I see a lot of mis-listed items on ebay because a seller doesn't know their markings. Many are new sellers, so I thought just a few basics for the markings you may run across would be helpful to both the buyer...
EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED OR PATTERN GLASS In the early 1800's until the time of the Great Depression,people of wealth commonly used expensive cut glass and crystal. Indeed, folks used as much glass ware as...
Early American Prescut or EAPC has been around since 1960 and is one of the more popular glassware patterns on eBay today. This guide is intended to assist collectors in finding and identifying EAPC pieces...
Ok ,let's start with a short, very short history of pottery making in the UK and that means England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and, for the purpose of this excercise only ... to include the republic...
English Registry Marks - Signs of the Times Part I - 1842 to 1884 One of the most frequently asked questions about antiques is: How old is it? And often, the answer can be right there on the object...
Several glass companies made Sandwich glass and it can be challenging to tell their patterns apart. Here are tell-tale ways to know whether your pattern came from Duncan Miller, Anchor Hocking or Indiana Glass...
American Cut Glass is difficult to identify because this form of glass art is no longer practiced in America.The last authentic peices were produced before the 1920s.Even if we could send artists to Europe to...
As many of you know, the Indiana Glass Company closed it's doors in 2002 after nearly 100 years of glassmaking in Dunkirk, IN. What you may not know is the Indiana Glass name is being used on glass products...
English Registry Marks, Part II [This is continued from English Registry Nos., Part I] This guide discusses the dating system put in place by the British Government for objects created with patents...
Syracuse China formerly known as Onondaga Pottery was established in 1871. Although they are best known for their restaurantware, hotel china railroad china, they also produced dinnerware fine china. In both...