The Best Carvers of Ivory
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 14 minutes 56 seconds agoIVORY has been used for making works of art from Biblical times onwards. The comparative ease with which it can be manipulated and its durable nature has always attracted craftsmen of all nations, and the latter quality has led to the preservation of a surprisingly large number of ancient examples.
Silver in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 14 minutes 59 seconds agoThere have been many silver pieces from the past that are unlikely to come up in the open for the public from either museums, churches or private collectors, etc. Refugees coming to England had contributed immensely to the quantities of silvers through their high standards of craftsmanship. The silver metal and their designs have been subjected to different influenced.
Development and Advancement in American Glass
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 15 minutes 15 seconds agoDuring the course of the eighteenth century numerous glasshouses came up and went. The greatest demands in America would be for the window-glass and for bottles. The immigrants owned most of the American glasshouses from Germans and the England who brought their skills.
Different Types and Uses of Embroidery
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 15 minutes 42 seconds agoEmbroidery though had a long history, but it very difficult to find them now because they could not last that long. English embroidery was one of the most popular one.
The Best of Chinese Porcelain
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 15 minutes 54 seconds agoThe wares sparsely decorated and relied as much on the beauty of the shape and surface of the ware as on the actual brushwork is known as the 'Chinese taste'. This rarely found out of China. Even with the advent of the times the eighteenth century styles and designs still prevails.
History of Chinese Oriental Pottery and Porcelain
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 15 minutes 57 seconds agoMany people do not know from where the oriental pottery and porcelain were first made what are their origins. China, Korea and Japan are the countries that made oriental pottery and porcelain.
The Spread of Pottery Styles
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 15 minutes 58 seconds agoThe Dutch not only exported dishes and other domestic wares they also exported the Dutch tiles to England and other European nations. Thus the making tiles became a separate branch of pottery making.
The History of Porcelain in Belgium, Holland and Switzerland
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 16 minutes 11 seconds agoBelgium made a good progress in the eighteenth century copying both the Sevres and Meissen styles but their original works was mostly done in the tablewares and figures. Tourney was one of the important places in Belgium, Amsterdam and The Hague in Holland and Zurich and Nyon near Geneva in Switzerland.
The Most Remarkable English Porcelain Factories
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 17 minutes 2 seconds agoThere were many porcelain based factories in England and some of them like the factories operating during the eighteenth century at Chelsea and Worcester were the most consistent in their use of marks. This helped the collectors to identify the original from the fake ones.
Advancement of Porcelain Factories
Published by Mitch Johnson in Collecting, 1 year 7 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours 17 minutes 18 seconds agoMany factories that produce quality wares survived till today. They are either run by the descendents of the original founders or the new owners and partners. Some of these factories are Coatport factory, founded by John Rose, Spode - founded by Josiah Spode and the Wedgwood factory, etc.