You've just bought a Clarice Cliff from an antiques fair and are eager to make some money on eBay. How do you know whether it is genuine or counterfeit? This is a general guide to some of the common pitfalls....
Poole Pottery, based in the town of Poole in Dorset, was set up in 1873 as Carter and Co. and they started out by mainly making architectural ceramics (tiles and ornamental ceramics used in buildings). By the...
Susie Cooper With 15 years of collecting experience I am glad to say that the number of fakes, forgeries and problem items associated with the work of Susie Cooper is fairly low in relation to her total...
New to buying Clarice Cliff? Or perhaps you'd like to try your hand at collecting. This is a basic guide to some possible first steps in collecting Clarice Cliff. STARTING COLLECTING You'd like to collect...
The British Studio Potters' Marks book (BSPM), whilst being a valuable reference work is also the source of many annoying mis-attributions of studio pottery. In the hands of the inexperienced, it can turn a Jo...
Liverpool Road Pottery was a semi-manufacturing company and purchased 'blanks' from china, earthenware pottery producers. LRP became firmly established as one of the leading giftware companies after patenting...
Aynsley pottery was founded in 1775 by John Aynsley, and it remained a family business until 1970, Aynsley was taken over by Belleek Potteries in 1997. Anysley's Cottage Garden as a new pattern started in 1972...
OK after so many queries about this time for a quick guide: 99.99% of Homepride Fred items proporting to be made by T.G. Green and sold on ebay are absolutely fake - TGG ONLY made the following items related...
Versace and Rosenthal : Its not only the Medusa range that can be considered absolutely opulent and of first quality. The Limited edition items deserve a mention, which goes without saying. There are the...
When you search for things on eBay do you find that either a load of irrelevant things appear or you find hardly anything. This is probably because you need to improve the way you use the search box. This is a...