Porcelain Collectibles Guide
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Hummel figurines are one of the most identifiable porcelain collectibles in the world. The children are based on the drawings of Sister Maria Innocentia, Berta Hummel (1909-1946) that was. She was educated in applied arts, and she taught drawing in the local schools. Her drawings depict the children and their activities in early Twentieth Century [...]
0 Comments One of the forms that porcelain in all its many types is perfect to portray is the cat. Whether the smooth white of pure porcelain or a rougher, colored glaze on regular pottery clay, the fluid form and finish of ceramics can evoke the best features of our feline friends. A collection of porcelain cats [...]
Now that you have some porcelain in your collection, how do you show it off? The figurines need horizontal space for display, but, luckily, plates can be shown off in wall plate racks. Although most china cabinets have built-in features to allow you to stand the plates up at the back of the cabinet, anything [...]
(pronunciation: as spelled) Block China Company produces a range of dinnerware. Some are modern shapes, and some have flowers in a modern presentation. Overall, the designs are light and informal. If I were collecting this company’s production, it would be a creamer from each pattern. There are three or four shapes used for the creamers, [...]
(pronunciation: see-bis, as far as I know. Know differently? Send me a line.) Location: USA For the first time I have to pan the production of an entire company. Cybis’ production is mundane or trite. They sometimes try to use humor, as in Mick, the Melodious Mutt, but the results are not particularly funny. Their [...]
(pronunciation: shay-fer and vay-ter) Location: Germany Schafer and Vater started producing a German version of the jasper ware made by Wedgwood in the 19th century. The designs are similar with white figures or decoration on a bisque body of some color. These include a medium green, one of Wedgwood’s most popular colors, and a strong [...]
(pronunciation: as spelled) Location: England. Wedgwood is best known for the jasper ware Josiah Wedgwood devised soon after starting the company in 1759. This clay body is not glazed, but vitrifies to a bisque finish. Wedgwood performed thousands of experiments before he had a clay body of the right colors which could be decorated by [...]
(pronunciation: as spelled) Location: USA The first products I noticed from this new ( i.e. mid-20th century) company was their tumblers: figures caught in the various points of a somersault, usually in sets of three: rabbits, Santa Claus, snowmen, dogs, cats, witches, etc. They also produce funny salt and pepper sets: cat and jack-o-lantern, reindeer and [...]
(pronunciation: as spelled.) Location: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic The most exciting products of this porcelain manufacturer are the six modern forms used in their current production. Highly modern tea and coffee sets, the pieces are, of course, usable, but really are of display quality by virtue of the designs. Each set can be acquired at one time [...]
(pronunciation: don’t know. Anybody?) Location: Hungary. This company continues to produce ceramics with their unique eosin glazes. This glaze is world famous for its deep color and iridescence. The firing process is complicated, but also provides each piece with a unique finish. Many of the forms are simply modeled and show the glaze off beautifully. [...]