RESTORING REPAIRING VINTAGE POTTERY Do you love vintage pottery, but perhaps not the prices some pieces command? Beginner collectors can purchase pieces of vintage art pottery,by such makers as McCoy,...
Wedgwood china is known internationally for it's quality, beauty and craftsmanship. Ebay is a wonderful place to find interesting varieties of new pieces, research and replace old patterns and become a new...
To help fight fraudulent sales of glass on eBay, we thought it might be useful to understand some of the ways dishonest dealers manipulate buyers into thinking they are getting a piece of first-run or original...
Fiesta Fraud! CONTEMPORARY VS. VINTAGE I am writing this in hopes to help you buyers out there to beware of the fiesta NEW VS Vintage Fiesta! Many times there may be a seller which just really has no clue...
Franciscan Ware was started in California USA. There they hand decorated, wonderfully sculpted and embossed pieces. They were affordable and were of quality. But, like everything else, they sold from original...
VISIONS CorningWare, Spice O' Life Corning Ware, CORELLE and VISIONS Ceramic Glass Why Who What When Where and How: General Info first: It will outlive all of us! To Cook in the oven, microwave,...
Fostoria Glass Co. manufactured the American pattern beginning in 1915. In 1987, Indiana Glass Co., a division of Lancaster Colony began manufacturing some pieces of American-style glass. This pattern is...
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN MAJOLICA A Collector's Guide to Authentication Spotting Reproductions and Fakes What it is, what it isn't, where it came from, and how to recognize it. Where it came from: Majolica...
What is transferware? Transferware is a pottery decorating process invented about 200 years ago. Potters learned to transfer a pattern from an engraved metal plate to china. When the item is heated in a...
Currier Ives Dinnerware is the most popular pattern ever produced by the Royal China Company of Sebring, Ohio. This dinnerware, with scenes from Currier Ives prints, was produced from 1950 to 1986. It was...