This is the another addition of the many guides that we, Replacements, LTD , will be posting to provide some interesting information on several famous tableware companies. This one will be about the very...
"America" the dinnerware was produced by The Pfaltzgraff Co. in York, Pennsylvania from 1983 until 1989. The America collection was designed mainly by David Walsh in cooperation with the then Musuem of...
History Chopsticks are part of Asian culture and history dating back some 5000 years. It is believe that the use of chop sticks traces their roots to early times in Asia when the people would retrieve food...
What many people may not understand about Armetale, or perhaps may disregard, is that "ARMETALE" can only be made by ONE manufacturer: WILTON of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, formerly of Columbia, Pennsylvania....
COLLECTING PICKARD CHINA (an example of an early piece of beautifully gold etched Pickard China~JHW Bavaria; signed by artist Anton Richter) photos copyrighted pcrae_designs 2007 The Pickard China Company was...
Here is yet another installment of many guides that we, REPLACEMENTS, LTD, will be posting to provide some interesting information on several manufacturer's of some the world's most collectible porcelain...
LENOX Colonial Bouquet The LENOX Colonial Bouquet series of plates began in 1995 and ended in 2007. The plates in this series are 10 1/2" in diameter and have a perforated rim trimmed in 24kt gold. The plates...
Addendum to the_fitz_etc; I contacted Waterford. Any piece since 1980 is marked with their name. I have a 6 inch ashtray that had been used. The bottom has an asterisk style cut. That mark was hard to find but...
While you may have inherited fine china from a relative or received a set as a wedding present, inevitably pieces will go missing or will suffer damage.In the past, these pieces were difficult to replace....
When shipping breakables, I've found that packaging tape, shredded paper, newspaper and packaging bubbles/peanuts work the best. When packaging a breakable, i usually wrap it tightly in a newspaper, then use...