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...
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...
ALL ABOUT SWAROVSKI Swarovski was founded in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski I. It has since developed into an international entity with numerous subsidiaries and is currently in the process of reorganizing its North...
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...
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...
German Meissen porcelain comport German Meissen (porcelain), hard-paste porcelain was made at a factory established in 1710 at Meissen, near Dresden, in Saxony, east-central Germany. (The ware was once known...