Art pottery was made in America from the late 1870s to the 1950s. The term “art pottery” can have several meanings. To the scholar and researcher, it is pottery that was handmade or primarily handmade and produced in the spirit…
A life-sized plaster and wood figure of a World War I soldier advertising an English brand of cigarettes auctioned in England for $2,442. The advertising piece was sold to a museum. Market research done recently for jewelry retailers indicates there…
White porcelain figurines have been made since the earliest days of porcelains. In the 1700s only a few could afford even the glazed clay pots used for cooking. The well-to-do bought costly and rare white porcelain from Asia and Germany.…
There are fashions in collecting just as there are fashions in clothing. In the 1950s the most popular collectible ceramic was 18th-century English porcelain. Factories like Worcester, Chelsea and Bow made figurines and dinnerwares wanted by collectors whose homes were…
Two dozen antique candy containers manufactured in Germany but depicting American comic-strip characters sold at a Bertoia auction in New Jersey. Prices ranged from just under $100 to over $1,400. All of the candy containers were made of "composition," a…
Q: My family has owned a bronze wall clock for many years. It is 6 1/2 inches in diameter. The bronze case is in the form of a rose vine and, at the bottom, a cherub face and wings. The…