A Nation of Shopkeepers

The main range, ‘A Nation of Shopkeepers’, collectable wall plaques, captures the nostalgia of the British High Street or Main Street. Napoleon called the English ‘A Nation of Shopkeepers’ and Hazle sees that as a compliment to the kind of liveliness and endeavour that can be found in the British High Street, with its hotchpotch of architectural styles and bustling activity. Her personal enthusiasm has led her to reflecting this in a treasury of traditional ceramics. The range has received the British Giftware Association Award for the ‘Best Collectible’ for its ‘originality and value’.

The patented designs are noted for fine detailing in the modelling, and individual hand painting. While architecturally correct and cast from Hazle's original models and moulds, no two buildings are ever quite the same.

Limited Editions / Limited Paintings / Personalising & Customising / Displays / Pastille Burners

Limited Editions

There is a sense in which all our ceramics are 'limited editions'. We do not manufacture on a huge scale, all designs are retired at some stage, and we also take pride in the variations in colour and style that come from the brushes of our different artists.

However some of our ceramics are specifically in Numbered Limited Editions to a pre-determined quantity. When the last ceramic is seen safely through the kiln the Master mould is destroyed, so that no more can be produced. Since 1997 all numbered editions have had a signed Certificate of Authenticity.



Limited Paintings

In addition to limited editions, from time to time we also take a ceramic from the range and paint it in a particular way for a specific numbered quantity. When the final number is painted that livery will never be produced again. An example is the Collect It! edition of 500, painted on our Corner Shop. Sometimes there are as few as 50 in a numbered limited painting.



Personalising and Customising

An important feature of our work at Hazle Ceramics is painting to a customer's specification. In a world which is focused on the mass-market, it gives us pleasure to be able to create ceramics of personal significance to an individual group.

Learn more about Personalising & Customising





Pastille Burners

In the 16th Century, when the plumbing and sewerage systems of England were less than hygienic, householders used to have pastille burners around the house, in which a pastille or incense cone was burned to ward off any noxious smells. Hazle has taken this idea and recreated it with her range of buildings, specifically designed to burn incense cones.

These are more three-dimensional than the wall plaques and currently there are 4 in the range - Shakespeare's Birthplace, Anne Hathaway`s Cottage, Marygreen Manor and The Cricketers.

The Pastille Burners are also available as Money Banks.