User:Iain M Hambling

(Dr) Iain M Hambling is the recognised Historian & Archivist of English pottery company T G Green & Co Ltd (1864 - 2007) which was based at Church Gresley Derbyshire

Starting as a collector of Cornishware in 1992 his collection grew and was largely featured in Paul Atterbury's first Cornish Ware & Domestic Pottery book

First discussing Cornishware on the BBC Antiques Roadshow (Series 19) he went on to make another two appearances with other T G Green patterns and later a half hour programme on Channel 4 Collectors Lot

Iain continued to piece together collections of patterns concentrating largely on the Art Deco sets of the 1930's as well as purchasing a lot of the original paperwork, tools and moulds which had been slowly lifted from the now derelict factory site at Church Gresley by treasure hunters and opportunists.

Through the means of Facebook Iain set up a dedicated page to the pottery's history and founded a busy and successful Collectors Group now with 800 members

Since 2016 there has been a privately run museum within the Swadlincote area displaying a majority of the patterns produced from the family owned period of 1864 to 1974 and the items from the original 'Cornish Ware Museum' run by the late Derek Green from his business in Hartley Wintney, safely returning a permanent display back to the original area of manufacture which will extend publicly in 2018.