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Why fashion editors like me are buying old Wedgwood instead of new handbags in lockdown Now-vintage British pottery is back in fashion - if you don t want to keep it, now s the time to sell 13 February 2021 • 7:00am Caroline Leaper at home with vintage items by Royal Doulton, Poole and Wedgwood If you’re not entertained by celebrities “masked” as critters doing karaoke on the telly, it can feel like there is little to do on a lockdown Saturday night. My new obsession? Trawling the internet and buying old British pottery pieces. I’m a 30-year-old fashion editor and, in lieu of the opportunity to get dressed and go out, I’ve found myself in fierce eBay bidding wars, upping the stakes on, say, a gold lustre Royal Worcester milk jug. My most satisfying win to date is a pair of blue and white Wedgwood Jasperware trinket pots, for £14 – just like the ones my grandmother has kept on her dressing table since the 1950s. ....