In many ways, every piece of pottery or porcelain is unique. The items could be made by the same artist or company but will still have their own individuality. "The quality of a piece and its ...

Marks on antiques, especially silver or ceramics, can lead a collector to history and age. However, the mark’s information can sometimes be confusing. A date may be the year the pottery business ...

Regular viewers of PBS’s Antiques Roadshow may be familiar with the pottery of Maria Martinez, which has been featured a number of times. Until recently, however, a piece has never been submitted to ...

Don’t always trust the date you find in a pottery mark. A well-known mark, often found on porcelain clock cases for Ansonia clocks, says “Royal Bonn, 1755” in a shield. But the maker was Franz Anton ...

Rookwood pottery, made in Cincinnati since 1880, is perhaps the most popular American art pottery among collectors. The company not only made artist-decorated vases, molded bookends, art-deco ...

THE PIECE: A French Sevres-style gilt and polychrome painted porcelain box, from about 1900, with marks on the underside -- an "S" within interlocking "Ls" -- emulating Sevres marks used in 1771. THE ...

Q. This is a photo of a covered vegetable dish that is part of a dinnerware set my late husband inherited. The set is a five-piece service for 12 and includes a gravy boat, butter dish and large ...

THE PIECE: Red Wing Pottery "Orleans Provincial" tea set, including tea pot with lid, creamer and sugar bowl without lid, from the 1940s. View full sizeKathleen LeBlanc's tea set features Red Wing's ...

What can you tell us about this platter? The family story is that it was found hidden in the wall of a Baltimore hotel that was under demolition, and that it was put there to save it during the Civil ...

Thrifting has taken off in recent years, with many people using the resources of the internet to seek out unique and valuable home decor. And, thankfully, many vintage porcelain brands produced ...