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Category: Pottery and porcelain

Understanding maker’s marks, clay bodies, transfer prints, & value sources

Pottery and porcelain marks

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Diana Sanders Cinamon
Pottery and porcelain marks Countries like England created the Design Registration System and in the United States, marking requirements for the country of origin...
Pottery and porcelain

English design registration system

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Diana Sanders Cinamon
To help protect manufacturers’ pottery designs, the English developed a registration system that was enacted around 1842. They used a diamond with the corners...
Pottery and porcelain

Tips to identify antique pottery

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Diana Sanders Cinamon
Since much of this early pottery is not marked, appraisers can determine the age and origin of these pieces by the readily apparent identity...
Pottery and porcelain
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