Hello there ! Have you ever been "had" by the Royal Mail post offices charges? it can teach you a valuable lesson regarding posting items overseas ......................... Read on If you have a package that...
The Most Popular China Pattern In The World (Part one of a five part series) This Guide will provide a seller or buyer with enough information to determine that the Old Country Roses china pattern or piece in...
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...
Real Fairings are small Victorian china ornaments,usually captioned,making a social,political,or humorous comment on English life from about 1850 to 1914.The First World War stopped the trade,because they...
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...
Clarice Cliff reproductions and the use of the trademarked name can be confusing. This guide will help you to identify some of the more common reproductions including Wedgwood and Bradford Exchange items and...
Written by Jill Barklem and first published in the autumn of 1980, Brambly Hedge is a series of books featuring the adventures of a hedgerow community of mice. In 1983 Royal Doulton began production of the...
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...
Founded in 1775, and still in production, Aynsley China is an ideal target for collectors because of its high quality and low incidence of crazing and chipping. However, there is limited information on design...