Ernst Wahliss
By the late 1880s, merchant Ernst Wahliss had established himself as Vienna’s leading...
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Month: March 2013
Edmé Samson
Edmé Samson, born in Paris in 1810, established the porcelain company of Samson-Edmé et Cie in...
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A Quick Guide to Early English Pottery
Love it or hate it, the naivety of early English pottery leaves few indifferent to its charms and...
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A Quick Guide to Early English Porcelain
When compared with lavishly decorated continental wares, early English porcelain may seem...
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Early Chinese Pottery
Most Types of early Chinese pottery are available to the collector. Condition and quality are more...
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Early Chinese Porcelain
A certain amount of Porcelain was produced in the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368) decorated in underglaze...
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Dresden Porcelain
The term “Dresden porcelain” refers more to an artistic movement than a particular line of...
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Detecting restoration in antiques of pottery & porcelain
There is no way to restore pottery and porcelain that is wholly undetectable. Certain techniques...
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Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Artist 1881-1945
One of seven children, Susannah Margaretta ‘Daisy’ Makeig-Jones was born in 1881 in a...
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A Quick Guide to Continental Pottery
The richly coloured designs and motifs found on continental pottery of the 17th and 18th centuries...
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