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Know your French Opaline Glass

All About Antique Opaline Glass. Everything you need to know, from colors to how to collect.

Yixing Pottery - What is it?

You've seen the beautiful Yixing Zisha red and purple Chinese teapots and other ceramic pieces, and perhaps have wondered where they get...

A Silesian Porcelain Primer

There are quite a few pieces identified as Silesian or Silesia Porcelain on today's antique market. Many are incorrectly identified as...

Steinböck-Email Austria - Groundbreaking Enamelware Art

Brothers, and - at the time - art students, Hannes (aka John) and Haimo Steinböck, founded the Austrian Steinböck-Email Studio in 1951....

Jay Strongwater - From Jewelry to a High-End Home Decor Empire

Jay Strongwater has been creating enamel, Swarovski crystal, and sometimes semi-precious jewel encrusted pieces for decades. He began his...

Know Your Limoges

Did you know Limoges isn't a brand - it's a place of manufacture for fine porcelain? Hard-paste porcelain at Limoges, France began in...

Deciphering Limoges - the Magic of a Mark

The pictorial mark and letters (signature) on the bottom of this piece of Limoges porcelain whisper to us from across the centuries to...