As a follow on to my two earlier guides, I have had requests on how to identify a real hot cast bronze. The following are only suggestions and no harm whatsoever should be caused to a real hot cast bronze in...
How can you tell if your precious heirlooms are genuine antiques or ordinary household items? This guide tells you some of the more obvious pitfalls. Provenance - This means that you are certain of where the...
Hello there. I've been collecting bronzes by a company called Heredities for a while now, and thought that if you had seen one of these fine peices, and had considered perhaps starting a collection of your...
Ceramic: Handmade and Factory-made Pieces - Dream Art Gallery As in all other fields of applied art, it is fundamental also with ceramics to distinguish between handmade wares and wares produced industrially,...
The Emerald Buddha History According to legend, the Emerald Buddha was created in India in 43 BC by Nagasena in the city of Pataliputra (today Patna). The legends state that after remaining in Pataliputra...
A couple of years ago, I bought a gilded spelter figurine of a Roman centurion on an onyx base from a UK Seller on eBay UK. I had a small collection of such figures and this was a sligthly different model. His...