A local art gallery has renewed its search for two missing paintings by celebrated Potteries artist Arthur Berry, as Antiques Roadshow returns to Stoke-on-Trent.

Barewall Art Gallery in Burslem has renewed its appeal to find two missing Northern Art masterpiece paintings by Arthur Berry (1925–1994) as the Antiques Roadshow returns to Trentham Gardens, where his work was previously featured.

Three special Unseen Treasures episodes were filmed in Stoke-on-Trent as part of the city's Centenary year celebrations.

The first aired on 30 November from the World of Wedgwood, and two more were filmed at Trentham Gardens.

One of these aired last weekend (21 December) and the second is set to air before the end of the year.

The Trentham Gardens episodes feature ceramics experts from the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery with iconic designers such as Clarice Cliff – who is honoured with an official blue plaque on Snow Hill, Shelton.

The second episode also features a special appearance by Ozzy the Owl (image via Stoke-on-Trent City Council)

The second episode also features a special appearance by Ozzy the Owl, the city's Staffordshire slipware owl jug who was first featured on the show in 1990 and is now on display in the Potteries Museum. 

Arthur Berry's art featured on the Antiques Roadshow in an episode filmed at Trentham Gardens in 2016.

Expert, Dendy Easton, appraised Arthur Berry's mixed-media painting, 'Unemployables', describing Berry as "someone who was to the Potteries as The Pitmen painters are to Durham, or Lowry to Salford."

Following the recent rediscovery of Berry's painting The End House - now in the care of The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Barewall Art Gallery, which has represented the Arthur Berry Estate since 2012, believes there are two companion pieces that formed part of a set of three connected works.

Amanda Bromley, director of Barewall Art Gallery, said: "Berry's paintings are more than artworks — they are social history.

"Now that The End House is safely with the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, we are determined to track down the two companion pieces we believe once formed part of a trio. Reuniting them would be hugely significant, not just for Berry's legacy, but for Stoke-on-Trent's story as a creative city built on industry, resilience and community.

"With Antiques Roadshow returning to Trentham Gardens, it feels like the perfect moment to revive the search for Berry's missing masterpiece paintings.

"The rediscovery of The End House has shown us that important pieces do still surface, often quietly held in private collections.

"We'd love to reunite the final two paintings with the city he painted so vividly, and we're asking anyone who believes they may have one to come forward."

Barewall Art Gallery has represented the Arthur Berry Estate since 2012 (image via Nub News)

Arthur Berry (1925–1994), often referred to as "the Lowry of the Potteries", was a celebrated artist, playwright and poet from Stoke-on-Trent whose paintings documented the people and industrial heritage of Stoke-on-Trent.

Cllr Jane Ashworth, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: "Arthur Berry's work is an important part of our city's cultural heritage and, with Stoke-on-Trent in the national spotlight on Antiques Roadshow, now's a great time to try and track these paintings down.

"If anyone has information about these works or knows where they might be, please get in touch. It would be fantastic to reunite this set of paintings."

The appeal forms part of the Arthur Berry 100 centenary programme, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and its players, which has already led to several lost Berry works being rediscovered, authenticated and catalogued.

The gallery's exhibition A Sense of Place runs until 8th February 2026 at Barewall Art Gallery, Market Place, Burslem.

The gallery welcomes information about any Arthur Berry artworks, particularly pieces sold or gifted before 2012.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Barewall Art Gallery via Email: [email protected], telephone: 07932 717718 or via www.barewall.co.uk.