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• Retro Collectables, pottery, glass, metal 1950s/60s
• by nettl( 195)
• Here are some thoughts on what I think are particularly collectable in the fields of ceramics, glass and metalware (stainless steel) made during these two important decades for popular modernist design. This... 

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  Retro | Troika | Midwinter | Poole | 1950s

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• A SIMPLE GUIDE TO COLLECTING GLASS
• by copper_songbird( 3174)
• The first time I really began to take notice of decorative objects made of glass was when I visited a small craft market where one of the stallholders was a professional engraver. It was obvious to me that she... 

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  glass | drunken bricklayer | Whitefriars | Geoffrey Baxter | Murano

• 219 of 226 people found this guide helpful

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• Poole Pottery - a Basic Introduction
• by nettl( 195)
• 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... 

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  Poole | Pottery | Deco | Retro | Studio

• 203 of 217 people found this guide helpful

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• Royal Doulton Seconds Quality - SPOTTING GUIDE
• by gammon_joint( 719)
• I am a frequent seller of Royal Doulton on Ebay and consider myself no complete expert, but I do like to pigeon hole myself as honest and amongst a majority of decent Ebayers. It has recently struck me that a... 

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  Royal Doulton Seconds | Doulton Second Quality | Spotting Doulton Seconds | Guide to Buying Royal Doulton | How to Spot A Second

• 142 of 148 people found this guide helpful

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• A guide to collecting Lladro and NAO
• by capricornscherubs( 2209)
• Lladro figurines originated way back in 1953 when three brothers, Juan, Jose and Vincente Lladro started creating sculptures as an experiment at their home in Almassera (Valencia). By 1955 there had become... 

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  Lladro | NAO | Porcelain | Figurines | Sculptures

• 106 of 107 people found this guide helpful

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