Sometimes an object grabs your attention when you’re doing a routine task such as auditing a collection. Maybe it’s a collection that hasn’t been looked at in too much detail as of late. And maybe within that you find a well-researched object that needs to be shouted about such as this one! A few years ago I was fortunate to work directly on the Allen Gallery redevelopment in Alton, Hampshire as part of a huge project to audit, evaluate and redisplay the ceramics collection. One of the star objects of this collection, that I am now lucky to know quite…