No. 41Autumn/Winter 2026The shop paper of 4 Saddlers Yard, FromeOpen today

A woman in a cream knitted jumper holding a dark ribbed stoneware mug in both hands — On the coverLambswool crew by Kirkby Knit, £125. Speckled mug in ink glaze by Ottery Clay Works, £26. Tap the numbers to shop.

Goods for the house, the table and the person.

Homeware, tableware, gifts and a little clothing, most of it made within sixty miles of our door. Every piece says who made it, and we will wrap it for you.

Shop the issue New in

P.04The long table, laid for eight
P.08Ottery Clay Works, nine miles out
P.12Wreaths at the back table
P.14Wrapped at the counter

Ribbed glass tumblers casting long shadows in low sun — Fig. 106Ribbed glass tumblers, set of four, Vetreria Arno, £32

A blue-grey merino throw with a fringed edge — Fig. 118Fringed merino throw, Teign Weavers, £145

P.02 Contents

In the shop this autumn

Shelves of white ceramics and wooden objects in the shop — Fig. BThe long shelf by the window, restocked on Thursdays.

P.04 The table edit

A long table seen from above: green and blue stoneware plates and bowls, candles in brass holders and a crumpled linen runner

The long table, laid for eight

October, and the table gets longer. Stoneware from Devon, candles dipped in Frome and a runner of washed linen. Tick what you want and add the lot.

P.06 New on the shelf

Just unpacked

Arrived in the last ten days. Shop stock is updated from the till each evening.

All new in

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P.08 Maker in focus · 9 miles from the shop

Small stoneware cups glowing on the shelves of an opened kiln — Fig. AOpening the kiln at Ottery, six in the morning.

Ottery Clay Works

“We make mugs for people who will use them every day for ten years. That’s the whole brief.”

Two potters in a converted dairy outside Frome. We have stocked their speckled mugs since our first week, and they still outsell everything else in the shop.

Read: a firing day at Ottery

P.10–11 Supper, then breakfast

Supper, slowly. Seven a.m.

A wooden dining table by a curtained window, set with white bowls on plates, a speckled stoneware jug and a striped linen cloth

P.10Pale bowls on pale plates, a speckled jug and a tea towel that has seen a few winters.

A pale stoneware mug steaming on a wooden table in bright low morning sun

P.11The oat-glaze mug, in the only light that matters.

P.12 Listings · at the back table

Workshops & evenings

Small groups, real makers and something to take home. Most evenings run 6:30 to 8:30.

All workshops

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P.14 The gift pages

Wrapped at the counter

Add gift wrap to anything for £4: recycled kraft, cotton twine or a flat ribbon bow, and a card written by hand. Or send a gift card for any amount from £10.

Open the gift finder

A kraft gift tag, a hank of cotton twine, scissors and a pen laid out on washed linen

P.16 Visit

Inside a calm homeware shop: a long counter, white vases on a concrete floor, shelves of ceramics and a throw over a ladder

4 Saddlers Yard, Frome

Open today

A minute from the market place. Step-free entrance, a chair by the counter, and a quiet hour every Tuesday from 9:30. The numbers on the photo are what is on the shop floor this week.

Getting here & parking

P.18 Journal

Notes from the shop

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