Paris, 1765, Tatton Park 52 Wedgwood turned creamware vases, c. 1764-68, Saltram 53 Worcester vase and two pairs, 1768-70, Fenton 54 Worcester service, 1769, Knole 55 Sevres table service, 1769-70, Knole56 Armorial faience table service, Marseille, c. 1770, Saltram57 Worcester Giles tea service, c. 1771, Saltram 58 Figures, Derby, c. 1765-82, Upton59 Black Basalt lamps, Wedgwood, 1772-6, Saltram 60 Three-piece Wedgwood garniture, 1775-80, Saltram61 Wedgwood tureen, 1774-5, Shugborough62 Black Basalt figures, 1773-6, The Vyne63 Derby service, 1773-7, Sudbury Hall64 Jasper tablet in chimneypiece, c. 1778, Kedleston65 Sevres ewer and basin and ecuelle, 1780, Knole66 Derby vases, 1784-5, Seaton Delaval67 Sevres, La Vache et deux enfants, 1765, Stourhead 68 Punch bowl with view of the Hongs, China, c. 1786 or 1788, Nostell Priory69 Wedgwood crested table wares, c. 1787, Florence Court Chapter 5: Revolution, Napoleon and Francophile taste, 1789-1825 70 Paris portrait vase, 5th Duke of Bedford, 1802-3, Uppark71 Sevres melange of 12 cups and saucer, 1776-88, Powis72 Sevres black ewer and garniture, 1790-1, Belton73 BFB flower garniture, 1804-7, Blicking74 Derby dessert service, 1800-6, Castle Coole 75 FBB Armorial table service, c. 1813-15, Clandon 76 Sevres biscuit figures, c. 1801 and 1816, Hinton Ampner77 Dagoty melange dinner service, 1804-14, Attingham78 Dihl & Guerhard Vases, Le Guay, 1797-1804, Clandon79 Sevres biscuit 'gerbe des raisins', 1816, Uppark80 Feuillet dessert service, 1817-21, Ickworth 81 Vienna tea service, 1822, BlicklingChapter 6: Ceramics victorious: from taxonomizing heirlooms to a taste for the historic, 1825-1950 82 Hydria (4), 500 BC, purchased in 1842, Charlecote83 Sevres vases, portraits of Louis-Philippe, 1844-5, Ickworth84 Maiolica Pucci dish, Urbino, 1532, Polesden Lacy85 Dish, Chinese, Yongle period, 1420, Wallington 86 Sevres Pot-pourri a vaisseau, 1761,Waddesdon87 Minton service, 1851, Tatton Park88 Minton 'Maiolica' vase, 1856, Shugborough89 Meissen ewers, 1830, after 1740 designs, Castle Coole 90 Garniture with lacquer, Japan, c. 1725, Nostell Priory91 Fountain, Doccia (Florence), Italian, c. 1757, Ickworth92 Sevres biscuit figures, 1871, Sudbury Hall93 Garden stool, Majolica, Minton, c. 1870-5, Calke Abbey94 Meissen, Lady of the Mops Orden, 1745, Fenton House95 Dish lustre, De Morgan, 1875-85, Carlyle House 96 Vase 'Persian', De Morgan, c. 1885, Wightwick97 Vase, Martin Brothers, 1887, Blickling98 Pueblo water jar, New Mexico, 1870-80, Gawthorpe 99 Vincennes (vase le Boitteux), c. 1755, Upton100 Bactrian Camel, Tang dynasty, Greenway