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Polychrome
Polychrome ceramics are those which consist of multiple colors rather than monochrome. Below are some examples and price guides of polychrome ceramics including a Chinese tulip vase and a Victorian…
T & R Boote
T & R Boote were manufacturers of earthenwares at Burslem from 1842 to 1963. They were particularly known for ironstone wares until around 1906 when the company then concentrated on…
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Aesthetic Movement
The Aesthetic Movement in Britain (1860 – 1900) aimed to escape the ugliness and materialism of the Industrial Age, by focusing instead on producing art that was beautiful rather than…
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Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. Some ceramic companies have portrayed her characters on pottery and as figurines. Below are some…
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Lladro
Lladro was founded in 1953 by three brothers, Juán, José and Vicente Lladró, in the village of Almàssera near Valencia. Starting with items such as vases and jugs, it wasn't…
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Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin KPM
The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin, also known as KPM for Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin, was founded in 1763 by King Frederick II of Prussia (known as Frederick the Great). Its…
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Faience
Faience. The term faience broadly encompassed finely glazed ceramic beads, figures and other small objects found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC, as well as in the Ancient Near…
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Blanc-de-chine
Blanc-de-chine is a French term generally used to refer to undecorated ivory white porcelain pieces made for export by the Dehua kilns in the Fujian province, during the 17th-18th centuries.…
Thomas Pardoe Information
Thomas Pardoe was a British enameler noted for flower painting and apprenticed at the Derby (Nottingham Road) porcelain factory in the 1780s
Nantgarw China Works Makers Marks and Information
Nantgarw China Works. The Nantgarw China Works was a porcelain factory, later making other types of pottery, located in Nantgarw on the eastern bank of the Glamorganshire Canal, 8 miles…
